Diversity & Inclusion Committee Meeting
The next meeting of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee is scheduled for Monday, April 25, 2022 via Zoom at 12:15 pm.
Agenda
Welcome:
Stephanie Joy Calhoun, Chair
BAEC Candidate Presentations:
Craig Bucki, Partner, Phillips Lytle LLP Candidate for BAEC Vice President, President-Elect
Maura O’Donnell, Buffalo Regional Director, NYS Office of Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit – Candidate for BAEC Board of Directors
Carmen Snell, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Highmark Western and Northeastern New York – Candidate for BAEC Board of Directors
Sarah Washington, Senior Attorney, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation – Candidate for BAEC Deputy Treasurer, Treasurer-Elect
Presentation on Furthering Student Pipeline Initiatives:
Say Yes Buffalo
Stephanie Peete, Business Partnerships Manager
Student Pipeline
Jennifer Metzger Kimura
Reports:
Education:
Maura O’Donnell
Name Change to Add “Equity”:
Judge Mary Carney/Stephanie Calhoun
Empire State Legal Diversity Career Job Fair:
Samantha White
Upcoming Events:
- May 23, 2022 – To celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month during our meeting, we will have a presentation by Tiffany H. Lee, Appellate Division Chief, United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of New York
- June 2, 2022 – CLE, Character & Fitness: The Impact of Question 26 on Bar Admission for Lawyers of Color, Hybrid Format
- June 2022 – Tour of Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor, Information to be distributed soon
- August 12, 2002 – Empire State Legal Diversity Career Fair, Location TBD
Please contact Celeste Walsh at cwalsh@eriebar.org to get Zoom access details.
