Brande Stellings: Biography
Brande Stellings, J.D.
Vice President, Advisory Services, Professional Services Practice
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bstellings@catalyst.org
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Expertise | Biography
Brande Stellings, J.D., leads Catalyst's efforts to advance women and promote inclusion within the legal profession. Within Catalyst's global strategic consulting practice, she conducts engagements for professional services firms and advises Fortune 500 companies on the creation and implementation of business-driven diversity and inclusion strategies, with a focus on the advancement of women. She also serves as an advisor to the Catalyst Award Evaluation Committee. Ms. Stellings is an expert on Catalyst research relating to the legal profession and innovative solutions for retaining and advancing women within professional services firms. She also specializes in the formation and operation of employee resource groups (ERGs).
Ms. Stellings serves on the Board of Directors of Legal Momentum (The Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund) and on the Honorary Advisory Board of Pace Law School's New Directions Program for lawyers returning to practice. She formerly chaired (2007-2010) Women in the Profession, a committee of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Ms. Stellings practiced law for more than 12 years both within a large corporate law firm and as in-house corporate legal counsel. At NBC Universal Inc., where she served as Vice President, Litigation, Ms. Stellings was co-leader of the award-winning New York/New Jersey chapter of the GE Women's Network and a member of NBC Universal's Affinity Council. Prior to NBC, she worked at Cravath, Swaine & Moore as a litigation associate. Ms. Stellings received her J.D. cum laude from the Harvard Law School and graduated magna cum laude from Yale College.