Features Region: West

Growing up and attending Serra High School in San Mateo, California, Greg Rolen had two pieces of trivia he could deploy at any party. The first is his high school teammate, Barry Bonds, who once dropped a wide-open touchdown pass when they both were stars of the football team. The second is slightly more difficult […]

The day the Twin Towers fell, Julia Taylor was a college senior with a plan. Her LSAT prep books were stacked on her desk at Brown University, law school applications mentally drafted. Then September 11 happened, and something shifted. The neatly plotted path forward suddenly felt like the wrong one — not wrong forever, but […]

The call that changed everything came near the end of Sheryl Savage‘s three years as general counsel at her previous company — time she’d spent helping construct a go-to-market pipeline and navigating a pivot from hardware sales to a Tokens as a Service model. She left in December 2024 with more than a strong résumé […]

Her miniature goldendoodle has visited 11 countries and counting. That fact alone says something about Melodie Arian—she is curious, adaptable and willing to take calculated risks. It is a quality that has defined her legal career just as much as her passport stamps. Arian is employment counsel at Vail Resorts, the Broomfield, Colorado-based hospitality company […]

When Chris Reed was two years old, his mother drove a car into a wall at 70 miles per hour. He was in the back seat. His mother and brother survived, but the crash reshaped everything: Their bodies, their futures, and the quiet resolve forming inside a child too young to understand what had just […]

Tatiana Small’s work sits at the intersection of law, education, and equity, where the stakes are measured not only in legal outcomes but in the long-term trajectories of students and families. As general counsel for Ednovate, she works as both a legal strategist, ensuring that a complex and highly regulated educational environment remains aligned with […]

Fremantle has established itself as a global leader in unscripted television and premium documentaries, producing flagship series such as American Idol and Deadliest Catch under Original Productions, along with acclaimed documentaries including Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story and Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror under Original Productions for Netflix. Pairing creative ambition with operational excellence, […]

Rachael Lopez has always understood what it means to be part of a team. Long before she negotiated sponsorship agreements or advised business leaders inside an NFL franchise, she was learning those lessons on the court and on the field. That athletic foundation, built through years of disciplined training and shared victories and losses, now […]

Service has always been the thread connecting the chapters of Sarah Kalaei’s life and career. Long before she negotiated contracts or advised executives, she understood leadership as a responsibility to others. Today, as general counsel for Eastridge Workforce Solutions, that philosophy guides her approach to legal strategy, business leadership, and the people whose livelihoods are […]

Chris Cavallo plans her calendar with the precision of a securities filing and the curiosity of a scientist scanning the sky. As chief corporate and securities counsel for Chevron, she operates in one of the most complex regulatory environments in business. Outside of work, she and her husband map their travel around total solar eclipses, […]