What are some of your proudest achievements from the past year? As a member of the Well-Being Pledge Subcommittee of the ABA's Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs and in my new role as the CWO of Weil, I am proud to have helped catalyze the movement to advance health and well-being in the legal community this year, particularly by serving as a voice that resonates with legal industry leaders. In the effort to promote well-being in law, it is vital to incorporate the viewpoint of all constituencies for an approach that is both top down and bottom up. In addition to my background/certifications in the health and wellness field, I have the benefit of three decades of practicing law upon which to draw wisdom about how to improve the conditions that best support well-being in the legal industry and how to find practical ways to engage law firm/organizational leaders in this dialog. This past year, I worked on well-being programs, events and challenges that benefitted thousands of Weil employees and their loved ones. Furthermore, I had the privilege of moderating panel discussions at two significant ABA Well-Being Pledge workshops involving hundreds of members of the legal community. We must impart the message that now, more than ever, wellness is both a critical personal and business issue that is important to everyone in law. We want our people to be healthy because we care about them, but well-being programs also increase employee performance, productivity and retention, and have been shown to decrease health care costs in the long run. Well-being is inextricably intertwined with DEI efforts because you simply cannot have well-being in a non-inclusive environment.

On a personal note, I celebrated the graduations of both of my sons—one from high school and one from college this May—at in-person ceremonies—and that was truly wonderful.