SYMPOSIUM DETAILS

DATE: Tuesday, April 23, 2024

PLACE: South Texas College of Law, 1303 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX 77002

TIME: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Registration

1:00 PM – 5:30 PM Welcome, Program, and Keynote Speaker

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Happy Hour 

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM   Registration and Networking Lunch

12:30 PM Remarks from the Honorable Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

1:00 PM – 1:15 PM      Welcome – Estamos Listas

Dani Sanchez (Somos President)

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM      Reading Between the (SFFA) Lines: DEI & Law Firms

Natalie Gonzales (Baker Botts)

Alejandra Salinas (Susman Godfrey LLP)

Angeles Garcia Cassin (Sheppard Mullin)

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM      Networking Break

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM      Keynote: Fireside chat with Tricia Montalvo Timm

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM      Table Topics

Alexandra Foulkes Grafton (Susman Godfrey LLP)

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM      Networking Break

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM      Reading Between the (SFFA) Lines: DEI & Corporations

Natasha Taylor (Wright Close & Barger, LLP)

Maria Ragazzo (PGS)

Alejandra H. Mittelsted (Sunnova Energy Corporation)

Nelsy Gomez Lipford (Conoco Phillips)

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM      Happy Hour