MCCA invites you to The MCCA Diversity Honors Gala at Lincoln Center – the premier national awards program honoring the foremost corporate law departments from across the nation for diversity and industry leadership as well as achievements in their legal department diversity programs. This unique format includes an exclusive networking reception and honors awards program in the famed Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center followed by an elegant networking reception. It offers increased opportunities for participants to interact with the MCCA network on a national scale.

The program features Red-carpet arrivals followed by awards program in the Starr Theater, and concluding with elegant VIP Reception in Alice Tully Hall;  presentation of Employers of Choice Awards, George P. Vashon Diversity Innovator Awards, and the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award; and hosting by Sunny Hostin, former federal prosecutor and multiplatform journalist.

Honorees include the following: 

Southwest Region: DHL– Joshua B. Franks, General Counsel and Secretary

Midwest Region: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company– Patricia R. Hatler, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Governance Officer

Western Region: Chevron Corporation– R. Hewitt Pate, Vice President and General Counsel

Mid-Atlantic Region: H.J. Heinz Company– Theodore N. Bobby, Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Northeast Region: Morgan Stanley– Eric F. Grossman, Chief Legal Officer