PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE MCBA PROFILE Executive Director Mee Mee Wong VALERIE KUSHEL
What is your current position with the Marin County Bar Association and what are your responsibilities? Executive director, which I’ve been since 2014. I oversee the organization so that it’s
fiscally sound. MCBA is liaison to the court and we deliver informative continuing legal education. Having fun that connects members is also a priority! How did you wind up in that position? I saw the announcement for the opening and applied. I wanted to be more connected with Mee Mee Wong, MCBA Executive Director
the community where I live. I was working in San Francisco at the time and most of my
are modest. What are you most proud of in
connections were there. In San Francisco, I was the marketing director for a large law
your role as executive director of the Marin County Bar Association?
firm well known for its land use law. I was able to get the firm the accolades they de-
I think our outward presence to the commu-
serve for all their important work. I applied to that job because I wanted to work for a woman founder. Before that, I was the marketing director at Gordon & Rees for four years. I helped them grow from 15 offices to 25 offices. My first boss at Gordon & Rees was a woman – I was basically doing PR helping her with both the expansion and making sure she got exposure, which she did, such as being featured in the San Francisco Business Times.
nity is excellent. Our website is fabulous and we won awards for it. We expanded our membership. We’ve expanded our programming such as the Bay Area MCLE conference. But I don’t do this alone. I do it with the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. It’s really a partnership. We have a very collegial bar. We have good relationships with our court and if there’s a legal need from the court, the attorneys step up. This organization doesn’t exist without the work of the lawyers.
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