Features March 2021

If in every crisis there’s opportunity, the reverse may also hold true. Thus, the need to minimize crises and maximize opportunities. Darin Reber aims to do just that while overseeing legal and compliance at Forever, a very bifurcated company based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Its divisions: Forever Living Products International LLC, a multi-level international marketing operation, […]

Imagine a health care system that gets to know someone from when they’re born until the time of their passing. That’s the vision of Keralty, the Colombian-based health care company that’s expanding its comprehensive model in the U.S. Through its work, Keralty provides medical care, health insurance and health education through its network of providers. […]

From unexpected sightseeing in Alexandria, Egypt, to spending several years in Argentina when he thought he was going to be there for just a couple of weeks, Luiz Klecz has been around the world with some interesting career turns. The general counsel for InterCement, he’s helped the Brazilian company grow globally for more than 18 […]

Sometimes taking the path you never expected can bring you exactly where you were meant to be. Such was the case for Barbara Ruskin, who after reading an article in Scientific American, signed up for every neuroscience class she could in college. The former high school musical actress hadn’t planned to study science, but her […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a financial strain on businesses and individuals as invoices have stalled and companies are left in the lurch. But for 25 years before the pandemic began, LSQ had been helping businesses receive payments—now it’s helping clients pay them, too. As the general counsel for the Orlando, Florida, working capital platform […]

While it can be an uphill endeavor, at least there’s job security when one opts for a career in consumer protection, Richard Trumka Jr. tells Vanguard with what sounds like a battle-scarred chuckle. The work goes on and on … and on. “There’s always some company taking advantage of the consumer,” says the 36-year-old general […]

There was a time when Tim Bradburn tried to punch his weight as an amateur boxer. “That didn’t turn out so well,” he admits. “But I then discovered I liked the fight in law, and I also wanted to help build things.” That combination has helped Bradburn strike gold as the general counsel for IAMGOLD […]

As a student at the University of Michigan and before beginning a professional baseball career, Mike Watters remembers learning to manage stress as a second baseman. That ability to keep a cool head when runners were circling the bases and be a team member served Watters in life—well beyond his accolades as a player who […]

When going to work at Sanofi Pasteur each day, Thomas Ghignone keeps one goal in mind that’s both ambitious and simply expressed. “We want to live in a world where no one suffers or dies from a vaccine-preventable disease,” Ghignone says. “It’s what drives us every day. However, we’re working with live organisms here, and […]

The force will be with you—and in more ways than one—with the opening of the American Bible Society’s Faith and Liberty Discovery Center in Philadelphia in May 2021. From the moment visitors walk into its two floors of display in Independence Mall they will be handed a glowing lamp—akin to a Star Wars light saber—that […]