7:00 - 8:00 PM

The ACC NCR Board of Directors and the Corporate Counsel Awards Co-Chairs and Judges are excited to announce the finalists for the 2020 Corporate Counsel Awards and invite you to our first (and hopefully only) online Corporate Counsel Awards Reception 

This is the 16th year of these prestigious awards and ACC NCR’s 40th anniversary!

Please join us for the announcement of the winners in the following categories:

Outstanding Chief Legal Officer

Angela Ciccolo, Special Olympics International 

Caroline Davidson-Hood, Air Conditioning Heating and Refrigeration Institute  

Nayna Diehl, Versar, Inc. 

Jeffrey Francer, Association for Accessible Medicines

Outstanding In-House Counsel

Margaret Chase, Fannie Mae 

Crista Cole, Nestle USA Inc. 

Patrick McCarthy, Fluor Government Group 

Karen Vossler, Nestle USA Inc.


Outstanding Paraprofessional

Chanel Bradden, Lockheed Martin Corporation  

Farah Elherazy and Karl Johnson, Fannie Mae 

 
Outstanding Law Department

ICF International Inc. 

Special Olympics International 

 
In addition, ACC NCR will present the following awards:

 

Outstanding Pro Bono Service (Individual)

Kathi Westcott, The Pew Charitable Trusts 

 

Outstanding Commitment to the Community (Department)

Verizon Media Inc.


Career Achievement Award

Leslie T. Thornton, former Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of WGL Holdings Inc. and Washington Gas

 

Chapter Service Award    

The co-founders of the ACC NCR Leadership Academy:

Co-Chairs Constantine Athanas and Mona Mahoney

Cynthia Boyle, Margaret Hackbarth, Kenneth Pollack, Zachary Stewart, Maria Votsch, Luise Welby, and Nichole Williams-Miller 

We will also mark the chapter’s 40th anniversary and toast to our 2020 Annual Relationship Sponsors and to our Reception Sponsors: FH&H and Thompson Coburn.

Additional details, including directions for logging into the Reception, will be provided in a reminder email to all who are registered for the event.

Registration is free for members and sponsors. The fee for non-member in-house counsel and their colleagues is $30. Personal guests are welcome. Please do not invite representatives of law firms or vendors that compete with current sponsors.

Register By
December 31, 2026 9:59 PM