In-house Roundhouse

Owen Jappen, Senior Manager, Industry Relations & Strategic Partnerships at SOCMA, discusses the state of the organization and the industry it supports.

Ron Levin, CJB Applied Technologies, talks with Mark about marketing challenges in the chemicals industry and bringing a new product to market.

Brooke DiDomenico, Technical Manager with Nation Ford, and Mara Gliozzi, Vice President & Global Business Manager of McGean, join Mark and his fellow Womble Bond Dickinson Partner Barry Herman, talk about diversity and leadership in the chemicals industry.

Chuck Hinton, President of Ethox Chemicals, and Doug Cochran, General Manager of Optima Chemical Group, share their thoughts on the challenges facing the specialty chemicals industry.

Anita Cicero, Deputy Director & COO of the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, drops in to provide some insight on the return to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Johns Hopkins recently released this toolkit to help business leaders develop their return to work plans.

https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/publications/operational-toolkit-for-businesses-considering-reopening-or-expanding-operations-in-covid-19

Carl Peterson, General Counsel of Mid-Atlantic Business Unit at Titan America LLC, and Ryan Brown, Assistant General Counsel & Director with Rosetta Stone, join Mark and fellow Womble Bond Dickinson Partner Taber Cathcart to talk about the biggest lessons they've learned from dealing with the legal implications of COVID-19 and what the pandemic's long-term impact might be on corporate law.

Hannah Randolph Haynes, Corporate Counsel and Compliance Manager at Joerns Healthcare, explains how a “living” compliance program is an effective one.

Mark talks with three in-house attorneys about managing their companies' legal needs during the COVID-19 lock down. Our guests are Christine Brown, VP, Assistant General Counsel & Compliance Officer, Hub Americas with SCOR, Amber Harrison, who leads Compliance, Contracts, & Legal Management with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporate America, and Andrew Walsh, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel with Partners Behavioral Health Management.

Jay Dickson, President of Nation Ford Chemical, talks about what's driving growth in the specialty chemicals industry and what the future might hold.

Manisha Merchant, Executive Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Banc of California, sits down with Mark and fellow Womble Partner Kristin Walker-Probst to talk about how legal departments can streamline the use and selection of outside counsel.