CLOC Restructures Board, Expanding to 16 Members and Adding Legal Tech Vendors for First Time

The

Corporate
Legal
Operations
Consortium
(CLOC)
today
announced
a
major
expansion
and
restructuring
of
its
board
of
directors,
expanding
it
from
nine
to
16
members,
the
largest
increase
in
the
organization’s
10-year
history.

In
a
significant
policy
shift
for
the
organization,
CLOC
is
formally
adding
legal
technology
and
service
providers
to
its
board
for
the
first
time,
alongside
in-house
legal
operations
professionals.
The
move
reflects
what
the
organization
calls
a
commitment
to
bringing
“all
stakeholders
to
the
table”
to
drive
industry
transformation.

“This
leadership
lineup
underscores
our
commitment
to
representing
a
broad
range
of
perspectives
across
industries,
regions
and
experiences,
and
to
advancing
the
practice
of
legal
operations
on
a
truly
global
scale,”
said
Oyango
Snell,
CLOC’s
executive
director,
in
an
announcement.

Along
with
the
board
expansion,
CLOC
is
modernizing
its
governance
structure
by
introducing
two
new
roles,
board
chair
and
chair-elect,
and
transitioning
to
an
entirely
volunteer
board.
The
organization
is
also
reconstituting
the
position
of
executive
director
as
president
and
CEO
to
align
with
association
best
practices
and
support
its
6,500
global
members.

“In
the
AI
era,
shaping
the
future
of
legal
operations
requires
our
collective
ingenuity,”
said
Áine
Lyons,
CLOC
president
and
SVP
and
deputy
general
counsel
at
Workday.
“These
governance
updates
go
beyond
expanding
our
board;
they
are
a
fundamental
realignment
for
impact.”

CLOC’s
New
Board

The
new
board,
which
begins
its
term
in
January
2026,
includes
two
legal
technology
vendor
executives
and
one
legal
services
executive
among
the
11
newly
elected
directors:

• Jerry
  Levine,
  chief
  evangelist
  and
  general
  counsel
  at
  ContractPodAI.
• Colin
  Levy,
  general
  counsel
  at
  Malbek.
• Richard
  Robinson,
  director
  of
  client
  success
  at
  Epiq.

Other
new
members
of
CLOC’s
board
are:

• Mark
  Allen,
  director
  of
  legal
  and
  compliance
  operations,
  Zillow.
• Donovan
  Bell,
  senior
  director,
  head
  of
  global
  operations,
  corporate
  affairs,
  policy,
  integrity,
  trade
  and
  and
  legal,
  Intel.
• Alex
  Gao,
  senior
  director,
  legal
  operations,
  Hilton
  Worldwide
  Corporation.
• Kurt
  Grasinger,
  legal
  operations
  and
  outside
  counsel
  manager,
  Meta.
• Stacy
  Lettie,
  chief
  of
  staff
  to
  the
  general
  counsel,
  Organon.
• Carl
  Morrison,
  senior
  manager,
  legal
  operations,
  Otsuka
  America
  Pharmaceutical
  Inc.
• Kirsten
  Taitelbaum,
  vice
  president,
  head
  of
  legal
  operations
  and
  chief
  of
  staff,
  Sutter
  Health.
• Darth
  Vaughn,
  associate
  general
  counsel
  and
  managing
  director,
  policy
  and
  legal
  operations,
  Ford
  Motor
  Company

In
addition
to
CLOC
President
Lyons,
current
members
who
will
continue
on
the
board
are:

• Frances
  Pomposo,
  senior
  director,
  head
  of
  legal
  operations,
  and
  chief
  of
  staff
  to
  the
  chief
  legal
  officer,
  Intuitive.
• Laura
  Dieudonné,
  legal
  operations
  and
  administration
  director,
  Delta
  Air
  Lines.
• Adam
  Becker,
  director,
  legal
  operations,
  Cockroach
  Labs.

“The
2026
board
brings
together
a
diverse,
powerful
slate
of
legal
operations
leaders,
in-house
counsel,
and
technology
innovators
to
drive
the
organization’s
long-term
strategy
and
impact,”
the
organization
said.