Schedule of Events

Cocktail Hour – 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda

Seated Dinner – 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Milstein Hall of Ocean Life

Our Honorees

Adam Meshel

Adam Meshel is Citigroup’s global Head of Legal. In that role, Adam oversees Citigroup’s 1900+ person Legal Department on a day-to-day basis. In addition, Adam serves as the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Citibank, N.A. and sits on Citibank’s Executive Management Committee.

Prior to his current role, Adam acted as the Global General Counsel of Citi’s Institutional Clients Group and sat on its Executive and Operating Committees. Before that, Adam acted as the General Counsel to Citi’s Global Banking and Capital Markets Origination businesses. From 1998 until 2005, Adam focused his legal practice on capital markets and merger and acquisitions transactions at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he also held the position of Head of Compliance for the Financing Group. Prior to working at Goldman Sachs, Adam was a corporate attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City. Adam holds AB and JD degrees from Columbia University.

During his career, Adam has also championed many philanthropic organizations related to education and social justice.

LEGAL ACTION CENTER

Founded in 1973, the Legal Action Center (LAC) uses legal and policy strategies to fight discrimination, build health equity, and restore opportunity for people with arrest and conviction records, substance use disorders, and HIV or AIDS. LAC has utilized a multi-pronged approach to achieving their mission, which includes: direct legal services, impact litigation, policy advocacy, education and training, and coalition-building.

LAC seeks to end punitive responses to health conditions like addiction, mental illness, and HIV or AIDS, and to create equitable access to affordable, quality treatment. Offering free legal services through their New York City office, they support individuals who have arrest or conviction records, substance use disorders, HIV, or AIDS and face discrimination in health care, employment, housing, education, and more. Their work mobilizes to create a society that upholds the civil rights of all individuals, regardless of their history of justice involvement or medical condition. LAC aims to dismantle the historic and persistent impact of systemic racism that has fueled mass incarceration and disparate community health systems.

Accepting on behalf of the Legal Action Center, will be their Director and President, Paul N. Samuels.

Co-Chairs

Brad S. Karp

Chairperson of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison since 2008, Brad Karp is one of the country’s leading litigators and corporate advisers. Brad is active in the community, serving on numerous public interest, educational, cultural and charitable boards and has frequently been recognized for his pro bono accomplishments and charitable service.

Jeffrey D. Karpf

Partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Jeffrey D. Karpf’s practice focuses on corporate and financial transactions and matters. He represents issuers, sponsors and investment banks in IPOs, public and private equity, debt, convertibles and liability management transactions. Jeff also advises on corporate governance matters, including board structure and practices.