Speakers

• Maria Livanos, Partner
• Erin Bradham, Partner

Dentons proudly celebrated International Women’s Day featuring Former Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard, spoke with partners and WomenLEAD co-chairs Maria Livanos and Erin Bradham about her experiences as a world leader, as an advocate for increasing women in leadership and as the author of Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons.

Prime Minister Gillard also spoke about her experience in the combative Australian parliament, her perspective on how traditional gender expectations impacted her work and how they permeate society as a whole. She also offered advice toward our global effort to hire and elevate more women based on her experience interviewing eight world leaders from across the globe, considered how family responsibilities disproportionately affect women in the workplace and offered her hopeful thoughts on the future of women in leadership.

Our International Women’s Day celebration culminated with the presentation of the fifth annual WomenLEAD Excellence Awards, expanded this year with two new categories. Congratulations to this year's winners, who go the extra mile to aid and advance women in the workplace:

• Above & Beyond Award: Toni Weinstein, Dallas partner
• Emerging Leader Award: Jasmine Fisher, Washington, DC, managing associate
• Mentor/Sponsor Award: Sandy McCandless, San Francisco partner
• Change-making Ally Award: Nick Pujji, Los Angeles partner
• Exemplary Staff Award: Cina Grayson, Chicago financial systems administrator, and Sue DeLeva, New York senior events manager