Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE WOMEN'S WHITE COLLAR DEFENSE ASSOCIATION (WWCDA) PROMOTES THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS OF WOMEN ATTORNEYS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS WHO SPECIALIZE IN THE REPRESENTATION OF CORPORATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS FACING GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND IN INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS, COMPLIANCE AND ETHICS MATTERS. WWCDA PROMOTES DIVERSITY IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION, ORGANIZES BUSINESS ACTIVITIES TO FACILITATE NETWORKING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN IN THE PRACTICE AND PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON THE DEFENSE OF GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS, COMPLIANCE AND ETHICAL ISSUES. WWCDA WAS FOUNDED IN RESPONSE TO A SEVERE LACK OF WOMEN IN WHITE COLLAR PRACTICE AND IN EXISTING PROFESSIONAL WHITE COLLAR ORGANIZATIONS. SUCH PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES ARE CRUCIAL IN PROMOTING DIVERSITY IN THE PRACTICE, PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND NETWORKING TO DEVELOP BUSINESS IN THE PRACTICE AREA.
PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS OF WOMEN WHO SPECIALIZE IN REPRESENTATION OF CLIENTS FACING GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS, AND INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS AND COMPLIANCE MATTERS. PROMOTES DIVERSITY AND EDUCATION AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES.
ANNUAL MEETING AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, AWARDS DINNER GALA, EMAIL AND SOCIAL MEDIA, WEBSITE, AND QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER: ASSOCIATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE AN ANNUAL MEETING/PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, LEADERSHIP RETREAT, PROGRAMS WITH OTHER PROFESSIONAL WOMEN AND MEN, A GOOGLE GROUPS EMAIL LIST FOR SHARING IDEAS ABOUT PROFESSIONAL ISSUES, AND WEBSITE/SOCIAL MEDIA SITES TO PUBLICIZE WWCDA AND CHAPTER PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE. CHAPTERS HOST A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN IN THE WHITE COLLAR DEFENSE FIELD. CHAPTER MEETINGS PROVIDE MEMBERS WITH EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. WWCDA HELPS PLACE CHAPTER MEMBERS IN SPEAKING ROLES AT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS' CONFERENCES. THE ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL MEETING - SCHEDULED TO COINCIDE WITH THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION WHITE COLLAR CRIME CONFERENCE - WAS HELD IN NEW ORLEANS IN 2019. CHAPTER MEMBERS DISCUSSED WWCDA GOVERNANCE AND ACTIVITIES. THE ANNUAL MEETING ALSO FEATURED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, NETWORKING AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. ALSO IN 2019, WWCDA COLLABORATED WITH GLOBAL INVESTIGATIONS REVIEW ON THE WOMEN IN INVESTIGATION CONFERENCE HELD IN LONDON, THE ABA WHITE COLLAR CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE, AND THE WOMEN, INFLUENCE & POWER IN LAW CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC. WWCDA HOSTED A LONDON RECEPTION FOR CHAPTER MEMBERS AND GUESTS. WWCDA ALSO COLLABORATED WITH THE ABA IN THE AFTERNOON TEA AT THE ABA SOUTHEASTERN WHITE COLLAR CONFERENCE. WWCDA ADOPTED AN AWARDS PROGRAM IN 2018 THAT RECOGNIZES MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WHITE COLLAR FIELD WHILE ADVANCING WOMEN. THE FIRST WWCDA AWARDS DINNER GALA OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 3, 2019. IT WAS HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC. WWCDA WORKED ON LAUNCHING A NEW WEBSITE, ONLINE COMMUNITY AND MARKETING AUTOMATION FOR ROLL OUT DURING 2019-2020. WWCDA ALSO LAUNCHED A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Susan Markel | TREASURER | 3 | $0 |
Kristin Graham Koehler | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
Susan K Bozorgi | VICE PRESIDENT | 5 | $0 |
Karen A Popp | PRESIDENT | 8 | $0 |
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