Sasha Carbone, associate general counsel and assistant corporate secretary of the American Arbitration Association, discusses the organization’s efforts to improve diversity and inclusion – from their roster to their staff and beyond.
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Joy Fuhr, partner with McGuireWoods, discusses her role in strengthening women’s leadership and opportunities at the firm, as well as the ways those lessons can be applied to help everyone be more successful – as lawyers and in life.
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Kimberly Taylor, president of JAMS, discusses the importance of inclusion in the alternative dispute resolution community, including the vital role that women play at JAMS and areas of improvement for the future.
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The Gates Foundation’s Keith Matthews explains what satisfies his soul and makes him happy to come to work every day.
CCBJ: Your career followed an interesting and varied path to the Gates Foundation. Can you tell us about that?
Keith Matthews: Professionally, my first job out of college was as a credit analyst and later a middle-market loan officer at what is now JPMorgan Chase. With that background – and with a finance degree from college – I knew early on in my career that I wanted to focus on transactional work.
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