Women Who Lead

Zetzer Fellow, 4 other alumnae selected for Women Who Lead class of 2020

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law graduates make up close to half of Maryland Daily Record’s Women Who Lead Initiative class of 2020.

The group is participating in a yearlong program, including networking events with Circle of Excellence and Icon women leaders and small-group conversations focused on topics that affect women leaders. The 2020 class’s first meeting was at the Women Who Lead Legislative Summit in Annapolis, Maryland, on Feb. 24. The group will be recognized at a Leading Women event in December.

One notable winner is Cara O’Brien ’07. While a student, O’Brien participated in the law school’s Women, Leadership, and Equality Program and was a Rose Zetzer Fellow, a program offering advanced opportunities for research and practice in the area of gender equality and the law. Women, Leadership, and Equality is the first and only program of its kind in the nation.

2020 Women Who Lead Maryland Carey Law alumnae:

Cara Frieman ’10
Special Counsel to the State’s Attorney
Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office

Delora Sanchez Ifekauche ’06
Lobbyist
Cornerstone Government Affairs

Cara O’Brien ’07
Attorney
The Law Office of Evan K. Thalenberg

Julie Reddig ’05
Attorney
Lerch, Early & Brewer

Alyssa Thorn ’14
Attorney
Kennedy Krieger Institute