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The Emerging Leaders Group (ELG) provides business development, mentorship, and networking opportunities for newer and mid-level attorneys of color with up to eight years of experience. Twin Cities Diversity in Practice (TCDIP) Member Organizations are invited to choose a rising attorney of color or ally as their Emerging Leaders Group Representative. Your ELG Representative will participate in a range of programs and opportunities designed to enhance leadership skills and create a stronger community of diverse attorneys in the Twin Cities metro area. ELG also offers professional development and networking programming for early-career attorneys.

Our ELG Representatives

Fabio Calil

3M

Quang Trang

Allina Health

Coming Soon! 

Ameriprise Financial

Nhoa Stanton

Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A.

Ricardo E. Johnson III

Ballard Spahr LLP

Anne Parrish

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Michael Pfau

Bassford Remele

Dong Lee

Best Buy

Michelle Lester

Bowman and Brooke LLP

Elvis Kim

Carlson Caspers, Outreach Lead

Monica Delgado

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Zoey Twyford

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Grace Kim

Fish & Richardson PC

Ye Xu

Foley & Mansfield

Ana Maria Correa

Fox Rothschild LLP

Navita Lakhram

Fredrikson & Byron, Recruiting Lead

Tina Yin Sowatzke

General Mills

Carlos Alonso Gayon

Greenberg Traurig LLP

Davida Williams

Greene Espel PLLP

Shashi Gowda

Gustafson Gluek

Zhi Dong

Hamre Schumann Mueller & Larson PC

Liliana Garrido

Intact Insurance

Yeting Shi

Jones Day

Cristina Cruz-Jennings

Kennedy & Graven Chartered

Nathaniel Gier

Land o’ Lakes, Inc

Hahn Shlomo

Lanthrop GPM

Madison Fernandez

Larson King LLP

Flossie Fry

Life Time Inc.

Allyson Peterson Francis

Littler Mendelson.

Michael Kinane

Lockridge Grindal Nauen, PLLP

Yujin Jang

Maslon LLP

Martha Snipstad

Meagher and Geer

Leighton Zhao

Merchant & Gould PC

Abeer Humood

Mortenson Construction, Professional Development Lead

Debra Bulluck

Moss and Barnett, Mentorship Lead

Taryn Ryan

Nelson Mullins

Clara Coleman

Nichols Kaster PLLP

Eric Ryu

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA

Jaime Wing

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

Paola Maldonado

Ogletree Deakins

Manuel Chavez

Prime Therapeutics

Heather Chang

Robins Kaplan LLP, ELG Co-Chair 2025-2027

Sheri Stewart

Sapientia Law Group

Laruen Schoeberl

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr

Zach Zhao

Schumaker & Sieffert PA

John Swart

Schwegman, Lundberg + Woessner, P.A.

Michelle Cardona Vinasco

Stinson LLP, ELG Co-Chair, 2024-2026

Derek Zha

Stoel Rives

Yuka Shiotani

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Linhda Nguyen

UnitedHealth Group

Allira Bailey

US Bank

Parth Deshmukh

Winthrop & Weinstine PA

Daniela Erickson

Xcel Energy

Bryan Lee

Zelle LLP

Giselle Webber

Zimmerman Reed