CLOC Global Institute 2022

Adam Becker

Director of Legal Operations at Cockroach Labs

Carl Morrisson

Senior Manager, Legal Operations at Otsuka Pharmaceuticals

Christina Jackson

Head of Legal Operations at WEX Inc.

Gregg McConnell

Global Director Legal Operations & Innovation at Corteva Agriscience

Irene Liu

Founder at Hypergrowth GC

Irene Liu is the founder of Hypergrowth GC and an Executive in Residence at UC Berkeley School of Law. Her legal career began in public service at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. She later transitioned to in-house leadership, first as General Counsel at Checkr, and later as Chief Financial and Legal Officer at Hopin. Irene has been recognized as General Counsel of the Year by Corporate Counsel, a Top 50 Women Lawyer at the National Diversity and Leadership Conference, and an In-House Leader by the L.A. Times. She has presented at academic institutions, government hearings, and industry conferences, including Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Next Gen Conference, the Federal Reserve, and the Federal Trade Commission’s public hearing on AI. She hosts the “Coffee Break with Irene” series on Berkeley Boost and the “Hypergrowth GC” video series on Luminate+, and is a frequent contributor to the Thomson Reuters Institute.

Mike Russell

Head of Global Legal Operations at Expedia Group

Sean West

Co-Founder at Hence Technologies

Stacy Lettie

Chief of Staff to the General Counsel at Organon

Tommie Tavares-Ferreira

Senior Director, Head of Legal Operations at Cedar

Zack Kass

Global AI Advisor and Former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI

Zack Kass is an advisor, researcher, keynote speaker, and the former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI. At OpenAI, Zack led the teams responsible for sales, partnerships, and customer success, turning the company’s cutting-edge research into real-world business solutions. He has personally advised executives across dozens of industries on deploying AI at scale. As an executive business advisor, Zack now works with Fortune 1,000 boardrooms and leadership teams—including Coca-Cola, Morgan Stanley, and Amgen—to help leaders navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape. Zack’s mission is to ensure individuals, businesses, and governments are active participants in the AI-powered future by making the technology both understandable and actionable. He is recognized as one of the foremost thinkers in applied AI, with his insights featured in Fortune, Newsweek, Entrepreneur, AdAge, and Business Insider. Zack is the author of USA Today and LA Times Bestseller The Next RenAIssance: AI and the Expansion of Human Potential (Wiley, 2026), an eye-opening discussion on the transformative impact of AI and how to prepare for a new future. Beyond his advisory work, Zack also supports AI education and research at the University of Virginia. He holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and currently resides in Santa Barbara, California.