Harvard Law School Association Women's Alliance Network

Estela Rodriguez Botello '93

President 
Estela Rodríguez-Botello LLM ’93 is a partner at Legarreta y Asociados, S.C., she represents a wide range of domestic and international clients and advises them from their inception throughout every stage of their lifecycle including dissolution and liquidation. Estela is experienced in international and cross-border transactions and her practice focuses on general corporate matters, joint ventures, strategic alliances, corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, franchising, real estate and data privacy. Estela represents a wide range of companies, including hospitality, luxury brands, pharmaceutical, e-commerce, industrial and manufacturing businesses.

Estela started her legal career at the Ministry of Tourism and was a partner at Gonzalez Calvillo, S.C.

Estela is a co-founder of the Harvard Law School Association of Mexico, co-chair and co-founder of the Harvard Law School Women’s Alliance Mexico chapter.

Heather White '95

Vice President

Heather G. White ’95 is Counsel for Nixon, Peabody, LLP, for whom she has worked remotely from Waimea (Hawaii Island), Hawaii since 2006. Heather represents state and local governments, investment banks, nonprofits, and others in public finance transactions. She has been involved in a wide range of financings, including tax-exempt and taxable revenue bonds, general obligation bonds, letters of credit, revolving credit facilities, and other instruments. She also has been involved in project financings with a tax-exempt bond component.
Representative clients include the State of California, the Airport Commission of the City and County of San Francisco, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Western University of Health Sciences, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, and a number of underwriting firms.

Michelle Sicula '92 

Secretary
Michelle Sicula is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, (Lic. 90053) with a private practice in Berkeley and San Francisco, CA.  Michelle provides individual therapy, couples therapy, and reproductive counseling to a diverse array of clients.  Prior to becoming a psychotherapist, Michelle practiced law for more than 20 years working as an associate, and later contract attorney, with Saltzman & Johnson, Law Corp., in San Francisco, CA; a Career Law Clerk to the Honorable Wayne D. Brazil with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California; and an associate with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP, in San Francisco, CA.  In addition to her work with HLSWA, Michelle volunteers on the Inclusion and Anti-racism Task Force for the Mental Health Providers subgroup of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.  Michelle also is a past Board Chair for the Northern California Community for Emotionally Focused Therapy (NCCEFT).

Diana Philip '12

Treasurer

Diana Philip is a lawyer and global policy strategist with a deep commitment to building resilient communities and fostering impactful change on a global scale. As Vice President of Community Relations at Planetary Tech, she leads strategic efforts to cultivate partnerships and drive transformative community engagement worldwide. Her extensive experience includes serving as a civil servant at Ontario’s Ministry of Education, where she developed education policies, and as Senior Advisor for Government Relations at Dell Technologies, where she led complex policy and stakeholder initiatives.
A Harvard Law School alumni, Diana specializes in risk mitigation and conflict prevention. She has worked with renowned organizations like the World Economic Forum, the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, UNICEF, and Independent Diplomat, advising governments on international law, hydro-diplomacy, and conflict resolution. A co-founder of the Harvard Law School Women's Alliance India and a board member of several nonprofits in India, Canada and US, she is dedicated to advancing social impact. Fluent in five languages and passionate about photography, travel, and adventure sports, Diana blends global insight with dynamic leadership in every endeavor.

Maryna Kavaleuskaya '13

Board Member

Maryna is a Senior Integrity Counsel, Lead for Africa (based in Nairobi), at the International Finance Corporation (IFC, World Bank Group), spearheading its regional integrity due diligence efforts. Prior to joining IFC, she served as a Senior Counsel at Miller & Chevalier (Washington D.C.-based law firm), where she focused on matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA), anti-corruption due diligence reviews and compliance audits, business and human rights, and other areas of international corporate compliance. Maryna also served as a human rights and development consultant at the World Bank and as a rule of law consultant at The Rule of Law Initiative of the American Bar Association.

Prior to obtaining her LL.M. and J.D. in the U.S., Maryna practiced law in Belarus, where her work on high-profile cases included the defense of a former presidential candidate. In addition to her practice in the area of Belarus' national law, she prepared complaints to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and participated in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) as an expert on human rights in 2012.
On a pro bono basis, Maryna worked with the Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI) Institute, a post-graduate lawyer and judicial training institution in Prague. In the spring of 2014, she helped organize an anti-corruption training for a diverse group of some of the world's most experienced judges, prosecutors, and investigators. In the scope of her pro bono work, Maryna also worked on human rights-related multi- stakeholders initiatives in the high-tech sector.

Past Presidents

Nancy L. McCullough '92

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT & OFFICER

Nancy L. McCullough is the principal of a boutique law practice handling intellectual property matters, in particular for the entertainment, fashion and e-commerce industries, and general business advising, including serving as outside general counsel for diverse clients. Nancy counsels clients on strategic planning and compliant business practices, negotiates and drafts diverse agreements, guides dispute resolution, and advises on IP rights development, acquisition, monetization, and defense.
While in law school, Nancy served as a member of the Board of Editors of the Harvard Law Review, and as the president of the Harvard Committee on Sports and Entertainment law.
Nancy's career has been highlighted by extensive community service projects, particularly for nonprofit endeavors supporting underserved communities and traditionally-underrepresented group members, believing strongly that equality and fair access to opportunities should be within reach for all.