NAWL Impact List

Since 2025, the NAWL Impact List recognizes mid-level and senior-level lawyers who have attained a high level of professional accomplishment and have demonstrated a personal commitment to and positive impact on NAWL’s mission of advancing women in the profession or advocating for women under the law.

2026 Recipients

Click each recipient's headshot to learn more about their impact.

Headshot of Elaina Kim Benfield.

Elaina Kim Benfield
Assistant General Counsel,

Vanguard

Headshot of Bob Glaves.

Bob Glaves

Executive Director,

The Chicago Bar Foundation

Headshot of Joan Haratani.

Joan Haratani

Partner,

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Headshot of Ellen V. Holloman.

Ellen V. Holloman

Partner,

Kaplan Martin LLP 

Headshot of Louise Ing.

Louise Ing
Partner,

Dentons

Headshot of Katya Jestin.

Katya Jestin

Partner and Co-Chair, Investigations, Compliance, and Defense Practice,

Jenner & Block LLP

Headshot of Andrea C. Kramer.

Andrea C. Kramer

Owner & Attorney,

Kramer Law LLC 

Headshot of Julia E. Markley.

Julia E. Markley

Co-Chair, Litigation Practice Group and Member, Executive Committee,

Perkins Coie LLP

Headshot of Mary Richardson-Lowry.

Mary Richardson-Lowry

Corporation Counsel,

City of Chicago

Headshot of Lourdes Rivera.

Lourdes Rivera

President,

Pregnancy Justice

Headshot of Kalpana Srinivasan.

Kalpana Srinivasan

Managing Partner,

Susman Godfrey LLP

Headshot of Kristen Pugsley-Onsager.

Rebecca Williford

President & CEO,

Disability Rights Advocates

  • 2025 Recipients

    Diane Ambler

    Senior of Counsel

    K&L Gates LLP


    Kathleen Dillon Narko

    Clinical Professor of Law

    Northwestern Pritzker School of Law


    Monica Dula

    Staff Attorney, Criminal Defense Division

    Legal Aid Society


    Pamela C. Enslen

    Executive Director

    California LAW Pathways


    Judy Man-Ling Lam

    Litigation Partner

    Maynard Nexsen (Los Angeles)


    Eileen M. Letts

    Partner

    Zuber Lawler LLP


    Peggy A. Nagae

    Principal, Peggy Nagae Consulting, and

    Co-Founder, Minoru Yasui Legacy Project


    Ellen Ostrow, Ph.D., PCC, CMC

    Founding Principal

    Lawyers Life Coach LLC


    Kristen Pugsley-Onsager

    Assistant General Counsel

    Microsoft