ALANYC Luncheon Program 
CSR Ideas & Programs:  Creative Opportunities to Strengthen Your Business

Tuesday, September 25, 2018
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Opry City Stage 
1604 Broadway
(On Broadway between 48th and 49th streets - across the street from the Crowne Plaza)

Join us for a timely discussion on CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) efforts in law firms.

Too often, executives have viewed CSR as just another passing fad. But as clients, recruits and even society more broadly, place increasing importance on CSR, some leaders have started to look at it as a creative opportunity to fundamentally strengthen their businesses while contributing to society at the same time. 

Our knowledgeable panel will discuss how their firms are doing just that with unique and engaging programs geared to diversity and inclusion, community connection and sustainability. 

This is a great opportunity to bring back some interesting and innovative ideas to your firms.  Don’t miss it!

Register TODAY for the first ALANYC fall luncheon.  To celebrate this special venue, fitALANYC will host a brief line dancing class from 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm. The lunch and program will start immediately after.

Our distinguished panel includes:

Nadia Wagner is the Regional Office Manager for the NY office of Beveridge & Diamond, PC, a premier national environmental firm. Nadia is a member of her firm’s D&I and Sustainability Committees.  She has also served in numerous positions on the Board of Directors for the ALANYC, including a term as President in 2004-2005.  She is currently the team leader for the ALANYC Sustainability Team and the ALANYC Community Connections Team.  She is a graduate of SUNY @ Stony Brook where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology.

Hedieh Fakhriyazdi is the Associate Director in Global Diversity and Social Responsibility at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. In this capacity, she helps to oversee the recruitment, retention and advancement of the Firm’s diverse attorneys globally, in addition to overseeing the Firm’s social responsibility initiatives and charitable foundation. Ms. Fakhriyazdi serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Service at New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She earned her Masters of Public Administration in Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy from NYU Wagner and her Bachelor of Urban and Environmental Planning and Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from the University of Virginia. 

Carlos Dávila-Caballero is the Director of Diversity & Inclusion at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. Mr. Dávila-Caballero oversees the Firm’s diversity and inclusion strategies and provides expertise to the relevant committees, administrative departments, lawyers and staff, including the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, Committee on Retention and Promotion of Women, and the professional development department.

Mr. Dávila-Caballero practiced law for six years in the areas of litigation and public international law, including practice as a former Legal Officer for the Organization of American States in Washington, DC.

Mr. Dávila-Caballero holds a BA, 1993, from the University of Central Florida and a JD, 1997, from Tulane University Law School. 

Gayatri Joshi is Vice President of ecoAnalyze, a sustainability and data collection consulting firm to the law firm community. She works with law firms engaging in sustainability initiatives, helping to organize and track information. She helped develop and launch the LFSN American Legal Industry Sustainability Standard (ALISS), an online sustainability assessment for law firms. As Executive Director of the LFSN, she also provides education, resources and best practices in sustainability.

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