CONTRIBUTORS

KRISTY BARKER is a London-based freelance copy editor and proofreader. She works across a range of subjects, with a specialism in law and legal philosophy.

VIKKI CONWELL is a former journalist and freelance writer with extensive experience working for daily newspapers and digital media. She is based in Atlanta.

Based in metro Atlanta, freelance writer DAVID LINDSAY is a former contributor for the alumni magazines at Howard University and Clark Atlanta University.

EDWIN PINEDA is the founder of Blue Monkey Design, a graphic design studio in Miami Florida. Edwin works across print and digital media for a range of clients. JODI BARTLE worked on Legal 500’s GC Magazine and MCCA’s magazine Diversity & the Bar with Dr. Catherine McGregor and over 2021 was editor of The Professional Alternative’s platform for professional services firms.

SHERIE HOLDER is a former magazine and book editor, author and college lecturer. CAROLYN M. BROWN is an award-winning journalist, editor, author and playwright who has produced content spanning across a portfolio of platforms. Publication credits include Inc. Forbes, Diversity Woman and Essence magazines.

JOYCE JONES is a Boston- based, seasoned writer with several years of journalism and communications experience.

FRANK MCCOY is a freelance writer in Baltimore and creator of the Stemrules.com website.

MATTHEW SCOTT is a columnist for the Boardmember.com website. Based in New York, he writes about DEI, corporate governance and investing topics. CATHERINE MCGREGOR is an author and management consultant. She has worked for a range of legal publications and consults to law firms and legal departments around the world. She works across several BIHC initiatives including the Annual Report.

TRACEY SINCLAIR is a freelance editor and writer with established specialisms in the fields of legal, business, not-for-profit and the performing arts. She has written for many leading publications both in print and online.

PUBLISHER Lloyd M. Johnson Jr.

lloydj@chieflegalexec.com

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Catherine McGregor

DESIGN DIRECTOR Edwin Pineda

EXECUTIVE EDITOR Matthew Scott

WRITERS Jodi Bartle Carolyn Brown Vikki Conwell Sherie Holder Joyce Jones David Lindsay Frank McCoy Catherine McGregor Matthew Scott Tracey Sinclair

PHOTOGRAPHERS Craig Lee Jay McClinton

COPY EDITOR Tracey Sinclair

PROOFREADER Kristy Barker

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POLICY MAKERS

MEANINGFUL CHANGE WILL NOT HAPPEN UNLESS progress in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) becomes not just a matter of a ‘nice to have’ but something that organizations must do. Some of this pressure is already coming from investors and shareholders, as well as from consumers. It is also becoming a focus for policy makers and regulators.

In each issue of our Annual Report, The Black In House Counsel Network will be speaking to policy makers about their views on advancing DEI in the United States and beyond. For the 2022 Annual Report, we were privileged to interview Gary Gensler, the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Chair Gensler talked about why environmental, social and governance (ESG) and human capital are areas of focus for the agency going forward – because these are now priorities for investors.