Women's Initiative Committee |  | |
As part of our continuing commitment to diversity, McAfee & Taft has established a Women’s Initiative Committee to focus on the professional development of our female attorneys. The committee aims to encourage and support our female attorneys’ leadership within the firm, and to foster and support their active involvement in the community. The objectives of the committee are designed to ensure that McAfee & Taft continues to recruit, retain and promote excellent female attorneys.
McAfee & Taft has a philosophy of inclusion that lends itself to the advancement and development of our female attorneys. Elizabeth Tyrrell serves on our board of directors, and women hold positions on a majority of our committees, including the Associate, Recruiting, Diversity, Technology, Human Resources, Ethics and Opinion committees. Myrna Latham is practice group leader of the Real Estate Group and also is chair of our Ethics Committee. Erin Van Laanen is practice group leader of the Aircraft Group, and Jennifer Callahan is chair of the Associate Committee. Jennifer Wheeler chairs the Women’s Initiative Committee.
The committee holds monthly meetings to emphasize mentoring, recruiting, marketing, and business development by our female attorneys. Ms. Tyrrell attends the Women’s Initiative meetings and advises the other board members of the committee’s activities. The meetings are open to all attorneys.