Elisabeth Haub School of Law Honors

Distinguished Service Award Honoree

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Honors

Haub Impact Award Honoree

anna Marciano roManella, JD ’00

Vice President, Sustainability Zone North America Nestle General Counsel & Head of Sustainability Nespresso USA

Anna Marciano is VP, Sustainability Zone North America, General Counsel & Head of Sustainability for Nespresso USA.

Anna joined Nestlé five years ago, first at Nestlé Waters North America advising on legal and sustainability, and more recently as the Division General Counsel for Nestlé Premium Waters and Nespresso USA. Anna was recently promoted to serve as VP of Sustainability for Zone North America. Anna partners closely with global Nestlé technical and content experts to advance our sustainability commitments while helping deliver more sustainable solutions for our customers and consumers, while being a force for good in our communities.

Prior to Nestlé, Anna was with Heineken USA where she served as Deputy General Counsel. Prior to that, she was the division General Counsel of Euro RSCG Worldwide and with Cadbury/Snapple for eight years, serving in various capacities, including as Assistant General Counsel for the North American division of the confectionary company.

She is an active board member of both the Fairfield/Westchester Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, and on the Advisory Board of the Sustainable Business Law Hub at Elisabeth Haub School of Law Anna is a purpose-driven leader seeking to inspire others to take a chance and own the stage.

John T. o’connor, JD ’86 Partner

John has more than 35 years’ experience counseling clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, equity financings and general corporate matters. His practice primarily involves representing corporate issuers and private equity investors.

John has worked with clients across a wide range of activities, including acquisitions and divestitures, contested transactions, proxy contests, portfolio investing, equity and mezzanine debt financings, and restructurings.

He currently represents issuers and private equity investors in the technology, energy and retail and consumer products sectors, and has represented clients in the transportation, energy and financial services sectors in a broad range of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and in bankruptcy-related divestitures and acquisitions.

Prior to joining Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, he was a partner for twenty years with Milbank LLP.

John is a graduate and Emeritus Trustee of Gettysburg College, where he served on the Board of Trustees from 2006 to 2014.

He earned his JD at Pace University School of Law in 1986, graduating magna cum laude and class valedictorian. He has served on the Pace University Board of Trustees since March 2006, and is currently Chair of the University Operations Committee and a member of the Finance & Audit Committee and the Executive Committee.

John is the recipient of the 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award from Pace Law School.

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John C. Lettera, Esq. ’99