40th Anniversary Past Presidents Fireside Chat
Wed, Feb 24
|Online Event
Join us to toast our past and future in this historic moment for the Foundation and the women and girls who are supported by our grants.


Time & Location
Feb 24, 2021, 6:00 PM – 9:05 PM EST
Online Event
About The Event
This year is the WBA Foundation's 40th Anniversary. Please join us for this community event to toast our past and future in this historic moment for the Foundation and for the women and girls in the DC Metro community who are supported by our grant programs.
Paulette Chapman (WBA president, 2003-2004; Partner, Koonz McKenney Johnson & DePaolis LLP) will moderate a panel of WBAF Presidents that spans our 40-year history and our impact in engaging women lawyers and law students to advance equity and justice for low-income women and girls in metro DC. Our panelists are:
Marjorie O'Connell, WBAF president, 1981-1983; Principal, O'Connell & Associates
Hon. Deborah Israel, WBAF president, 1996-1998; Associate Judge, DC Superior Court
Ellen Jakovic, WBAF president, 2006-2008; Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Nancy Long, WBAF president, 2014-2016; Associate Counsel, American Association of University Professors