Full Name
Adina Storch
Job Title
SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at Global Industrial Company, and Chairman of the Board
Company
Global Industrial Company
Speaker Bio
Adina Storch is the Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Global Industrial Company, a global wholesaler and distributor of industrial products that trades on the NYSE. Previously, Adina served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Cedar Realty Trust, an NYSE-traded real estate investment trust. Prior to her decade leading public company legal departments, Adina spent her 15-year private practice career practicing international capital markets law in Paris and culminating as a litigation partner at a large NYC firm.
Adina also serves on several boards, including as Chairman of the board of directors of a publicly-traded international health care company, where she has served on its Audit, and Nominating/Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees, is a director on a non-profit foundation board which supports employment of autistic youth, and also serves on the Yale Law School Executive Committee and the prestigious Yale Alumni Fund Board.
As corporate counsel, Adina has twice won the Top General Counsel award by the First Chair organization, a peer-nominated award for “significant contributions to the legal community.” In 2023, Adina was awarded the “Women, Influence & Power in Law Award,” in the category of “Innovative Leadership” from Corporate Counsel magazine. In the past year, she has been profiled in Modern Counsel for her unique style of executive leadership and featured in the director spotlight series of Corporate Board Member for her contributions as a public company director.
Outside of work, Adina donates her time to various philanthropic causes that promote literacy and individuals with developmental disabilities. In 2022, Adina was honored as a recipient of the “Fuel Her Fire Award” by Girls, Inc., a national organization that promotes leadership development in girls from underserved communities. Adina is also a regular speaker on women in leadership panels, including moderating a panel featuring the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
While in private practice, Adina was recognized by Thomson Reuters as a New York Super Lawyer and in the New York Times as one of the Top Women Attorneys in New York in real estate. Adina has served on Legal Advisory Councils to both the industrial wholesale distribution and real estate industries.
Adina is a frequent speaker and press contributor on topics encompassing corporate governance, risk management and compliance, including as a guest on “Inside America’s Boardrooms,” an educational broadcast for public company directors.
Adina is a summa cum laude graduation of Yale College with distinction in the English major, and a graduate of The Yale Law School, where she was a senior editor of The Yale Law Journal, and submissions editor of the Yale Law & Policy Review.
Adina also serves on several boards, including as Chairman of the board of directors of a publicly-traded international health care company, where she has served on its Audit, and Nominating/Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees, is a director on a non-profit foundation board which supports employment of autistic youth, and also serves on the Yale Law School Executive Committee and the prestigious Yale Alumni Fund Board.
As corporate counsel, Adina has twice won the Top General Counsel award by the First Chair organization, a peer-nominated award for “significant contributions to the legal community.” In 2023, Adina was awarded the “Women, Influence & Power in Law Award,” in the category of “Innovative Leadership” from Corporate Counsel magazine. In the past year, she has been profiled in Modern Counsel for her unique style of executive leadership and featured in the director spotlight series of Corporate Board Member for her contributions as a public company director.
Outside of work, Adina donates her time to various philanthropic causes that promote literacy and individuals with developmental disabilities. In 2022, Adina was honored as a recipient of the “Fuel Her Fire Award” by Girls, Inc., a national organization that promotes leadership development in girls from underserved communities. Adina is also a regular speaker on women in leadership panels, including moderating a panel featuring the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
While in private practice, Adina was recognized by Thomson Reuters as a New York Super Lawyer and in the New York Times as one of the Top Women Attorneys in New York in real estate. Adina has served on Legal Advisory Councils to both the industrial wholesale distribution and real estate industries.
Adina is a frequent speaker and press contributor on topics encompassing corporate governance, risk management and compliance, including as a guest on “Inside America’s Boardrooms,” an educational broadcast for public company directors.
Adina is a summa cum laude graduation of Yale College with distinction in the English major, and a graduate of The Yale Law School, where she was a senior editor of The Yale Law Journal, and submissions editor of the Yale Law & Policy Review.
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