It takes a lot for a general counsel to make Corporate Counsel and Inside Counsel's list of Transformative Leaders. Not only have the GCs on this all-female list grappled with numerous business and legal challenges, but they've done so with a team-oriented attitude that lifts up the other in-house lawyers around them. These Transformative Leadership honorees for 2017 were first named back in October at the Women, Influence & Power Conference in Washington, D.C. and will be profiled in the January issue of Corporate Counsel. We look forward to seeing what more they'll accomplish in the coming year:

» Claudia Politanski Head of People, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Itau Unibanco » Louise Pentland Chief Business Affairs & Legal Officer, Paypal » Sandie Okoro General Counsel, World Bank » Audrey Boone Tillman Chief Legal Officer, Aflac » Helen Browne Group General Counsel, AXA » Janet McCarthy General Counsel, Santa Fe Relo Services » Suzanne Rich Folsom Group General Counsel, US Steel (departed U.S. Steel at the close of 2017) » Sophie Gelbert Group General Counsel, Air France » Stephanie Fougou Group General Counsel, Vallourec » Katja Tautscher Group General Counsel, Borealis Pharma & Healthcare » Marianne Short Group General Counsel, United Healthcare Group » Karen Linehan Group General Counsel, Sanofi » Kim Rivera Group General Counsel, HP Inc. » Lori Schechter General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, McKesson » Deborah Majoras Chief Legal Officer, Procter & Gamble » Siobhan Moriarty Group General Counsel, Diageo » Maria Varsellona Group General Counsel, Nokia » Claudia Toussaint Group General Counsel, Xylem » Lisa Haimovitz Group General Counsel, ICL Group » Maria Juliana Marra General Counsel, Zurich Argentina » Aminata Kake Group General Counsel, Befimmo » Marcy Cohen Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer, Americas, ING Holdings » Carmel Mulhern Group General Counsel, Head of Corporate Affairs, Telstra » Amy Olli General Counsel of VMW are (formerly GC of Avaya) » Clare Wardle Group General Counsel Coca-Cola Enterprise Partners » Mitsuru Claire Chino Group General Counsel Itochu Corporation » Rena Reiss Executive VP, General Counsel Marriott International » Kelly Mahon Tullier Group General Counsel Visa » Ria Sanz Group General Counsel Anglogold Ashanti » Janice Block Group General Counsel Kaplan » Edith Shih Board Secretary CK Hutchinson » Amanda Harkness Former Group General Counsel and Board Secretary ASX » Nina MacPherson Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Head of Legal Affairs for Ericsson