2025 NJ LEEP Gala

Maritime Parc, Jersey City

Honoring Vandana Venkatesh

Executive Vice President Public Policy & Chief Legal Officer, Verizon

June 3, 2025

Pre-Gala Party: 5:30-6:30 pm

For Senior, Graduate, & Professional level sponsors

Gala: 6:30-9:00 pm

For all Sponsors

2025 GALA COMMITTEE

Keira Campbell
American Express
Chief Competition Counsel


Paul Cash
Wyndham
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Jennifer Davenport
PSEG
Vice President. Deputy General Counsel
and Chief Litigation Counsel

Erica Davila
Transcarent
General Counsel

Jack Ewing
Prudential Financial
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, PGIM


Aileen Fair
Bristol Myers Squibb
Senior Corporate Counsel


Matt Farkas
Invesco
Associate General Counsel

John Frantz
DLA Piper
Partner

Alycia Guichard
Verizon
Technology Counsel at Verizon Global Services

Volunteerism & Pro Bono Program Manager Policy, Responsible Business, Legal & Security (PRLS)

Galit Kierkut
Greenberg Traurig
Shareholder

Casey Kobi
Barclays
Managing Director


Marc Merriweather
Wyndham
Group Vice President -Litigation

Chris Miller
Verizon
Senior Vice President & General Counsel of Verizon Global Services


Carlos Pelayo
Mr. Cooper
EVP & Chief Legal Officer


Jodi Singer
Nomura
Executive Director

Joe Urso
Deutsche Bank
Vice President

Megan Vasios
BlackRock
Director, Government Affairs & Public Policy

Eric Zamore
Houlihan Lokie
Senior Vice President, Assistant
General Counsel

2024 GALA VIDEO

2025 GALA SPONSORS

Professional -$75,000

Graduate - $50,000

College Bound -$35,000

Senior -$25,000

Barclays

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Ropes & Gray LLP

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Verizon

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Junior - $15,000

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Goodwin Procter LLP

Kerbey Harrington Pinkard LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP

Lowenstein

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

Prudential

SRD Legal Group

Sophomore - $10,000

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Arnold & Porter

Bristol Myers Squibb

Clifford Chance

Gibbons P.C.

K&L Gates LLP

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Stradley Ronon

Ultimate Fighting Championship

WilmerHale

Freshman - $5,000

American Express

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

Connell Foley LLP

Cooper Legal Group

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP

Herrick

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Littler Mendelson P.C.

Mayer Brown

O'Toole Scrivo, LLC

Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

The Morrison & Foerster Foundation and Morrison & Foerster LLP

Tullman Family Office

Vedder Price

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Wong Fleming, P.C.

Wyndham