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Michele Mayes is general counsel of the New York Public Library and the chair of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession. Mayes has had a distinguished in-house career with roles at Colgate-Palmolive, Unisys and Pitney Bowes, as well as serving as general counsel at AllState Insurance for a number of years. A long-time champion at the vanguard of the fight for diversity and inclusion in the legal profession, she spoke to GC about why we need to think differently about work.

ClearSlide general counsel Olga Mack has trailblazed a path from Ukraine to Silicon Valley. A strong advocate for diversity and inclusion – particularly for women in senior business roles – she sat down with GC to share her experience working with startups and small businesses to help diversity take root.

Managing director and global head of regulatory relations group at Morgan Stanley, Jackie LiCalzi sat down with GC to discuss sponsorship, both formal and informal, from the perspective of someone who has been a recipient of sponsorship and is now a sponsor herself.

Jean Lee is CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA), the umbrella body which brings together diverse corporate counsel and their supporters to effect change in the profession. A former JP Morgan in-house lawyer, Lee has taken over the helm on the eve of the MCCA’s 20th anniversary. She reflects on what that means for the MCCA and progressing the diversity and inclusion agenda in the profession.

General Electric’s Denniston Fellowship is an innovative, practical initiative seeking to change the face of the legal profession. GC spoke to Tom LaFrance, general counsel at GE Transportation, who masterminded the idea, and Marina Merjan, the first Denniston fellow.

Vodafone’s US general counsel Megan Doberneck talks about the company’s revolutionary maternity policy and why it makes sense to invest in working mothers.

Alex Dimitrief, general counsel of multinational conglomerate General Electric, talks about the importance of rethinking your talent pipeline, and how even the small steps as a manager can make a world of difference to building a more diverse team.

Having just recently launched their ‘bring your whole self to work’ initiative, aimed at promoting inclusion in the legal team globally, GC spoke to Rhanda Moussa and Jane Son, in-house lawyers who are the co-heads for the diversity and inclusion committee for legal in the Americas and Mark Chamberlain, Barclays’ head of diversity in the Americas, to learn how this new initiative fits into the greater scheme of inclusion activities at the bank.

Mike Cammarota, senior director of legal services, global transactions, at professional services firm Accenture, serves as the legal function’s lead for diversity and inclusion activities across North America. He speaks to GCabout his personal approach to diversity and inclusion and how that contributes as part of a wider mandate across the business.