About

Suchitra Narayen

Suchitra Narayen is currently VP and Deputy General Counsel, North America Commercial Legal with Informatica, a data analytics software company. She has global, cross-industry commercial, technology and supply chain experience, and for much of her career, has focused on legal and contracting process improvement. Her previous roles include:
• Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Commercial, with Digital Realty, a data center REIT
• Vice President and Associate General Counsel-Supply Chain at Oracle, supporting hardware and Cloud infrastructure and regulatory compliance
• Senior Legal Director, Emerging Markets for Sun Microsystems, overseeing outbound transactions and general governance for Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, India, and China.

Suchitra is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. She is a Gold Medalist who received her LL.B from the University of Calgary and is admitted to practice in Alberta, Canada and California.

During Suchitra’s 2009-2013 tenure as co-chair of the South Asian Bar Association of Northern California’s pro bono committee, the SABA-NC received the 2010 State Bar President’s award for Distinguished Pro Bono Service and the 2012 SCCBA Unsung Heroes award. Suchitra received the 2014 SCCBA Diversity Award, the 2015 SABA-NC Public Interest Award, and a 2020 YWCA Tribute to Women award. She currently serves on the Silicon Valley Pro Bono Project board.

Gregory McDonald

Bachelor of science Iowa State University 1970. Service as a Commissioned Officer, United States Navy during Vietnam conflict. Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, California Western School of law, 1978. Admitted to the Bar of California 1978. Associate corporate legal counsel Signetics corporation, an integrated circuit manufacturer, from 1978 to 1980. Opened solo law practice in Cupertino, California 1980. Practice included Business law, Bankruptcy law and civil litigation. Presently residing in Portland, Oregon and serving as a volunteer court-connected Mediator in the Courts of Washington County, Oregon.

Marlene Muraco

A partner at Littler Mendelson, the largest U.S. based law firm exclusively devoted to representing management in every aspect of labor and employment law. Marlene has over twenty years of experience successfully defending employers against the full panoply of employment law claims. She graduated from U.C. Berkeley and the University of Minnesota Law School.

Sandra McManus

Practices family law in the San Jose and Santa Clara County areas. Several times, she has been named Family Law Attorney and Mediator of the Year by Consumer Business Review. Ms. McManus also serves on a subcommittee of the Santa Clara County Bar Association’s family law section that is helping shape and develop the parameters for the Brief Focused Assessment, a tool to help local families resolve family law disputes without expensive, time-consuming litigation.