Kenya Parrish-Dixon
General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer
Empire Technologies Risk Management Group

Kenya Parrish-Dixon is formerly the Director of White House Information Governance for the Executive Office of the President. She oversaw the e-Discovery and FOIA Unit, Digital Forensics Unit, Digital Forensics Lab, Records Management Unit and Information Assurance. Kenya rebuilt the digital forensics lab and modernized its capabilities. Currently, she is the General Counsel and Director of Information Governance at TechCentrics, Inc. a consulting company charged with the cyber and information governance responsibilities for the Trump for President Campaign.

James Merklinger
President
Association of Corporate Counsel Credentialing Institute

James A. Merklinger is president of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Credentialing Institute in Washington, DC. ACC is the world's largest legal association dedicated exclusively to serving the interests of in-house counsel. With an international membership of more than 45,000 in-house counsel at more than 10,000 organizations in 85 countries, ACC serves as the "voice of the in-house bar" for corporate lawyers at 98 percent of the Fortune 100 and 51 percent of the Global 1000.

Having served ACC more than 20 years in a variety of key roles, in 2017, Merklinger was named president of the ACC Credentialing Institute. In this role, he is responsible for establishing standards that guide ACC's in-house counsel certification program, which consists of certification of individual in-house counsel and an accreditation program for in-house law departments.

Most recently, Merklinger served as ACC's vice president and chief legal officer. He represented ACC on all legal issues affecting the association, including mergers with the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association and the Corporate Counsel Middle East. During his tenure, Merklinger advised the organization on meeting the needs of the in-house counsel community. He also served as ACC deputy general counsel and vice president, legal resources, overseeing the development of the association's array of resources to help in-house counsel perform their jobs more effectively. In this position, he worked with 18 volunteer leadership committees, organized by practice area, which contributed to the strategic development of the association's resources and education programs. Merklinger spearheaded ACC's regular benchmarking studies to provide members and the legal industry at large with key trends related to the in-house counsel practice and outside counsel management.