Vanessa Vaughn West serves as the firm’s Chief Culture, Diversity and Engagement Officer. Vanessa brings more than two decades of experience in and a passion for driving cultural change, leading collaborative teams, and engaging diverse stakeholders to work toward genuinely inclusive organizations.
Vanessa leads Lathrop GPM’s efforts to cultivate a positive and inclusive work environment that fosters professional growth, career development and employee engagement, a core firm strategic priority. She also leads the firm’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategy, including our commitment to the Mansfield Rule 6.0 certification, which requires at least 30% of historically underrepresented lawyers to be considered for leadership roles and equity partnerships.