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To build awareness of ethics and the elimination of bias in the law, the Page Education Foundation launched the Justice Alan Page Elimination of Bias CLE Seminar.
Presenters and Moderator
Kevin Warren serves as the sixth Commissioner of the Big Ten Conference and the first African American Commissioner to lead an Autonomy Five conference.
Warren most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League where he worked since 2005. He was the highest ranking African American executive working on the business side for a team in the NFL and was the first African American COO in NFL history. Warren played a critical role in all business, financial, legal and operational aspects related to U.S. Bank Stadium and was involved in the design, construction, business, legal and operational components of the new stadium. Under Warren’s visionary leadership, the Vikings restructured the organization, with an emphasis on broadening the executive team and promoting women to key executive positions.
In September of 2013, Warren’s reputation and NFL experience were recognized when he was named a member of the NFL Committee on Workplace Diversity, which is committed to enhancing and promoting diversity at every level of the NFL.
Prior to joining the Vikings, Warren worked for the international law firm of Greenberg Traurig (2003-2005) playing a critical leadership role with the Wilf Ownership Group deal team during the acquisition of the Minnesota Vikings.
Warren earned his Bachelor’s in Business Administration from GCU in 1986, his MBA from Arizona State University in 1988, and his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Notre Dame School of Law in 1990. Warren is a licensed attorney with the State Bar of Kansas, Michigan, and the District of Columbia.
Traci Bransford, attorney and partner at Stinson LLP, serves as general counsel, entertainment, media and sports attorney to her clients. As outside general counsel to her clients, Traci has deep knowledge of the services offered by attorneys in the firm and quickly connects clients to the right teams of lawyers to achieve objectives and add value. She focuses her practice on counseling media and communications clients on legal issues related to the entertainment industry.
Traci combines her deep understanding of client needs with a strong commitment to the tenets of diversity and inclusion, offering comprehensive solutions to key legal challenges to benefit the firm and its clients. She is the co-chair of the Entertainment and Media law subgroup.
She is an active member of several charitable and professional organizations and is a sought-out speaker on entertainment law, sports law, celebrity philanthropy and diversity. Traci is a mentor and the co-chair of the Stinson Employee Resources Group for Attorneys of Color.
In addition to our keynote speakers, Lola Velazquez-Aguilu will be moderating a panel with surprise guests.
Lola Velazquez-Aguilu is a Litigation and Investigations Counsel at Medtronic. Lola joined Medtronic in October 2018 and currently manages a broad range of civil litigation including securities, tax, and products liability. Lola also serves as a member of the Legal Department’s Diversity and Inclusion Council. In 2019, Governor Tim Walz appointed Lola to serve as Chair of the Commission on Judicial Selection—a jointly appointed body that oversees the recruitment and recommendation of judicial nominees. Prior to joining Medtronic, Lola served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Minnesota, where she was assigned to the white-collar and public corruption section of the criminal division. While at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Lola prosecuted large-scale financial crimes including bank fraud conspiracies, mortgage fraud, investment fraud, embezzlement, and tax fraud. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Lola was a litigation associate at Dorsey and Whitney; she also clerked for Retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan C. Page and U.S. District Court Judge Ann D. Montgomery.
Lola has been recognized two times as an Attorney of the Year by Minnesota Lawyer, most recently for her work prosecuting the former executives of Starkey Laboratories. In 2016, Lola was recognized by the Hispanic National Bar Association as a Top Lawyer Under 40 and in 2019 Lola received the Minnesota Lawyer Diversity and Inclusion Award for her work helping to diversify the judiciary in Minnesota. Lola is an active member of several legal organizations including the Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the Infinity Project.
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