Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health: Striking the Balance of Wellness and Success

Patrick Fuller is the Vice President and General Manager of ALM Legal Intelligence. He has spent the last 20 years of this career in the legal industry, holding a variety of business development, consulting, and senior leadership roles. Prior to joining ALM, he served as the VP of Business Development for AI start-up Neota Logic, and previous to that was the Director of Legal Analytics for Wolters Kluwer’s ELM Solutions, working with legal departments to define, measure, and take action on key performance indicators for legal departments and operations. His career also includes stints with Martindale-Hubbell, Thomson Reuters, Hildebrandt Consulting, and LawVision Group. He is a frequent author and speaker, with over 200 speaking and authorship credits within the legal industry.

Ashley Kuruvilla is Vice President and General Counsel at Woodland Direct, Inc., one of the leading e-commerce giants in the fire and hearth industry. As part of the corporation’s Executive Team, she advises on strategic initiatives, as well as manages all of the corporation’s legal matters, from commercial contracts to employment law, compliance to corporate governance. She also leads the company’s Human Resources team. Ashley has been in-house legal counsel at Woodland Direct for over 7 years. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Detroit Mercy and her Juris Doctor from the University of Toledo College of Law. She resides in metro Detroit and is also involved in philanthropic organizations that educate and empower those in underprivileged communities.

Kyle Richard Olson is Senior Counsel in The Boeing Company’s Law Department. Kyle provides legal and strategic counsel to leaders across Boeing units. With experience in Boeing’s commercial airplanes sales and strategy divisions, Kyle now advises the company’s international defense division, with a focus on supply chain for missiles and weapons systems. Kyle began with Boeing in September 2022.
Kyle’s role in house at Boeing follows nearly 13 years in the Chicago office with the international law firm, Baker McKenzie, where he was a Partner in the Firm’s complex commercial litigation and international arbitration practices. Kyle led high value cases for multi-national clients in courtrooms and arbitration venues across the world. Kyle has also published multiple articles, including in Legal500, Bloomberg, McGill University Journal of Dispute Resolution, and The Chicago Tribune.
Kyle earned his J.D. cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law, M.A. with Merit from King’s College London, and B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, from Wake Forest University. Kyle hales from Chicago and is the proud dad of twin daughters. He also sits on the Board of Directors for Almost Home Kids – an affiliate of Chicago’s Lurie Children’s Hospital – which provides transitional and respite care for medically complex children and their families.

Carolyn Burbrink is the Senior Counsel at Uber and the manager of a dynamic team in an exciting, fast-paced safety and insurance litigation environment. She oversees claims and litigated matters throughout the central region of the US and all of Canada. Carolyn also supports Uber's international team overseeing APAC claims, litigation and business.