Breaking Barriers: Women Leaders in ISBA Roles
Explore the journey of women leaders in the Illinois State Bar Association, highlighting their roles and contributions, diversity initiatives, and resources for leadership development and advancement.
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Moving Up in the ISBA Women in Leadership Roles Illinois State Bar Association September 20, 2021 Program Coordinator Bianca Brown Chief Attorney, Torts Litigation at Chicago Transit Authority Moderator Anna Lozoya Patient Safety Officer, Steward Health Care System Panelists Sonni Choi Williams City Attorney (in-house) for the City of Lockport ISBA 3rd Vice President Emily N. Masalski Counsel Environmental, Health & Safety Kenya Jenkins-Wright General Counsel, Illinois Guardianship & Advocacy Commission
Opportunities to Serve Board of Governors Councils & Committees Assembly 1347 Members Serve 27 seats 203 seats
Data* based upon voluntary self-reporting of ISBA members. Less than 5% of members have indicated their ethnicity with the ISBA. Of the 27 seats, 14 are held by women (51%) 7 seats are held by Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) (25%) Board of Governors Of the 187 filled seats, 87 are held by women (46%) 16 seats are held by BIPOC (8%) Assembly Of the 1,374 members serving , 565 are held by women (41%)116 are held by BIPOC (8%) Councils & Committees
Find Your Path ISBA Become A Leader: https://www.isba.org/leadership (includes links to governing documents and policies) Council/Committee Appointment Information: https://www.isba.org/membergroups/appointmentinfo ISBA Elections: https://www.isba.org/elections Policy on Election of ISBA Delegates to ABA
Additional Resources In Their Own Words: Experienced Women Explain Why They are Leaving Their Firms and the Profession (ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, 2021) Practicing Law in the Pandemic and Moving Forward (ABA, 2021) (pp. 23-34 What s Been Happening to Diversity Initiatives ) This Talk Isn t Cheap: Women of Color and White Women Attorneys Find Common Ground (ABA, 2020)
Thank you for being a member! Bianca Brown bbbrownesq@gmail.com Anna Lozoya lozo246@gmail.com Sonni Choi Williams sonniwilliams12@gmail.com Emily N. Masalski emily@emilymasalski.com Kenya Jenkins-Wright kenyaj@gmail.com
