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Honorary Co-Chairs
Weldon H. Latham
Principal
Washington, D.C.
Weldon H. Latham is a principal in the Washington, D.C. Region
office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He is founder and leader of the
Corporate Diversity Counseling practice group, leader of the firm's
internal Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, and a member of
the firm's Board of Directors.
Weldon represents Fortune 200 companies, major government agencies, and other complex
organizations in a variety of legal matters, including crisis management, corporate diversity
counseling, employment law, internal investigations, and government relations.
Weldon advises clients in crisis management and diversity representation, complex civil
rights reviews and employment law audits, as well as dispute resolution, investigations and
defends class action lawsuits involving allegations of race, gender, and age discrimination
and harassment law. He also directs confidential litigation assessments, corporate diversity
compliance reviews, internal legal vulnerability assessments, and assists clients in developing
" best practice, " benchmarking, and diversity enhancement action plans.
Weldon has over 20 years of senior partner level direction of major crisis management, civil
rights program reviews, and employment discrimination litigation. Weldon has a distinguished
record of public service. He has served as assistant general counsel, White House Office
of Management and Budget; general deputy assistant secretary, Department of Housing
and Urban Development; captain, secretary of the Air Force, General Counsel's Honors
Program; member of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Procurement and
Technical Data Rights; civilian aide to the secretary of the Army; member of the U.S. Small
Business Administration National Advisory Council; served on the Board of the Maryland
Stadium Authority; and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, as chair of the Legal
Committee.
Weldon is a columnist for DiversityInc and regular contributor to Bloomberg Law Reports.
In recent years, he has discussed diversity, civil rights and political issues on ABC News
" Nightline, " CNBC " Power Lunch, " Bloomberg Business News, Court TV, The Washington
Post, and other national media. He also serves as a keynote speaker to Boards of Directors,
CEOs, and executive management teams of major corporations, as well as business and trade
associations on the subject of diversity, and inclusion as a " business imperative, " " competitive
advantage, " " legal vulnerability, " and the Washington political scene.
In 2016, Weldon was named by President Obama to be a member and the lead attorney
for the Barack Obama Foundation Inclusion Council. He is a member of the American
Employment Law Council, the National Employment Law Council, and the Economic Club
of Washington. Among his other numerous professional and community activities, Weldon
served as counsel to the PepsiCo Global Diversity and Inclusion Governance Council and
the Omnicom Group Diversity Advisory Committee. He was previously the national co-chair,
Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign; chair, legal committee, Metropolitan Washington
Airports (Reagan National & Dulles) Authority; chair, Deloitte External Diversity Advisory
Board; and Secretary, Greater Washington Board of Trade.
Weldon is a former adjunct professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center and
a guest professor at both the University of Virginia and Howard University Schools of Law.
He also served on the Board of Trustees (Visitors) of the Georgetown University Law Center,
American University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and George Mason University.
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