by Cate Flahardy | Feb 24, 2020 | General Counsel Q&A
Ritu Vig, Chief Legal Officer, SP+ Ritu Vig didn’t grow up with lawyers around her—but the idea crept into her head early on. She grew up in the north suburbs of Chicago and Venezuela, where her father’s work took the family when she was 14, with her two sisters. Yet,...
by Cate Flahardy | Dec 10, 2019 | General Counsel Q&A
Lauren Tashma, GC, Graphic Packaging International Today, Lauren Tashma heads up the legal department of Graphic Packaging International, a Fortune 500 company that manufactures paper-based packaging for a wide variety of consumer products. But when she was a child,...
by Cate Flahardy | Aug 21, 2019 | General Counsel Q&A
Brandon Smith originally envisioned himself following in his father’s footsteps – and initially planned a career in business, having spent many of his early years watching his Dad grow companies and build high-performance teams. He excelled academically, and chose to...
by Cate Flahardy | May 14, 2019 | General Counsel Q&A
Chaka Patterson spent much of his childhood surrounded by academics. He grew up in Evanston, Ill., with Northwestern University in his backyard. After his mom completed her PhD in History at the university, she was offered a position as a history professor. So the...
by Cate Flahardy | Dec 3, 2018 | General Counsel Q&A
In middle school, D. Cameron Findlay got one of the most interesting assignments of his young life. His sixth grade teacher tasked her class with writing an autobiography. But the students had to write it from the future—looking back on their long lives and fruitful...
by Cate Flahardy | Oct 3, 2018 | General Counsel Q&A
John Albright spent the early part of his childhood living all over the world. An army brat, he moved every few years—which forced him to be outgoing and constantly make new friends. Albright made his last childhood move from Australia to North Carolina when he was in...