Tiwonge Edith Gondwe

Tiwonge Edith Gondwe has extensive work experience in the legal and human resources field. Tiwonge Edith currently serves as the Diversity & Inclusion Director at McDermott Will & Emery since January 2021. Before this role, they were the Senior Diversity & Inclusion Manager at the same company from March 2019 to December 2020. Prior to McDermott Will & Emery, Tiwonge worked at Irell & Manella as the Talent Acquisition and Diversity & Inclusion Manager from March 2014 to January 2018. Tiwonge Edith also held the position of Manager, Talent Management and Human Resources at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP from August 2010 to March 2014. Earlier in their career, Tiwonge served as the Attorney Recruiting and Development Coordinator at O'Melveny & Myers LLP from May 2006 to August 2010, and as a Recruiting Manager at Robert Half Legal from November 2005 to May 2006. Tiwonge Edith started their career as an Attorney at Wilmer Hale from March 2004 to November 2005. Additionally, Tiwonge held various legal roles, including Legal Advisor at Malawi Washington Association from December 2003 to November 2005, Law Clerk at Obadal, Filler, MacLeod & Klein, P.L.C. in June 2002, and Legal Intern at Global Rights (formerly the International Human Rights Law Group) in May 2001.

Tiwonge Edith Gondwe completed a J.D. in Law from The George Washington University Law School between 2000 and 2003. Prior to that, they obtained a B.A. in Economics from Wesleyan University, attending from 1995 to 1999.