Aiming High Awards Luncheon 2008

April 8th, 2008
Grand Ballroom
Hilton New York

At Legal Momentum's Aiming High luncheon, we salute the accomplishments of extraordinary women who have broken through to the top of their profession. The success of our Honorees brings the promise that women's voices, views, and talents are becoming a permanent part of our nation's corporate culture. Their courage to aim high has helped blaze a trail to guide millions of women and girls toward opportunities once closed to them.

Our 2008 Aiming High honorees were Bonnie Howard, Chief Auditor, Citi; Rosemary Nelson, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Operations, Colgate-Palmolive Company; Louise M. Parent, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, American Express Companyl and Lynn Pike, President, Banking, Capital One.

Thanks to the generous support of companies and individuals, Legal Momentum raised $1.3 million in support for our programs at this year’s event.

2008 Honorees:

Honorees-AH

ROSEMARY NELSON Vice President Deputy General Counsel Colgate-Palmolive
LYNN PIKE President, Banking Capital One
LOUISE PARENT Executive Vice President General Counsel American Express Company
BONNIE HOWARD Chief Auditor Citi

  

Photos from the Event

2008 Honorees
Former Legal Momentum president Kathy Rodgers with Rosemary Nelson, Lynn Pike,
Legal Momentum board chair Linda Willet, Louise Parent, Legal Momentum president-elect Irasema Garza, and Bonnie Howard

 

2007 Aiming High Honoree Kay Oberly, Vice Chair and General Counsel of
Ernst & Young with Honoree Rosemary Nelson

 

Lynn Pike and Terry Dial
Honoree Lynn Pike with 2001 Honoree Terri Dial, Lloyds TSB Group plc

 


Honoree Louise Parent with 2003 Honoree Pearl Meyer

 


2003 Honoree Stephanie Mudick of JPMorgan Chase with Honoree Bonnie
Howard

 


Legal Momentum board member Lynda Spence with Irasema Garza, Legal
Momentum's newly appointed president, and Legal Momentum board members 
Clothilde Hewitt and Lucia Coyoca

 

Ina Drew
Legal Momentum board member Ina Drew and Althea Duersten both of
JPMorgan Chase

 

Deborah and Al Jackson
Legal Momentum board member Deborah Jackson with husband Al Jackson

 


Kathy Rodgers and Legal Momentum board member Michele Mayes

 

Crowd from above
Aiming High attendees await the presentation

 

 
Legal Momentum's Vice President of Communications and Marketing Altagracia
Levat with board member Bob Kaufman

 

Aiming High 2008
Legal Momentum board member Clothilde Hewlett, Aiming High co-chair Bruce Perkins,
and 2008 Honoree Rosemary Nelson

 


Senior Vice President and Director of Legal Momentum's National Judicial
Education Program Lynn Hecht Schafran with David Boies and Donald Flexner
of Boies, Schiller & Flexner

 


Aiming High attendees chatting before lunch begins

 


Legal Momentum board member and event co-chair Michele Mayes of Allstate
Insurance Company

 


Event co-chair Keith Wetmore of Morrison and Foerster LLP with Margaret
Zagel of Grant Thornton LLP

 


Event co-chair Rosalind Gordon of Pitney Bowes Inc.

 


Event co-chair Subha Barry of Merrill Lynch

 


Event co-chair Marcia Goldstein of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

 


Event co-chairs Kay Oberly and Karen Kaplowitz of The New Ellis Group

 


Aiming High guests from Saul Ewing LLP with Legal Momentum Senior Staff
Attorney Maya Raghu