Lisa Horowitz is President of the National Association of Women Lawyers, a professional organization which since 1899 has been committed to promoting the interests and advancement of women lawyers and women’s legal rights. NAWL members come from all fifty states and include individual law firm lawyers, in-house counsel, law school professors, law schools, law firms and in-house legal departments. Ms. Horowitz is Senior Manager of Professional Development at McDermott Will & Emery LLP where she designed and now implements the firm’s comprehensive professional development system for associates and partners. She is Vice-Chair of McDermott’s Associate Development Committee and a member of the firm’s Gender Diversity Committee.

A summa cum laude graduate of Tufts University, Ms. Horowitz received her J.D with Honor from The National Law Center, George Washington University and her Master of Science in Organizational Development & Human Resources from Johns Hopkins University. She is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and practiced federal procurement law in Washington D.C. for 18 years. She also served on the D.C. Bar’s Law Practice Management Steering Committee. She is liaison to the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession. Ms. Horowitz regularly coaches attorneys on career planning and business development and is a frequent external speaker on organizational development and career and leadership development issues.