Issue: Summer 2025
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Class Note Summer 2025
Kelli Turner was appointed interim president and chief executive officer of Audacy Inc., an audio content and entertainment company. She is a current board member of Audacy and has served on the boards of directors for several advertising and music technology companies. Turner was most recently managing director and chief financial officer of Sun Capital Partners, a private investment firm.
Class Note Summer 2025
Matthew Miner was named vice chair and general counsel of KPMG LLP. He also serves on the firm’s US management committee, oversees legal and compliance for the Americas region, is secretary to the KPMG US board of directors and a member of the Americas management committee, and oversees the firm’s governance matters. Miner joined KPMG from Walmart Inc., where he was executive vice president, global chief ethics and compliance officer, and special counsel.
Class Note Summer 2025
Lucy Dougherty is now named general counsel of Eaton Corporation PLC. She joined the company from Polaris Inc., where she was senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary. Before that, she held several leadership roles with General Motors Corp. Earlier in her career, she served as counsel at the US Department of Justice and as associate general counsel and, later, as chief legal officer and counsel to the secretary at the US Department of Homeland Security.
Class Note Summer 2025
Timothy W. Brown was named president of Venerable Investment Advisers. He joined Venerable in 2018 as executive vice president, chief legal officer, and secretary. Brown leads Venerable’s investment advisory business and will continue to lead the law, compliance, insurance regulatory, and government affairs teams. Before joining Venerable, Brown was chief counsel for corporate transactions and government affairs at Voya Financial Inc.
Class Note Summer 2025
Scott Delacourt was appointed chief of staff for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He joins the FCC from Wiley Rein LLP, where he was a partner and chair of the wireless practice group. Earlier, Delacourt served in leadership positions at the FCC, including deputy bureau chief and chief of staff of the wireless bureau, senior counsel in the office of general counsel, and legal adviser to the wireless bureau chief.
Class Note
Danielle Bass, ’15, Honored By Peers as Influential Woman of the Year
Danielle Bass, ’15, a partner in the technology transactions and data, privacy, and cybersecurity practice groups at Honigman LLP in Detroit, was recently named Influential Woman of the Year by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
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Samantha Shipp Warrick, ’07: A Lifelong Creative Breaks New Ground at LVMH
Samantha Shipp Warrick, ’07, has a creative bent that has served her well as an entertainment lawyer, entrepreneur, and branding strategist. Now she’s bringing blank-slate energy to LVMH Inc. as its first chief strategy and operations counsel.
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Neel U. Sukhatme Begins Service as the Law School’s 19th Dean
On July 1, Neel U. Sukhatme joined the Michigan Law community as the David A. Breach Dean of Law and professor of law. The appointment, which the U-M Board of Regents approved on March 20, runs for a five-year renewable term. He succeeds Professor Kyle Logue, who served as interim dean from January 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025.
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Roy Proffitt, Longtime Faculty Member and Administrator, Continues to Inspire Gifts to Michigan Law
The Law Quad has had no shortage of influential professors and administrators who have shaped generations of Michigan Law students. But even among that esteemed group, Roy Proffitt, JD ’46, LLM ’48, made an outsized contribution to the Law School community that continues to reverberate today.