Greater Washington DC

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.

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.

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.

Abdur-Rahim Briggs’ was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology from California State University at Bakersfield. He was also a Track & Field All-America while running track during his college years. His hobbies are volunteering for community service activities, weight training, reading, meditation and listening to Smooth Jazz. He currently serves as president of a non-profit organization geared towards HIV/AIDS awareness.

Ms. Nicolella was hired by WRAIR’s Deputy Director and promoted to the Information Management Division (IMD), then a promotion to Records Management Specialist in 2003 WRAIR’s first. Ms. Nicolella implemented the Institute’s records program through the Army Records Information Management System (ARIMS), AR 25-400-2. This Army-wide 17,000+ page electronic database is maintained at Fort Belvoir by the Administrative Assistant to The Secretary of the Army. She and a committee to improve WRAIR records management established policy and SOPs. Ms. Nicolella teaches ARIMS to 75 record coordinators and has taught at Army bases in the U.S. and Germany. Under her tutelage, WRAIR passed records inspections by Medical Command. She was awarded the Army’s highest honor the Achievement Medal for Civilian Service. Ms. Nicolella turned over records to National Archives (NARA) saved from destruction that NARA deemed quite important for U.S. war history. She prepares to implement electronic recordkeeping at WRAIR.
Ms. Nicolella is a certified Records Manager from NARA; certificate is signed by The Archivist of the U. S., and is trained by the Records Manager to The Secretary of the Army.

Ms. Nicolella is a certified Records Manager from NARA; certificate is signed by The Archivist of the U. S., and is trained by the Records Manager to The Secretary of the Army

Ashera has worked at White & Case LLP since 1981. Her department manages the entire life cycle of documents. She has been a DC Notary Public since 1985.
Ashera serves on the GWDC ARMA Board of Directors. She is the Taskforce Chair for the Washington area booth for the 2011 ARMA International Conference - Washington, DC. She is currently planning the Washington, DC area promotional booth for the 2010 San Francisco Conference.

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.