OGC Staff

The current staff of the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) includes 21 full-time attorneys, 3 administrators, 7 risk management staff, 7 paralegals, and 11 support staff.

Wendy S. White

Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the University and Penn Medicine

Lee J. Dobkin

Deputy General Counsel for the University and Chief Counsel for Penn Medicine  

• Attorneys
• Administrators
• Risk Management
• Paralegals
• Executive Secretaries, Legal Secretaries, Administrative Receptionist

Attorneys

• Betty S. Adler 
• Holli Sands Arrison
• Pierce E. Buller
• Sean V. Burke
• Kelly S. Curran
• Kate Donohue
• Robert F. Firestone
• Brenda Fraser 
• Ira A. Kauderer
• Eric P. Neff
• Mary Ellen Nepps 
• Roman Petyk 
• Kristine S. Pyzyna
• Joanne Rosenthal
• Elizabeth R. Salasko 
• Aliza D. Schwartzman 
• Marcella J. Schell
• Robert R. Terrell 
• Catherine L. Villalobos 

Administrators

• Shawn Flack
• Kimberly Charlier 
• Nancy F. Van Trieste

Risk Management

• Dale Lanks
• Anne McCann
• Jeannette Driscoll
• Wanda M. Richardson
• Pearl D. Kyzer
• Elaine Richards
• Emina M. Henne

Paralegals

• Sandra Bowman
• Karen Chen-See 
• Patricia Colonna
• Catheren A. Harwell
• Helen Logan
• Paula L. Ruckenstein
• Jerome Smalls 
• Cheryl A. Smith 

Executive Secretaries, Legal Secretaries, and Administrative Receptionist

• Karen B. Abramson
• Conchita Burwell
• Jennifer M. Dixon
• Lauren M. Gallagher
• Rebecca J. Gallo
• Michelle Hailey  
• Patricia S. Putnam
• Donna Rhodes
• Erin Schweikert
• N. Jeann Williams
• Tamika M. Wilson