Susan Freeman

August 2, 2020

Empathy, Lawyer, Legal, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Julie Baker

Susan Freeman

August 2, 2020

Empathy, Lawyer, Legal, Women Leaders

Julie Baker is Sr. Counsel, Employment Litigation for Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). JLL is a Fortune 500 professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. In her role, Julie manages the Company’s employment litigation across the United States. This includes developing case strategy, managing outside counsel in lawsuits and agency charges, conducting internal investigations, and advising business partners to mitigate litigation risk.

Prior to working at JLL, Julie worked at Jones Day representing a wide variety of employers in labor and employment matters. She graduated with her B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Although she has returned to her beloved Chicago (or at least a nearby suburb), Julie bounced around for a number of years – almost 5 years in London as a kid, a semester abroad in Santiago, Chile during college, and 2 years living and teaching fourth grade in Brownsville, Texas as a Teach for America corps member.

Julie and her husband, John, are busy raising their two daughters to be adventurous, open-minded, and empathetic.

Connect with Julie:

Julie M. Baker

Sr. Counsel, Employment Litigation

JLL

200 E. Randolph Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60601
T +1 312 228 2283

julie.baker@am.jll.com
jll.com
One of the 2020 World’s Most Ethical Companies®
Jones Lang LaSalle

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliembaker1/

Susan Freeman

July 25, 2020

Blogs, Books, Communications, Executive Coaching, Keynote Speaker, Lawyer, Male Allies, Thought Leadership

Wonder Women in Business Ally, Ari Kaplan

Susan Freeman

July 25, 2020

Blogs, Books, Communications, Executive Coaching, Keynote Speaker, Lawyer, Male Allies, Thought Leadership

Ari Kaplan, an attorney and legal industry analyst, is an inaugural Fastcase 50 honoree, a fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, and a finalist for the International Legal Technology Association’s Thought Leader of the Year award. He is the author of Reinventing Professional Services: Building Your Business in the Digital Marketplace (Wiley, 2011) and The Opportunity Maker: Strategies for Inspiring Your Legal Career Through Creative Networking and Business Development (West Academic, 2nd Ed. 2016). Kaplan serves as the principal researcher for a variety of widely distributed benchmarking reports, has been the keynote speaker for events worldwide, and is the founder of the Lawcountability® business development software platform and iPhone app. He is an avid swimmer, a self-taught, beginner-level python coder, and a two-time Ironman triathlon finisher.

Contact Ari

Ari Kaplan Advisors LLC
576 Fifth Avenue, Suite 903
New York, NY 10036

(646) 641-0600

Ari@AriKaplanAdvisors.com

Susan Freeman

July 25, 2020

Keynote Speaker, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Asra Nadeem

Susan Freeman

July 25, 2020

Keynote Speaker, Women Leaders

Asra Nadeem is a speaker and investor, who is passionate about artificial intelligence.

As the President at Draper U, Asra has invested invests in early stage companies. DraperU alumni have raised $250M+ in investments and include companies like QTUM ($5B) and nVision ($275M acq).

Aside from investing, most of Asra’s work is directly with governments, universities and international incubators to establish local entrepreneurial hubs, investment opportunities and corporate innovation initiatives.

Before working at DraperU, Asra worked on product and market development for startups in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia.

She was an early employee and the first female product manager in Pakistan for rozee.pk (jobsite) and naseeb.com (matchmaking for Muslims). She later led Bayt.com's special projects team to build web infrastructure for government organizations and MNC's in the MENA region.

She frequently speaks globally to help teams and individuals innovate around the future of work, understand the basics of angel investing, build startup ecosystems and engineer an entrepreneurial mindset.

Asra can be found reading and funding researches to build vertical cities or inventing new recipes for world's best hummus.

Contact Asra

E: asranadeem@gmail.com

W: https://www.asranadeem.com/

Susan Freeman

July 22, 2020

Story Telling

Wonder Woman in Business, Jenn Ocken

Susan Freeman

July 22, 2020

Story Telling

Jenn Ocken in her own words…

“Love is always available, and it has an amazing story to tell us.”

Boy, did I stumble onto my purpose the first time I ever picked up a camera in 1991! I was 15 years old and was inspired by two of my (4) older brothers, who, at the time were just beginning their photo careers. I never put the camera down, even though I wasn't setting out to be a professional photographer.

My bachelor degree from Ball State University was in graphic arts with a minor in business. It wasn't until I moved to Arkansas in 2000 to work for my brothers that I realized that taking photos was my calling. Working with my brothers I had the freedom to really define my craft and create my own personal style of shooting.

I appreciate the inspiration my photo approach gives me and seek to find in my assignments:

· The blessings expressed by the excitement of a loud laugh

· The endearing eyes that speak of peace that can hit your soul

· Those sweet tears of joy welling up inside before they hit the cheeks

· The intimate look of a cherished embrace

· The sweet smile that says “I am exactly where I want to be always,”

· And AHHHH that moment right before a kiss where you can see light shining through the moment! SO GOOD!

After working for about seven years in Arkansas and then in Chicago side by side with my two brothers taking photos, I move to Baton Rouge, LA in 2007 I took a big step and ventured out on my own to start a business in the Gulf Coast area.

I rebranded myself as Jenn Ocken Photography and set my sights on capturing weddings, holiday portraits and my favorite, beach photography sessions, along with also photographing musicians specifically in the blues genre.

In 2015 I self published a book about The International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN, an event that I dedicated 11 years to photographing.

2020 I took the call to start The Front Porch Project in Baton Rouge during the stay at home ordinance earlier this year not only saved my sanity but it gave purpose to the people who showed up for a session, the other photographers who joined me and encouraged the businesses to keep moving forward. It has been the highlight of my career reaching about 900 porches. I hope the results and the photos taken remind us all to always do something, anything to help your community especially when we need it most.

Contact Jenn

312-498-0407 | me@jennockenphotography.com | www.jennocken.com

Susan Freeman

July 15, 2020

Diversity & Inclusion, Legal, Male Allies

Wonder Women in Business Ally, Steve Camac

Susan Freeman

July 15, 2020

Diversity & Inclusion, Legal, Male Allies

Steve Camac

CEO, CenterForce

Steve Camac is the founder of Centerforce, a conference and events company focused on Diversity & IP topics. For over 10 years, he has set the strategic direction for the company as well as each summit's editorial content. His focus is to develop quality conferences that cover hot button topics and provide high-level networking opportunities for business communities. Steve's conference and trade show experience includes leadership positions at IQPC (International Quality and Productivity Center) and IIR (Institute for International Research). Centerforce is run with the core belief that conferences, when done well, are a powerful platform for education, networking, and creating change.

Steve moved from his native England to the U.S. in 1991 and not only graduated with a B.A. and M.A. in History from Montana State University (MSU), but was also an all-conference collegiate tennis player. Go Bobcats!

Most weekends, Steve can be found either cooking and hosting friends for dinner or on a tennis court somewhere contemplating a comeback.

Contact Steve

Steve Camac, CEO

CenterForce USA

42 West Street, 2nd floor Brooklyn, NY 11222

P: 516.241.9158

E: steve.camac@cfconferences.com

Susan Freeman

July 15, 2020

Blogs, Books, Communications, Keynote Speaker, Male Allies

Wonder Women in Business Ally, Ross Fishman

Susan Freeman

July 15, 2020

Blogs, Books, Communications, Keynote Speaker, Male Allies

Ross Fishman

Of Counsel magazine wrote “Many people consider Ross Fishman to be the nation’s foremost expert on legal marketing.”

Ross specializes in strategy, branding, websites, and marketing training for law and professional-services firms. A former litigator, marketing director, and marketing partner, he has helped over 200 law firms dominate their markets and trained over 20,000 lawyers in leading-edge marketing techniques.

A Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and 2020 Lawdragon 100 Leading Consultant, Ross was the first marketer inducted into the Legal Marketing Association’s “Hall of Fame.” He has written 300 bylined articles and many popular marketing books, including “The Ultimate Law Firm Associate’s Marketing Checklist,” “The Ultimate Women Associate’s Law Firm Marketing Checklist,” and “We’re Smart. We’re Old. And We’re the Best at Everything,” all available on Amazon.