Ethics and regulatory compliance advisor for nationally renowned nonprofit, developing and implementing policy and risk mitigation frameworks to support operational and business functions across the association, directly reporting to the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) General Counsel with further accountability to the AHA’s Chief Executive Officer and Audit & Compliance Committee of the AHA Board of Trustees. + Pioneer and lead the AHA’s first compliance program to ensure the integrity of the AHA’s policy development process by building out compliance strategy, producing the AHA’s first Code of Conduct and other core policies and engaging a staff of approximately 450 ethnically-, generationally- and gender-diverse colleagues in continued ethics education and training using varied methods of communication and platforms to maximize adoption. + Co-Chair the AHA’s internal Audit & Compliance Steering Committee, engaging operational and business unit leaders for cross-functional input on compliance policies, training and strategic initiatives in a united effort to identify and mitigate compliance risks and effecting process improvements.+ Conduct governance functions as needed for the AHA Audit & Compliance Committee of the Board of Trustees, directing the preparation of meeting agendas, orienting new committee members and previewing meeting materials with the committee chair prior to each ACC meeting. + Partner with AHA Information Technology (IT) working side by side with the AHA’s Chief Information Officer to ensure that cyber risks are appropriately prioritized, AHA team members are well trained and vendor security is paramount. + Provide day-to-day counsel on government-funded project bid proposals, regulatory compliance, government ethics training and performance improvement through policy and process revision.+ Direct the AHA’s adherence to data privacy regulations.

Deputy General Counsel – Healthcare, Commercial Transactions and Financial Services (July 2017-December 2017)Associate General Counsel – Healthcare, Commercial Transactions and Financial Services (Jan 2017-July 2017)+ Manage multi-functional team of attorneys that provides regulatory, marketing, and strategic contract support across Sears Holdings Corporation, including Kmart Pharmacy, Sears and Kmart Retail, Sears Brands (Kenmore® Craftsman® & Diehard®), Financial Services, Information Security, and Non-Merchandise business units, negotiating procurement, distribution, sales, and other contracts and agreements.+ Lead the restructuring of legal contract support function with emphasis on enabling business, streamlining processes, and creating viable succession planning through reorganization, reducing outside counsel spend, high-value candidate hiring and employee cross-training.

Associate General Counsel – Healthcare Compliance (2016 – 2017)Assistant General Counsel – Healthcare Compliance (2014 – 2016)+ Provide primary legal support and general counsel to senior management team within multi-billion dollar Kmart Pharmacy business unit serving over 700 pharmacy locations nationwide. + Serve as Pharmacy Compliance Officer, overhauling Kmart Pharmacy Compliance Program – from policy creation to operational execution, leading the transformation of ineffective field and corporate processes, reduction of operational and litigation risk, and revitalization of true partnership between business and legal leaders. + Chair Pharmacy Compliance Committee, mobilizing the collaboration of multiple business leaders (Legal, Compliance, Information Security, Internal Audit, Human Resources, Loss Prevention, and Store Operations) to identify risks arising across a vast regulatory landscape, systematically mitigating those risks through individual ownership and creating supporting operational processes across business units, and identifying and allocating compliance tracking resources to monitor and measure efforts.+ Solve for legal and regulatory risks to enable launch of numerous pharmacy promotions including rewards programs, prescription discount card clubs, and immunization campaigns.+ Direct fast-paced contract negotiations with pharmacy managed care partners and other vendors, including contract volumes that resulted in a 700% increase in patients with access to Kmart pharmacy services in under twelve months. + Drive comprehensive risk analyses, including HIPAA risk assessment while maximizing internal resources to reduce audit budget by $125K.+ Counter adverse state and federal regulatory findings, successfully advocating to save the company hundreds of thousands of dollars.+ Reduce outside counsel spend by over $200K annually through improving efficiencies and cross-training in-house attorneys to support pharmacy business needs.

Assistant General Counsel – Office of Compliance & Ethics, 2013 – 2014Senior Counsel – Office of Compliance & Ethics, 2010 – 2013+ Managed enterprise-wide compliance program for publicly-traded, multi-channel integrated retailer with over $25B in revenue and nearly 178,000 employees (2015).+ Developed, applied and enforced corporate Code of Conduct and core corporate policies, related to Conflicts, Gifts & Entertainment, Vendor Relations, FCPA, Antitrust, and Anti-Money Laundering. + Oversaw ethics hotline administration and led prompt and comprehensive internal investigations into reported allegations of fraud, conflicts of interest and other ethical wrongdoing. + Built and implemented SHC’s Anti-Money Laundering Program, in addition to related compliance programs around financial services offered at 2000+ Sears and Kmart stores.+ Served as Chair of Legal Pulse Committee, acting as a liaison between legal professionals and senior leadership, effectively improving culture and creating an engaged, committed work force.

+ Lead associate representing multinational clients for global law firm in litigation involving price-fixing and competitor antitrust suits, Sherman and Clayton Act violations, state unfair competition laws, financial services, Fair Credit and Reporting Act, Consumer Products Safety Commission compliance issues, consumer state law fraud allegations, product safety, and product liability.+ Managed teams of junior associates through large scale discovery efforts and trial preparation.+ Entrusted with direct client communications with CEOs, CFOs, and General Counsels, including actively participating in strategy decisions and preparing for and defending officer depositions.+ Drafted, argued, and obtained favorable results on motions including to dismiss, for summary judgment, and in limine.

+ Lead associate representing multinational clients for global law firm in litigation involving shareholder derivative class action, nationwide securities fraud, consumer fraud, RICO class actions, Sarbanes-Oxley, and investigations launched by the DOJ, SEC, and DOL. + Managed a large team of associates and partners in conducting months-long, on-site internal investigation for large medical transcription company. + Entrusted with direct client communications with CEOs, CFOs, and General Counsels, actively participating in litigation and client remediation strategy sessions.+ Served as second chair at successful jury trial securing a unanimous jury verdict for real estate brokerage firm.