General Counsel Summit US 2025

Alison Zoellner

Group General Counsel at Dentsu Group Inc.

Alison Zoellner is the Group General Counsel for Dentsu Group Inc., an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world’s leading organizations. She previously served as Vice President and General Counsel of Honeywell’s Advanced Materials business.

Andrew Viteritti

Principal Economist, Americas at Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

Andrew Viteritti is a senior member of EIU’s global forecasting team. Concurrently, he serves as principal economist for the Americas. Based in Washington DC, he regularly advises EIU’s international clients on the practical implications of policy developments, political risks, and global economic and geopolitical shocks. His areas of expertise include global economic growth, business environment and political risk, geopolitics, monetary policy, international trade, investment, and supply chains. He also writes EIU’s forecasts on the US, Mexico, and Canada, including on North America (USMCA) trade relations. He has worked for EIU for over a decade and previously worked for the World Bank in Europe and North Africa.

April Miller Boise

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Intel

April Miller Boise is an executive with over 25 years' experience leading and advising global companies through significant transformation. Currently, she is Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer at Intel Corporation and a member of the Board of Directors of Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT). At Intel, she leads the global corporate affairs, legal, policy, business integrity, and international trade teams. She is a member of the executive leadership team and an advisor to the Intel Board of Directors. Miller Boise is responsible for overseeing the company's global engagement with policymakers, regulators, and industry leaders at the intersection of law, public policy, technology, and manufacturing. Miller Boise's decades of experience include executive leadership roles such as chief legal officer, head of global M&A, and managing partner. Early in her career, she practiced law on Wall Street with a focus on mergers & acquisitions and private equity. She later led the largest office of an AmLaw 200 law firm as its managing partner and was a member of the firm's executive committee. She has worked with multinational companies across many industries and end markets including technology, semiconductors, aerospace, power management, automotive, commercial transportation, mining, oil and gas, and financial services. She is a frequently requested speaker on topics including leadership; the changing role of the Chief Legal Officer; corporate governance and the role of the Board; the intersection of manufacturing and tech; the impacts of technology and artificial intelligence; government relations and economic policy; and career and talent development. Miller Boise holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan Business School. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), an Irish domiciled company, where she has served on the Audit, Finance, and Compensation & Talent Committees, and currently chairs the Nominating and Governance Committee. Previously, she served on the board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati.

Bimal Patel

Executive Vice-President and General Counsel at PayPal

Bimal Patel is executive vice-president and general counsel of PayPal Holdings. In his capacity as general counsel he oversees the company’s global legal function. Mr Patel joined PayPal in 2021 from the US Department of the Treasury, where he served as assistant secretary for financial institutions and oversaw several key portfolios. He also co-led the development and operationalisation of the Paycheck Protection Programme small-business lending programme in response to the covid-19 pandemic. Earlier in his career Mr Patel was a partner and head of the financial advisory and regulation practice at O’Melveny & Myers, and a senior advisor at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

Carla Bedrosian

Global Chief Legal Officer at Xsolla

Carla Bedrosian is Global Chief Legal Officer of Xsolla (USA), Inc., a leading global video game commerce company, and a Director and Chief Legal Officer of Xsolla SPAC 1 (Nasdaq: XSLLU), a $200 million blank check company targeting acquisitions in video games, FinTech, AdTech, and telecommunications. At Xsolla, she oversees legal operations across multiple continents, including the US, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, India, Germany, and Cyprus, while spearheading product launches, M&A activity, and partnerships critical to global expansion. A California and New York licensed attorney with 25 years of executive experience, Ms. Bedrosian previously served as senior corporate counsel at SimplePractice, Executive Vice President and Global General Counsel at WET Design, and Vice President of Legal at Chief. She began her career at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. Her leadership has earned her international recognition, including LA Times In-House Counselor of the Year, and she is a sought-after speaker at the world’s most prestigious legal and business conferences.

Catherine Kemnitz

Chief Strategy and Development Officer at Axiom

Catherine Kemnitz serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy & Development Officer at Axiom, leading growth and transformation across the company. With over 25 years of experience, she is known for delivering operational change strategies that balance innovation, performance, and risk management.

Charlotte Howard

Executive Editor and New York Bureau Chief at The Economist

Charlotte Howard is The Economist’s New York bureau chief and co-host of the Checks and Balance podcast. She previously served as energy editor, writing about the global energy sector and climate policy. On other beats, Ms. Howard has covered consumer goods and retail, the global health-care industry, and politics and policy in America’s Midwest. She joined The Economist in 2004.

Elizabeth B. Prelogar

Former U.S. Solicitor General at United States

Elizabeth Prelogar served as the 48th Solicitor General of the United States, overseeing all Supreme Court litigation. She has argued 35 cases in the Supreme Court, including significant matters in constitutional, administrative, civil rights, and environmental law. Prelogar held various roles at the Department of Justice, including Principal Deputy Solicitor General. Born in Boise, Idaho, she earned a bachelor's degree from Emory University, a master's in creative writing from the University of St. Andrews, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She also served as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, where she taught a class on Supreme Court paradigms.

Francesca Campbell

Senior Vice-President and General Counsel at Stanley Black & Decker

Mark Shelton

Executive Vice-President, General Counsel at State Street