My colleagues at Bloomberg BNA’s Big Law Business put together a terrific program Thursday in New York with four strong panels addressing the very difficult topic of diversity and inclusion.

For those of you in the San Francisco Bay Area, I highly recommend the program, which will be presented Wednesday (Nov. 4)  from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in San Francisco at Bloomberg’s offices at 3 Pier 7 #101. (Free, Lunch is included.)

The NYC event kicked off with a keynote with Kelly Tullier, executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, at Visa Inc. She was interviewed by Ellen Pollock, the editor of Bloomberg Businessweek. Particularly fascinating were Tullier’s stories about being a woman executive in Dubai, where she wore an abaya and learned how to navigate the culture to accomplish her multi-country goals. “In some cultures, I have to shut up and be behind the scenes,” she said.

Read the Big Law Business team’s report here.   Here’s a link to the Photo Gallery.

Casey Sullivan, senior editorial director, Bloomberg BNA Big Law Business moderated the NYC program and will also lead the SF event.

SAN FRANCISCO

SF scheduled panelists include:

• Katherine Adkins, group vice president, general counsel and secretary at Toyota Financial Services.
• Aaron Agenbroad, partner-in-charge, S.F. office, Jones Day.
• Deborah Broyles, partner and director of global diversity and inclusion, Reed Smith.
• Anjan Choudhury, partner, L.A., Munger, Tolles & Olson.
• Jeremy Roth, co-president and co-managing director, Littler Mendelson
• Elizabeth Sharrer, firm chair, Holland & Hart
• Mary Snapp, corporate v.p. and deputy general counsel, Microsoft Corp.
• Caren Ulrich Stacy, CEO, Diversity Lab & OnRamp Fellowship
• Joshua Wayser, managing partner, L.A., Katten
• Amy Weaver, executive v.p. and general counsel, Salesforce
• Joseph West, president and CEO, Minority Corporate Counsel Association
• Robert White, Executive Director, Calif. Minority Counsel Program
• Brian Wong, Executive Partner for Diversity & Inclusion, Pillsbury Winthrop

SF registration here.

Monica Bay is a Fellow at CodeX and a freelance journalist for Bloomberg BNA Big Law Business. She is a member of the California bar. Twitter: @MonicaBay
Email: mbay@codex.stanford.edu.