MCCA’S 14TH
ANNUAL MINORITY GENERAL COUNSEL SURVEY
MCCA MGC 501-1000 COMPANIES COMPANY
Alliant Energy
American Water Works Asbury Automotive Group Burlington Coat Factory Delta Tucker Holdings
Fortune® Brands Home & Security Hanesbrands Harsco
Hawaiian Airlines ITT
KeyCorp
Lennox International MasTec Meritor
Neiman Marcus Popular
SunCoke Energy Towers Watson
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Triple-S Management USEC
Varian Medical Systems VeriFone Systems WGL Holdings Xylem
¹New to List Continued from page 31
FORTUNE® 501-1000 In this year’s survey, another 24 minority counsel-led companies appear in the Fortune® 501-1000, an increase of three from a year ago. T e legal chiefs consist of 17 men and seven women. T e breakdown by race of these 24 GCs is 11 African
Americans, eight Hispanics, and fi ve Asian Americans. T e GCs new to their posts include Tracy Preston
of Neiman Marcus (547), Christian Na of Xylem (612), Kirkland Hicks of Towers Watson (649), and
A.Verona Dorch of Harsco (704). Also joining the list are Hoyt Zia of Hawaiian Airlines
(954), Peter Saba of USEC (969), Denise Cade of SunCoke Energy (970), and Albert Liu of VeriFone (984). T eir companies either squeaked into the Fortune® 1000 for the fi rst time or re-entered it.
A NEEDED COALITION T e current total of 72 general counsel of color among
DIVERSITY & THE BAR® SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2013
the nation’s 1,000 most prosperous companies make up just over 7 percent of all these GCs—a rather embar- rassing fi gure because, according to the 2012 American Community Survey, more than 35 percent of the U.S. population is non-Caucasian. Nevertheless, MCCA’s West calls the increase of
six minority GCs from last year’s total of 66 a positive because “any upward movement, by defi nition, has to be considered progress.” Progress, he notes, results from the eff orts of minorities
as well as from white men “who understand the business imperative of ensuring a diverse workforce.” With that in mind, West challenges lawyers and
executives of all racial backgrounds to help diversify the GC ranks. “T e responsibility for progress does not, and should
not, rest solely with women and minority GCs,” he says. “Diverse lawyers cannot do it alone and should not be expected to.”
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GENERAL COUNSEL James Gallegos Kellye Walker
George Villasana Paul Tang
Gregory Nixon Lauren Tashma Joia Johnson
A. Verona Dorch¹ Hoyt Zia¹
Burt Fealing Paul Harris John Torres
Alberto de Cardenas Vernon Baker Tracy Preston¹ Ignacio Alvarez Denise Cade¹ Kirkland Hicks¹
Roberto Garcia-Rodriguez Peter Saba¹ John Kuo Albert Liu¹
Leslie Thornton Christian Na¹
2013 RANK
655 731 506 577 581 630 518 704 954 861 510 658 606 536 547 875 970 649 832 969 747 984 831 612
2012 RANK INDUSTRY
606 Utilities: Gas and Electric
720 Water, Wastewater Processing 537 Motor Vehicles
583 General Merchandisers: Men's Clothing 595 Aerospace and Defense 644 Wholesalers: Diversifi ed 512 Apparel
649 Industrial Machinery Airlines
889 Aerospace and Defense 499 Commercial Banks
647 Heating and Cooling, Refridgeration 689 Engineering, Construction 481 Automotive Retailing, Services 568 Department Stores 794 Financial Services Metallurgical Coke
656 Professional Services
881 Healthcare: Insurance and Managed Care Utilities: Nuclear
774 Medical Products and Equipment Payment Processing
746 Utilities: Gas and Electric 586 Specialty Retailers: Bath Products
GROUPED BY INDUSTRY
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