Hershey Company General Counsel to Serve as Chairman of MCCA Board of Directors

"I'm really there to support her and the rest of the team and move the big rocks out of her path whether that be fundraising or leveraging my own network," said Damien Atkins, chair-elect of the board of directors at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.

April 20, 2020 at 05:15 PM

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Dan Clark

The Minority Corporate Counsel Association announced Monday that the general counsel of The Hershey Co. will become the next chair of the organization's board of directors.

Damien Atkins, who first joined the MCCA's board of directors in October 2016, will begin his role as the chair of the board in April 2021 and will serve in that role until March 2023.

"This is a great opportunity to have an impact with an organization whose mission is dedicated to building a pipeline of diverse attorneys," Atkins said in an interview.