How Leading GC's are Managing Risk, Engaging Stakeholders and Expanding Influence

Jacqui Krum is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Wynn Resorts since 2013.

Marla Alhadeff is Deputy General Counsel and the Global Head of Litigation and Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR). She is responsible for all litigation matters globally and plays a senior strategic role in managing the most challenging, complex and high-profile litigation and controversy matters facing the company. In addition, Marla has responsibility for supervising the SAR team. Before joining BNY Mellon in 2008, she was Senior Counsel at Deutsche Bank, where she managed various significant litigation and enforcement matters.

Earlier in her career, Marla served as an Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. She held various leadership positions there, including Chief Appellate Attorney, Deputy Chief of the Civil Division and Chief of the Civil Division. She was recognized with a number of awards, including the Stimson Medal for Outstanding Contributions to the Office of the US Attorney, and the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service. She began her career at the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton, as a litigation associate.

Marla holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from SUNY-Binghamton, and a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School.

Karen M. Sheehan serves as the Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary of Tupperware Brands Corporation. She is responsible for the corporation’s legal strategy and execution, through leading a team of twenty-five in-house lawyers across the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Tupperware Brands is a publicly-traded (NYSE: TUP) global manufacturer and marketer of premium household, beauty and personal care products, with distribution into nearly 80 countries through a multi-channel approach that includes direct selling, e-commerce, B2B and retail.

Prior to joining Tupperware in 2014, Ms. Sheehan served in several in-house legal roles, most recently with Church & Dwight Co, Inc., a publicly-traded (NYSE: CHD) global consumer packaged goods and medical device company with such leading brands as Arm & Hammer, Trojan, OxiClean, Orajel, and First Response, and Alpharma Inc., a formerly publicly-traded (NYSE: ALO) global specialty pharmaceutical company that was acquired by Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE). Ms. Sheehan also served as Head of PLC Law Department at Practical Law Company, Inc., an online provider of legal know-how, transactional analysis and market intelligence that was acquired by Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI). She began her legal career at Lowenstein Sandler PC, an AmLaw 200 law firm.

Ms. Sheehan received her law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center, and her bachelor’s degree with high honors and Phi Beta Kappa distinction from Rutgers College, Rutgers University. She is a member of the bars of both New York and New Jersey, and is certified as an Authorized House Counsel under the rules of the Florida bar.