Corporate Counsel Business Journal (CCBJ) Announces Third Annual 50 Women to Watch

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Corporate Counsel Business Journal

Jan 16, 2026, 09:58 ET

A deliberately limited list of leaders accountable for decisions that shaped enterprise risk and performance.

STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Corporate Counsel Business Journal (CCBJ) today announced its 2025 class of 50 Women to Watch—a deliberately limited list recognizing senior leaders whose decisions carried measurable consequence for their organizations.

Now in its third year, 50 Women to Watch identifies women operating at points of real leverage across law, business and technology—where regulatory complexity, operational execution and enterprise strategy converge. The 2025 honorees represent a shift in where leadership is exercised in law—closer to the business, closer to risk and accountable for outcomes rather than opinions.

"This list is not about visibility. It's about responsibility," said . "These are women whose decisions carried institutional consequence—often when there was no playbook, no consensus and no margin for error."

CCBJ reviewed hundreds of submissions from across the corporate legal and governance ecosystem. Selection is based on scope of authority, demonstrated judgment and sustained professional impact—not visibility, tenure or narrative.

The honorees will be recognized at the Women in Business & Law event on February 25, 2026 in Stamford, CT. A full list of the 2025 50 Women to Watch will be published in , a dedicated CCBJ digital supplement in March 2026 and online at .

Congratulations to CCBJ's 2025 Class of 50 Women to Watch:

  • , Chief Legal Officer, ARCTRUST Properties, Inc.
  • , Head of Product Cybersecurity & Privacy Office Singapore, AUMOVIO
  • , Executive Committee Member, Chair, Corporate & Securities Practice Group, Benesch Friedlander Copeland and Aronoff
  • , CEO & Co-Founder, BlackHawk Data
  • , Partner and Chair of the Litigation Practice Group, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
  • , Chief Information Officer, City of Irvine
  • , Community Impact and Engagement Leader, Con Edison
  • , Global Chief Compliance Officer, Corpay Inc.
  • , Chief Pro Bono and Social Impact Officer, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • , Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Del Monte Fresh Produce, Inc.
  • , Sr. Legal Counsel, Security & IT — Ensure Global Cybersecurity, Risk Management & Compliance, Dell Technologies
  • , Partner, Global Co-Chair of International Arbitration, DLA Piper UK LLP
  • , Founding Partner, Eligon IP
  • , Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Head of Litigation, ExlService Holdings, Inc.
  • , CEO & General Counsel, Furia Rubel Communications
  • , SVP & Associate General Counsel, Hanmi Bank/ Hanmi Financial Corporation
  • , Vice President of Discovery Services, HaystackID®
  • , Senior Corporate Counsel, Home Depot
  • , Global Privacy and AI Counsel; Adjunct Law Professor, IBM; Albany Law School
  • , Founder & CEO, Inclusion Forward Group
  • , General Counsel, Global, Incora
  • , President & CEO, International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution
  • , Managing Director, General Counsel, Jamestown
  • , Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
  • , Director, Global Associations & Strategic Partnerships, LexisNexis
  • , Chief Client Officer + Founding Partner, LIMELIGHT
  • , Senior Vice President, General Counsel, M. A. Mortenson Company
  • , Senior Vice President for Health Access and Strategic Innovation, National Bleeding Disorders Foundation, NBDF
  • , Associate General Counsel, Ethics and Compliance, National Laboratory of the Rockies
  • , General Counsel, NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General
  • , Chief of Staff to the General Counsel, Organon
  • , Sr. Director, Data Privacy and Protection Office, Outreach
  • , Partner, Phillips Lytle LLP
  • , Head of Innovation and Partnerships, Pierson Ferdinand
  • , VP of Operations, Legal, Global RE & ESG, RingCentral, Inc.
  • , Chief Compliance Officer, HIPAA Privacy Officer & ADA Administrator, Saber Healthcare Group
  • , Partner, Global Chair of Litigation, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • , Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Shell Energy Solutions
  • , Senior Vice President, Legal, STACK Infrastructure, Inc.
  • , Chair, Steptoe LLP
  • , Director — Associate General Counsel, Subaru of America
  • , Vice President, Corporate Impact; Foundation Corporate Secretary & Lead Counsel, The Cigna Group
  • , Founder, The Trademark Channel/Belous Law
  • , CEO/Founder, UpLevel Ops
  • , Deputy General Counsel/Adjunct Professor, Valitana LLC/ University of Connecticut School of Business
  • , EVP and GC, Vistra Corp.
  • , VP, Asst. General Counsel, Risk Management, Wells Fargo
  • , Co-Head of Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, White & Case LLP
  • , Deputy General Counsel – Digital, AI, PrivSec, IP Senior Vice President, Chief AI Governance and Privacy Officer, WSP USA Inc.
  • , Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Zebra Technologies Corporation

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