Let's Talk About Inclusion: Supporting Mental Health & Well-Being during Difficult Times

Jessica Mastrogiovanni is currently General Counsel of Brooks Brothers. Previously, she served as General Counsel of Saraca Media Group, Assistant General Counsel at New York & Company and has held the titles of Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer at Premier Education Group.

Jessica has experience providing comprehensive legal advice and counsel on a wide range of matters, including: corporate governance, corporate finance, labor and employment, investigations, commercial, technology, and celebrity licensing contracts, international supply chain agreements, e-commerce, insurance and risk management, privacy compliance, marketing, intellectual property, complex commercial litigation and class actions, SEC regulations and filings, and real estate.

During her career, Jessica has served as a member of executive leadership teams and a trusted advisor and confidant and to board of directors and C-level executives. She is an effective leader of highly regarded legal departments.

Mel Williams, Jr. has joined Chicago Trading Company (CTC) as its Chief Legal Officer.

In this new role, Williams will lead the company's Legal and Compliance departments.

He joins CTC from the U.S. Small Business Administration, where he served as General Counsel.

As General Counsel at the largest land bank in the country, Tim enjoys working with an amazing client and energetic legal team to address tremendous challenges in helping Detroiters improve their neighborhoods by turning blighted structures into habitable homes.

A lawyer’s lawyer, Tim is comfortable in the courtroom and the boardroom. You will also find him in the breakroom, building community over a cup of coffee, one conversation at a time. Tim’s true passion is improving legal teams and building our profession by attracting diverse talent, and then finding ways to ensure a culture of true inclusion, where each and every member of the team belongs. Starting with authenticity, embracing creativity and leadership at all levels, Tim continues to be inspired by the ways empowered people change the legal culture for the better every day.

TAMMY ALBARRÁN IS THE DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL AT UBER. IN THIS ROLE, SHE OVERSEES UBER’S GLOBAL REGIONAL LEGAL TEAMS AND CLO OPERATIONS. MS. ALBARRÁN RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF ARTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY AND HER JURIS DOCTOR FROM HARVARD LAW SCHOOL. PRIOR TO JOINING UBER IN 2018, MS. ALBARRÁN WAS A PARTNER AT COVINGTON & BURLING LLP WHERE SHE HANDLED PRESSING AND SENSITIVE GOVERNMENT AND INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION FOR CLIENTS. SHE CONDUCTED THE INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AND CO-AUTHORED THE REPORT WITH FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER THAT INCLUDED CONCRETE RECOMMENDATIONS ADDRESSING WORKPLACE CULTURE ISSUES AT UBER.