Greater Washington DC

Leigh Isaacs has over 10 years of records and information management experience and over 25 years of experience in the legal field. Leigh has experience in policy/procedure development, business process improvements, risk management and other records functions.

Before joining Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, she was the Firm wide Records Manager for Heller Ehrman LLP where she implemented various global initiatives including an imaging program. Leigh has previously spoken for OpenText and Omtool, has written for ILTA and recently contributed to ARMA's RIM for IT publication.

Darren has been an active member of ARMA since 2004 and began his involvement with the GWDC chapter Board of Directors that same year. He has worked in the Information Management staffing and recruiting industry for more than 6 years. In 2006, Darren was the recipient of the Rita Holt Chapter Member of the Year. He has previously co-presented on Upgrading the Image of Your RIM Program. Darren graduated from Robert Morris University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

Doug has been managing records both as the Records Manager and as a Senior Legal Assistant for Wiley Rein for over 20 years. He has worked extensively with the senior legal and administrative staff to develop systems to ensure the efficient, effective and compliant handling of the Firm's records. He has spoken locally about the importance of integration with IT and developing a lead role in compliance management as a records manager.

Ashera is the Records Manager at White & Case LLP. She is also a Notary Public.

Ashera has served on the GWDC ARMA Board of Directors for more than 10 years. She was the Taskforce Chair for the GWDC Chapter Promotional booth at the 2010 ARMA International Conference in San Francisco. She also chaired the 2011 ARMA International Conference Host booth in Washington DC. Funds raised from booth activities were donated to AIEF and ICRM.

She was the recipient of the Rita Holt GWDC ARMA Chapter Member of the Year Award for 2011

Susan is currently a consultant with NetSmith, Inc. on a sub-contract to USIS Labat at GAO working on their electronic records management system built with a Big Bucket schedule. Susan has more than 10 years experience in records information management, mostly in the Federal sector. She received her CRM (Certified Records Manager) designation from ICRM in July of 2008. She participated in the creation of ARMA International guideline publications and coordinated the work on the "Controlled Language in Records and Information Management" guideline. For GWDC ARMA she currently leads the Spring Seminar initiative and has done so for several years. The most recent seminar was the Change Management for Records Managers. Previous seminars were a CRM study preparation workshop, and one on Storytelling as a leadership tool for Records and Information Managers. Susan also has also served as a Senior Systems Integration Analyst in the IT world, and continues to be interested in the interface between business process analysis, business systems and the management of content within those systems.

As ECOMPEX's Director of Marketing, Mr. Jesse Lake develops creative marketing strategies and materials to build and maintain ECOMPEX's image and identity - which represents a commitment to quality services and innovative technologies. Mr. Lake has many years experience in the design, communications, and marketing field including graphic design, web design, multimedia design, and identity design. He also has extensive digital video and movie production capabilities. His experience communicating ideas and messages through the use of typography, advertisements, posters, brochures, web sites, booklets, mailers, and photography has made him become the creative force which pushes ECOMPEX's success to the limit. Mr. Lake's communication designs have been recognized by having winning designs in Multimedia Festivals in 2003, 2004 and 2006.