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Marla Persky Is The 2012 Edwin Archer Randolph Award Recipient

Marla Persky is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Boehringer Ingelheim USA. She oversees a department of over 70 individuals. She is a member of Boehringer’s executive management team where she participates in strategy, portfolio oversight, and business management operations.

Prior to joining Boehringer Ingelheim, Ms. Persky spent 19 years at Baxter International Inc. where she held numerous business and legal positions, the most recent of which was Acting General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. During her career at Baxter, Ms. Persky managed global legal services, was General Manager of an international medical device business, led international crisis management teams, acquired and integrated international businesses, and designed/implemented legal strategies to manage global mass torts.

In addition to her legal work, Ms. Persky has served on the Board of Directors of Cytyc Corporation, a medical device and diagnostics company dedicated to women’s health. Ms. Persky was a director of Watermark, Inc. a private publisher and broker of children’s literature for over a decade. She is also on the Boards of WESFACCA, Lawyers for Children America, and the Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity.

Ms. Persky practiced with the Chicago firm of Lurie, Sklar & Simon, Ltd. where she specialized in the representation of financial brokers, architects, healthcare organizations and professionals. Before entering the practice of law, Ms. Persky worked in sales and marketing for the Colgate-Palmolive Company.

Ms. Persky has written numerous articles on issues affecting the health care environment published in legal journals, texts and practice guides. She is a recipient of the Illinois State Bar Association Lincoln Memorial Writing Award and received the 2007 Rising Star Award from the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association. Ms. Persky is a frequent speaker on a variety of subjects including: leadership principles, mentoring, diversity, crisis management, the relationship between attorneys & clients; how product liability laws affect new product development; business practices in a litigious environment; and negotiation techniques.

Ms. Persky received her Juris Doctorate from Washington University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Speech Studies from Northwestern University. She lives in Ridgefield, CT with her husband and daughter.

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