Designees

The Society for Corporate Governance and independent CCGP - Certified Corporate Governance Professional® (CCGP) Commission are pleased to announce that the following corporate governance professionals have earned the CCGP designation. 

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Leslie L.  Adams, Assistant Vice President and Legal Staff Professional, Fifth Third Bank, National
Lynn Ann Arians
, Director Corporate Governance & Corporate Secretary, First Business Bank
Lauren Marie Assaf-Holmes, Associate, Gibson Dunn
Sophie Marie Genevieve Bail, Counsel, Senior Counsel, Bristol Meyers Squib
Sheena Bailey, Senior Legal Specialist, Corporate Governance, Whirlpool Corporation
Michael Barbieri, Corporate Governance Manager, Edison International 
Asa Behnia, Assistant General Counsel, Primerica
Brian Bennett, Deputy, General Counsel, Constellation Brands, Inc.
Jennifer E. Bennett, Associate General Counsel & Managing Director, Attorney-Corporate Advice, Bank of America Corporation
Julie Bodden, Assistant Corporate Secretary, Alterra Mountain Company
Kathleen Mary Boege, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Wintrust Financial Corporation
Mary Pat Bolin, Manager, Corporate Governance & Legal Operations, New Jersey Resources
Brian Bolash, Vice President, Secretary and Senior Counsel, Erie Insurance Group
Aaron Kyle Briggs, Of Counsel, Gibson Dunn
Mary Julieann Brodd, General Counsel, Committee For Children
Patrick Charles Cannon, Chief Compliance Officer, NuScale Power
Donald Martin Carley, EVP & General Counsel, Horace Mann Insurance
Marcin Dawid Cecot, Assistant Corporate Secretary, CLS Group
Kristi Demidio Chase, Manager Corporate Secretarial Operations & Senior Counsel, Bechtel Global Corporation
David A. Cifrino, Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP
Margaret Joan Cino, Assistant General Counsel, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co
Jennifer Lynne Clay, Corporate Paralegal
Christina Michelle, Clayton, Assistant Corporate Secretary, Piedmont Lithium Inc
Jennifer Leighann Cloyd-Caldwell, Senior Associate General Counsel, AtriCure, Inc.
Joshua L. Colburn, Partner,  Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Andrew Euta Colvin, VP, General Counsel, Secretary, Canal Insurance Company
Thiago Augusto Cooper Senior Attorney, Murphy Oil Corporation
Ryan Copi, Managing Counsel, Managing Director & Corporate Secretary, CIBC Bank USA
Margaret Johnson Cornelius, Shareholder, Maynard, Cooper & Gale
Cheryl M. Cromer, Sr. Manager, Corporate Governance, Securities & Entity Management, Ingredion Incorporated
Ruth Lynn Cove, Deputy General Counsel, International, AG US Group Services Inc
Melanie Dagenhart, Senior Paralegal - Corporate, Kontoor Brands, Inc.
Kamyar Dariush Daneshvar, Associate General Counsel, Inovalon Holdings, Inc. 
Duc Tai Dang, Corporate Counsel, PRA Group
Charles Evan Davis, Associate General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, Sallie Mae
Christina G. Dean, Assistant Corporate Secretary, RLI Insurance Company
Sean Edward Dempsey, Vice President, General Counsel, Assistant Secretary, W. R. Grace & Co.
Michael Paul Dillinger, Assistant Vice President, ESG, USA
 Brian F. Doran, General Counsel, Byline Bank
Leigh-Ann Durant, Head of North America Medical Governance, EMD Serono, Inc.
Jeffrey Andrew Ehrich, Interim General Counsel, Vista Outdoor Inc.
Erika Britt Eliasson-Norris, Founder/CEO Beyond Governance Limited
Deb W. Ferguson, Corporate Paralegal, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
Shawn Filippi, Vice President, Corporate Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer, NW Natural 
Tracy Rucker Foard, Sr. Paralegal, Marqeta
 Sarah Mead Fotheringham, Deputy General Counsel, UNC Health
Stacey K. Geer, Executive Vice President, Chief Governance Officer, Deputy General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Primerica
Victoria Gehris, Assistant Corporate Secretary, Quaker Houghton
Julie Glasser, Deputy General Counsel, Luminex Corporation
Lauralee Maureen Gooch, Deputy General Counsel, Compliance & Governance, BlackLine
Naveen Gurudevan, Associate General Counsel, Dexcom
Kellie Kristine Hamilton, Manager Corporate Affairs, WEC Energy Group, Inc.
Brittany Harris, Director – Legal, Corporate and ESG, Healthpeak Properties, Inc.
Jennifer Lyn Hawkins, Corporate Secretary, American Red Cross
Julia A. Head, Senior Legal Assistant, Mondelez International
Toni Yolande Hickey, General Counsel, Cummins Filtration
Maureen Hinners, Board Liaison & Engagement Specialist, Children’s Nebraska
Ronald Alan Holinsky, SVP & Chief Counsel, Investment Management, Lincoln Financial
Jean Frances Holloway, General Counsel, Cryolife
Richard Dale Horn, EVP, General Counsel, Old Dominion National Bank
Jaileah Xan Huddleston, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary, Brown-Forman Corporation
Jennifer A. Johnson, EVP, General Counsel, and Corp Secretary, International Flavors and Fragrances
Rosemarie P. Jones, Director Legal Affairs, ICF International
Kerry A. Jung, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, National Life
Shivani Prabhakar Kaul, Chief Compliance Officer, Patterson Companies
Robert Joseph Kelley, Associate, Gibson Dunn
James J. Killerlane, Ill, Corporate Secretary, Managing Director & Deputy General Counsel, BNY Mellon 
Amy Kim, Corporate Counsel, Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Caroline S. Kim, Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Amy Kathleen Koenig, Vice President - Governance, Corporate Secretary & Deputy General Counsel, Black Hills Corporation
Maureen Geary Krowicki, Senior Counsel - Corporate Legal, Erie Insurance
Keith Larson, Senior Attorney, Southern California Edison
Jaclyn N. Lasaracina, General Counsel, Ribbon Home, Inc.
Kelly Braun Lefferts, CLO & Corporate Secretary, Bloomin Brands, Inc
Lisa Beth Lentini, CEO & Founder, Lumen Worldwide Endeavors Corporation
Lawrence Daniel Levin, Partner, Katten
Victoria Paula Libin, General Counsel, GlobalLogic
Michael Gavin Lilly, Lead Specialist & Senior Paralegal, General Electric
Jeffrey Matthew Lipschutz, Associate General Counsel, SLM Corporation
Derek Lively, Assistant Secretary, Herc Rentals Inc.
Ron C. Llewellyn, Managing Director, Georgeson
Lauren Marie Machi, Board Liaison, Block, Inc.
Kevin D. Macikowski, Assistant General Counsel, Securities & Corporate Governance, Viatris
Alissa D. Makower, Vice President, Counsel, Viacom
Sarita Bhavnani Malakar, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary V2X, Inc.
Karen A. Maloney, Senior Corp Paralegal, Assistant Secretary, Genesys Cloud Services
Malvina Mardirosyan, Vice President, Corporate Counsel, IES Holdings, Inc. 
Kate S. Matlen-Remer, Senior Director, Corporate Governance Counsel, Vision Service Plan
Michele M. McKinnon, Legal Counsel, Nicolet National Bank
Lisa Deborah Mertens, Director, Assistant Secretary, CommScope, Inc.
Krissy Meyer, Corporate Secretary, Bank of Marin
Linea K. Michael, AVP, Corporate Governance, Horace Mann Service Corporation
Jennifer Kristin Miller-Green, Director, Corporate Governance & Securities & Assistant Corporate Secretary, Sysco Corporation 
Jennifer Piorko Mitchell, Vice President, Corporate Governance & Deputy Corporate Secretary, FINRA
Candice Christine Moore, Senior Counsel, Corporate, Eaton Corporation
Marianne A. Mundstock, Lead Corporate Governance Specialist, WEC Energy Group, Inc.
Erika Jade Moore, VP, Deputy General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Nasdaq
Tana Elaine Murphy, Senior Compliance Specialist, Benson Hill
Sheldon Gean Nagesh, Associate Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Christine M. Neighbors, SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Ameritas Life Insurance Corp
Richard Nelson, SVP, Corporate Secretary and Chief Regulatory Counsel, Sallie Mae
Cynthia C. Ng, Chief Legal Officer, TeleSign Corporation
Lindsey Susan Nielson, Associate Counsel, The Cheesecake Factory
Justin Christopher Nowell, Associate, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Christopher Tadeusz Nowotarski, General Counsel, Catholic Order of Foresters
Jesse M. Oropesa, Executive Director, Legal, Assistant Corporate Secretary, Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.
Mary Beth Orson, Senior Vice President, Shared Services Legal & Corporate Secretary, Metabank
Christine Marie Paster, Senior Corporate Counsel, Marqeta
Catherine D. Parroco, Assistant Corporate Secretary, Howmet Aerospace Inc.
Celeste Rasmussen Peiffer, Managing Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary, Rimini Street, Inc
Jacqueline Pérez-Ares, Manager Legal Services, Mastercard
Michael Leonard Preston, Corporate Secretary, CLS Bank
James Francis Reda, Managing Director, Executive Compensation, Arthur J. Gallagher
Diane A. Richardson, Senior Corporate Paralegal, Kosmos Energy Ltd.
Jonn William Plerchee, Senior Corporate Paralegal, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Nathan Eldon Robinson, Of counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Daniel Jose Rodriguez, VP, Corporate Legal, Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Kimberly D. Pittman, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, CBS Corporation
Barbara Elizabeth Rogan, SVP and General Counsel, NeoPhotonics Corporation
Beth-ann Roth, Shareholder/Attorney, RK Invest Law
Jeanne Rouleau, Director of Corporate Governance & Assistant Secretary, HC2 Holdings, Inc.
Karri J. Russell, Senior Paralegal, Starbucks
Jane Whitt Sellers, Retired Partner, McGuireWoods LLP
Emily Kathryn Sicard, Sr. Corporate Governance Specialist, Polaris
Abi Sills, VP, GC & Assist. Corporate Secretary, TELUS International
Jennifer O. Smestad, Vice President, General Counsel, & Corporate Secretary, Otter Tail Corporation
Allen Harrison Smith, Research analyst, First Energy
Merritt Leigh Steele, Senior Associate, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosa
Emiko Catherine Sutton, Corporate Counsel, Figure 
Mary M. Swann, Corporate Secretary & AGC, FirstEnergy
LaTisha Owens Tarrant, SVP, Deputy GC and Corp. Secretary, PRA Group
Dionne Amberly Thomas, Associate, Cooley LLP
Karen A. Tinsmon, Corporate Governance & Insurance Specialist, Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Co.
Laura Trapp, Manager - Board and Securities Compliance, Bunge Global SA
Victor Twu, Associate Attorney, Gibson Dunn
Jared Velez, VP, Legal Counsel – Governance, Enstar
Dana Rebecca Walsh, Associate. General Counsel/Asst. Corp. Sec., Southwest Gas Corporation
Geoffrey Edward Walter, Associate, Gibson Dunn
Carrie A. Warren, Senior Executive Assistant/Corporate Secretary, First National Bank
Lawrence Todd Weiss, Senior Vice President, GC, Corp Sec, Analog Devices
Tami Dee Whitman, Assistant Corporate Secretary, Hecla Mining Company
Jennifer L. Woods, VP, Associate General Counsel – Corporate & Securities & Assistant Secretary, Frontdoor
Jason E. Wynn, Associate General Counsel, McCormick & Co., Inc.
Y. Patrick Xiong, Corporate Counsel, Snowflake Inc.
Eunice Yang, Governance Professional
Karen J. Yodis, Sr. Corporate Governance Manager, EnerSys
Janeva Lynne Zabala, Director, Corporate Governance and Assistant Corporate Secretary, Paratek Pharmaceuticals
Anne Marie Ziebell, Director, Corporate Governance & Assistant Corporate Secretary, Medtronic