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Sophie Alcorn
Founding Partner
Alcorn Immigration Law
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Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law, dedicated to supporting top global startup founders and their teams to obtain visas and green cards to live and work in the United States.
Sophie believes in overcoming borders, expanding opportunity, and connecting the world. She is passionate about empowering entrepreneurs to build their dreams and scale their companies for the betterment of humanity.
Alcorn Immigration Law is the fastest-growing immigration law firm in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.”
Sophie is recognized as a Certified Specialist Attorney in Immigration and Nationality Law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. She is recognized by TechCrunch as a Verified Expert Lawyer and was recently named to the list of Top 10 Immigration Attorneys in California.
She frequently speaks at TechCrunch Disrupt, Draper University, Swissnex Accelerator, German Accelerator, and Stanford, among others.
Sophie authors a weekly TechCrunch immigration advice column, Dear Sophie. She is the host of the podcast, Immigration Law for Tech Startups.
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Lieselot Whitbeck
Associate
Hunton Andrews Kurth
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Lieselot is a global immigration lawyer at the firm Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP where she advises on immigration processes around the world. With more than seven years of experience guiding companies and individuals through immigration processes in the US and overseas, Lieselot provides immigration support for corporate assignments and relocations to Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Australia. Given her wide experience in immigration law, she also advises on complex naturalization, employment-based, family-based, and humanitarian immigration matters. She is a member of the Global Migration Section of AILA and a vice-chair of the section’s analytics committee.
Dr. Jessica Kriegel
Managing Director
OE Consulting Group
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Dr. Susan E. Sweeney
CHRO
EnPro Industries
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Dr. Susan Sweeney is the CHRO for EnPro Industries. Previous to taking this position in early 2020, she held the position of President GGB, responsible for operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Susan combines strategic vision, operational expertise and technical curiosity to lead change and transform businesses across the globe. Her passion is unleashing potential by connecting people and ideas and believes today’s complex and quickly changing environment requires a different kind of leadership model.
Susan holds an EdD in Organizational Leadership and Innovation, a MBA with a focus on union relations and negotiations and a BA in Economics.
Susan lives in Delaware with her husband and has two adult sons.
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Ann Smith
Executive Director
Books@Work
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Ann Kowal Smith serves as Executive Director of Books@Work. Books@Work facilitates story-based conversations that deepen the quality of relationships and foster inclusion and collaboration at every level of the workplace.
Ann has also served as Principal with Heidrick & Struggles International and Expert (Strategy) with McKinsey & Company. Prior to joining McKinsey, Ann practiced corporate and securities law in private and corporate settings.
Ann earned her AB from Bryn Mawr College, her MA from the University of Michigan, and both her JD and DBA from Case Western Reserve University. Her dissertation examined organizational learning and innovation.