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Copyright © 2007 various authors and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) .  \nMaterials may not be reproduced without the consent of ACC.  \nReproduction permission requests should be directed to the Legal Resources Department at ACC: 202/293-4103, ext. 342; [legalresources@acc.com](legalresources@acc.com)  \nACC's 2007 ANNUAL MEETING Enjoying the Ride on the Track to Success  \nFaculty Biographies  \nJason Anderman  \nJason Mark Anderman serves as counsel at Becton, Dickinson and Company, a Fortune 500 medical technology company with headquarters in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. Previously, Mr. Anderman practiced at the law firms of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker and Goodwin Procter. Mr. Anderman’s current practice includes: providing general advice to medical technology business units, managing procurement agreements for a diverse array of goods and services, negotiating life sciences and diagnostic instrument sales transactions, providing health privacy law advice, as well as facilitating litigation and dispute management.  \nMr. Anderman is certified as a Green Belt in the Six Sigma continuous improvement management method, and focuses on ongoing projects using Six Sigma tools to drive efficiency in legal services. Mr. Anderman also leads several knowledge management initiatives. Mr. Anderman also currently co-chairs the Law Department Purchasing Consortium’s Procurement Group.  \nMr. Anderman graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Washington University in St. Louis. He received J.D. and M.A. from Duke University School of Law and Graduate School.  \nHeather Boone  \nHeather Travis Boone is general counsel for Trinity Capital Corporation, a financial holding company, headquartered in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Ms. Boone also serves as general counsel for its subsidiaries, Los Alamos National Bank, Title Guaranty & Insurance Company and TCC Appraisal Services Corporation.  \nLos Alamos National Bank received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 2000 and remains the only financial institution and only New Mexico company to have received this award. Ms. Boone is very active in her company's Baldrige, Lean and Six Sigma efforts. Ms. Boone is also active in Quality New Mexico, a Baldrige-based state quality program.  \nMs. Boone is currently the vice-chair for ACC's corporate and securities committee and is the incoming chair of the committee. Ms. Boone also participates in the ACC law department management committee's Six Sigma initiatives. Ms. Boone's practice focuses on corporate law, securities, corporate governance, regulatory reporting, litigation and general guidance for Trinity and its subsidiaries. Ms. Boone previously practiced at Strasburger & Price, LLC in Houston, Texas.  \nMs. Boone received her B.A. from Trinity University and J.D. from Washington & Lee University School of Law.  \nNathan Nelson  \nNathan Nelson is general counsel for Albion Laboratories, Inc. a privately held Utah manufacturer of mineral amino acid chelates for pharmaceutical, dietary supplement, and food additive  \napplications as well as for animal and plant nutrition markets. He is very involved in the biotech company’s initiative to take six sigma, LEAN, and continuous improvement concepts from the manufacturing floor to office workflow and the production of legal work.  \nMr. Nelson previously worked in the legal departments of Groupe Laperrière & Verreault Inc. (an international equipment manufacturer headquartered in Montreal) and Cubic Corporation (a defense and transportation company based out of San Diego) . Mr. Nelson currently serves as treasurer of the Mountain West Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel. 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