Women in Leadership Advisory Member |
Lisa Kohn
Active Term: 09/2024 - 09/2025
Areas of Expertise
|
RetiredGirl Scouts of the USALisa Kohn was Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Digital Platform Counsel of Girl Scouts of the USA from 2014-August, 2023, where she responsible for overseeing drafting and negotiating contracts signed by GSUSA that touch upon all areas of the organization. Lisa provided legal and strategic guidance to the Girl Scout Cookie team, who runs the second largest cookie business in the U.S. and works to empower millions of girls to become entrepreneurs with local community impact. Previously, Lisa was Associate General Counsel-Corporate at Unilever United States, Inc. where she worked on a wide variety of corporate matters, including global social media and data agreements, disclosure issues, foreign debt issuances, M&A transactions and general commercial contracts.
Lisa worked closely with Ben & Jerry’s, including work with the Social Mission group on strategic alliances, and negotiated agreements with B Lab, enabling Ben & Jerry’s to become the first wholly-owned subsidiary of a public company to become a Certified B Corp in recognition of its socially responsible business. Lisa also advised the Consumer Insight Group and was Treasury Counsel to the U.S. Treasury Group. Prior to that, she worked at International Specialty Products, was an Associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, and clerked for the Honorable William H. Timbers of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Lisa received a B. S. from Cornell University and her juris doctorate from Fordham University School of Law, where she was Associate Editor of the Law Review. |