Network Leadership Council Monthly Meeting

Association of Corporate Counsel

Monday, June 4, 2018 – 3:00 ET/12:00 PT

Via Teleconference: Dial Toll‐Free 877‐647‐3411, Participant Code 951 894 7937

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Your 2017‐18 NLC Leadership Team:

Chair: Jen Mailander –

Vice Chair: Ed Paulis –

Secretary: Bryon Koepke –

Network/Chapter Working Group: Danielle Van Lier –

ATTENDANCE

Network / Chair / Vice Chair / Other
Network Leadership Council / x Jen Mailander / x Ed Paulis / x Bryon Koepke – S
Compliance & Ethics / □ Melanie Condron / □ Debra Cheng
□ Matthew Willis / x Charles Neff – S
□ Mario Cox
Corporate & Securities / □ Scott Hodgdon / □ / x Tim Schmidt – S
Employment and Labor / □ Kevin Chapman / □ Jennifer Fournier
□ Eric de los Santos / □
Energy / □ Joseph Limone / x Ashlee Effler / □ Clarice Yousefzadeh – S
Environmental & Sustain. / x Jenny McClister / □ Jeffrey Hayward / □ Vincent Gonzalez – S
□ Stephen Smithson
Financial Services / □ Debra Hoffman / □ Macaire Moran / □ Kareem Dale – S
□ Andrew Cosgrove
Health Law / x K Royal / x ErichDrotleff
□ Kenny Johnson / □ DebraBromson – S
x Vicky Gage-Bernheimer
Information Governance / □ Linda Sharp / □ James Carroll / x Megan Hertzler – S
Insurance Staff / □ Mark Rudoff / □ Arlene Zalayet / □
Intellectual Property / x Alisa Key / □ Casey Mangan / x Margo Hablutzel – S
International Legal Affairs / x Charles Wilkinson / □ Jayne Rothman / □
IT, Privacy & eCommerce / □ Josh Torres / □ Katia Bloom / □ Harold Federow – S
Law Department Mgmt. / □ Stephen Roth / □ Timothy Phillips / □ Jessica Garner – S
Litigation / □ Coleman Lechner / □ Theresa Coetzee / □ WilliamHochul
x Ty Ulmer
New to In-House / □ Kimberly Waite / □ Shakara Barnes / □ John Buscher – S
Nonprofit Organizations / x Sara Hall / □ Julisa Edwards / □ Anita Drummond – S
Real Estate / □ Darryl Austin / □ Raghu Nandan / □ GeetaDharmappa – S
□ Erik Linderberg – S
Small Law Department / x Sherie Edwards / □ Kristen Chittenden / □ GulamZade – S
Sports & Entertainment / x Danielle Van Lier / x Julie Maresca / □ NyeaSturman – S
ACC Staff / x Tori Payne
x LaToya Tapscott / □ KJ Forest
□ Irene Meroka / x ReeseArrowsmith
□ Veta Richardson

MINUTES

Call to Order

Jennifer Mailander called the meeting to order and welcomed all participants.

Approval of Minutes

Bryon Koepke presented the minutes of the May 7, 2018NLCbusiness meeting for approval. Upon motion it was RESOLVED, that the minutes of the May 7, 2018NLCbusiness meeting, as previously distributed to the Council, are hereby approved.

Attendees on the call are to submit their attendance to .

ACC Update and Calendar Review

Tori Payne provided the following update:

Thank you to everyone for supporting AM18. The June 1 deadline for submitting program material has since passed, but please contact the ACC staff for an extensionif you missed the deadline.
The deadline to submit a nomination for a network award is June 15.
The deadline to submit a nomination for sponsor of the year is June 30.
The ACC will again provide free registration to attend AM18 for all network chairs and vice-chairs. The code to be used for the registration credit is COMP18.
As discussed on previous calls, the ACC is building a buddy program to connect new ACC members with network leaders. To date, we have not had a lot of new members sign-up for the program so the ACC plans to increase its marketing of the program. As of now, we have enough network leaders to support the program, but may need additional leaders if more members participate in the program.

Ed Paulis advised that an LDI planning call will be held on June 5 to discuss ideas for LDI sessions and how to foster increased collaboration amongst networks and chapters during the meeting. Ed also discussed some of the benefits of attending LDI, including increased networking opportunities with other network and chapter leaders and opportunities to learn what other successful networks and chapters are doing to support their members.

Open discussion – Succession Planning

Jen Mailanderexplained that succession planning is crucial to the success of our networks and noted that many networks rely on feedback received through their member surveys to help identify their respective network’s succession planning needs. Jen then introduced Sara Hall (Non-Profit Organizations Network),Charles Wilkinson (International Legal Affairs Network)and Alisa Key (Intellectual Property Network) to open the discussion for this month’s topic.

Sara Hall discussed the importance of succession planning for the Non-Profit Organizations Network and highlighted the general need for leaders to balance their commitment to the network with that of their day jobs to ensure that they do not become overwhelmed in serving both areas. Sara discussed the Network’s focus on attracting new members to the leadership team to provide a fresh perspective on how the Network is meeting its members’ needs. When a new member joins the leadership team, there is often times a one-year period in which the member is working hard to learn and better understand how the leadership team supports the Network. It is in year two that new leaders usually start to hit their stride. The Network also seeks to pair new leadership team members with more veteran members to help with the sharing of experience and responsibilities in the various areas in which the leadership team is divided, which further supports the Network in meeting its strategic plan.

Charles Wilkinson then explained that the International Legal Affairs Network has been focused primarily on promoting networking amongst its members and is reaching out to members in other countries to help build engagement with the Network and its sponsor. This has resulted in greater member participation in speaking opportunities for the Network, increasing networking opportunities through Network events and engaging more members who may be interested in serving on the Networks’ leadership team. Whilst participation varies by region of the world, this focus also helps the Network support the ACC’s interest in growing its membership globally, which has resulted in the Network adding new members in countries such as Argentina, France, Iceland, Norway and Denmark.

LaToya Tapscott added that the LDI sessions conducted during the ACC’s annual meeting are open to members who may be considering or looking for an opportunity to join a network’s leadership team, which allows members a chance to learn more about the various networks.

Alisa Key then explained that the Intellectual Property Network has a rich history of member participation and leverages that member support to ensure that its leadership team is well organized to meet the Network’s current and future needs. The leadership team is led by the chair, who serves in that role for a few years before rolling off for the vice chair to assume the lead. The leadership team benefits from delegating work amongst itself to ensure that its leaders are all engaged and experienced in supporting the Network, which further supports the leadership team’s succession planning needs. The leadership team also partners veteran leaders with new leaders on the team to foster idea sharing and trainingfor new leaders, which also helps to incorporate the fresh perspectives provided by the newer leaders on the team. Alisa also noted that past chairs have rejoined the leadership team to assume other roles that allow them to continue supporting the Network and sharing their knowledge with the rest of the team.

Tori advised that past leaders are always welcome to stay engaged with the leadership teams of their networks and that it is up to each network to determine how they want to include their past leaders in their future plans to help leverage their experience.

Network/Chapter Working Group Update

Danielle Van Lier advised that a small working group of network and chapter leaders has met to discuss ways in which the networks and chapters can better collaborate on member programming. Danielle noted that chapters will often times sponsor a local event that could appeal to the networks and other chapters who may want to participate in the event. The group is working to identify ways to encourage the networks and chapters to reach out to each other to collaborate on such programs more often. Danielle explained that the group is focused on finding ways to aggregate network and chapters calendars to help facilitate collaboration on events and encouraged anyone who has any suggestions in support of these efforts to contact her to discuss their ideas further.

Tori also noted that everyone can access the eGroup that has been setup for this working group if they are interested in learning more.

Network Successes

LaToya Tapscott explained that the ACC’s strategic plan focuses on eGroup engagement and noted that thus far this year, the Small Law Department Network, Employment and Labor Network and theIntellectual Property Network have all shown the best member engagement through their eGroup pages. With respect to membership numbers, the Compliance and Ethics Network is our largest network with over 7,000 members at the end of April.

Jen Mailander also noted that the Global Woman in Law group is gathering at the United Nations in NYC on June 19 for those interested in attending.

Next Call

The next Network Leadership Council monthly call will be held on July 2, 2018.

Adjourn

Jennifer Mailander adjourned the meeting at 4:00 pmET.