As head of Licensing & Acquisitions for Abbott, I lead the legal function and team in supporting Abbott’s global M&A, licensing and other strategic transactions. I provide strategic and leadership oversight of Abbott’s business development approach and activities, working closely with the other legal professionals and the company’s stakeholders, especially the corporate Business Development team and Executive Leadership Team. Prior to this role, I was responsible for global M&A, divestitures, private equity investments and licensing transactions for two Abbott divisions.

Prior to rejoining Abbott in 2024, as the Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions, Licensing and Corporate Securities for Organon (a publicly traded global pharmaceutical company in Jersey City, NJ), I led the legal function and team in supporting Organon’s corporate securities regulation and compliance, global M&A, licensing and other strategic transactions.

As a former corporate partner at Winston & Strawn LLP and Jenner & Block LLP and associate at Kirkland & Ellis, I represented public and private companies in a variety of industries in domestic and international transactions, as well as private equity clients in business acquisitions and mergers. In addition, I advised public and private corporate borrowers, financial institutions, and private equity investors in a variety of corporate lending transactions. Prior to attending law school, I was a manager in the financial consulting practice of Arthur Andersen LLP in Chicago.

Civic Leadership and Professional Affiliations
• Board Member, Chicago Youth Centers (Audit Committee; Facilities Committee)
• Board Member, Chicago Humanities (Audit & Finance Committee; Program Committee)
• Law Board, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
• Northwestern Pritzker School of Law - 20th and 25th Reunion Committees; Admissions Office alumni volunteer and mentor; Gender Equity Initiative Committee
• Member, Women Executive 50 (World 50)
• Executive Institute for Legal Leaders - Class of 2023
• Former Board Member of the Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc. (BWLA); Scholarship Fund Board Member, and Judicial Evaluations Committee
• Panelist for the Practising Law Institute’s annual seminar on Drafting and Negotiating Corporate Agreements

Honors and Awards
• 2025 Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago Balanced Award
• 2023 Women of Color in Pharma (WOCIP) Trailblazer Award
• 2023 Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Professor Joyce Anne Hughes Legacy Award
• 2020 Top 100 Women of Influence by Diversity MBA Magazine
• 2018 and 2012 Abbott President’s Award (for outstanding contributions to the legal division)
• 2018 Top Executive Leader under 50 by Diversity MBA Magazine
• 2008 and 2009 Illinois Super Lawyer Magazine Rising Star for corporate law

Education
• B.S. in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law