Decode the Impact of SCOTUS Decisions on Workplace DEI

Katie Oertli Mooney is a Managing Director at Seramount. She is an accomplished DEI leader and thought partner with expertise in driving strategy and growth of diversity and inclusion change management, planning and programs. Prior to joining Seramount, she was responsible for overseeing the client delivery, staffing, operations and growth as Vice President of Jennifer Brown Consulting. She was accountable for the firm’s successful consulting project delivery to clients from the Fortune 1000, government agencies, startups, to nonprofits.

Prior to that, she managed the DEI enterprise learning and development strategy at Capital One specializing in differential investment programming to support historically underrepresented talent and communities of color. She is currently on the Board of Directors for the GSBA; the largest LGBTQ and allied chamber of commerce in North America and is supporting the organization in 2020, by advancing diversity, equity and inclusion for the Board of Directors, for the benefit of GSBA staff, members, partners and the LGBTQ+ and allied community of Washington State. Katie has a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management with a concentration on Diversity and Inclusion Management from Georgetown University. She is based in Seattle, WA.

Drawing on her extensive experience in government service, she provides valuable advice to clients on a diverse range of public policy issues, government regulatory enforcement trends, election and political law matters, congressional investigations, and civil and criminal white-collar and investigations matters. Her expertise spans various industries, including technology, financial services, FinTech, energy, and consumer goods.

She joined Covington after serving as Assistant to the President and White House Counsel for President Biden. In this role, she led the administration’s efforts to confirm Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first African-American woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. She also provided counsel on a wide array of matters and policy initiatives, such as the administration’s covid strategy, voting rights, high-profile congressional investigations (including the January 6th Committee), and immigration reform.

Before her role as White House Counsel, she led the legal team for the Biden-Harris campaign as General Counsel. During the Obama administration, she served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel for ethics. Following the administration, she held key legal positions as General Counsel of the Obama Foundation and General Counsel of the personal office of President and Mrs. Obama.

Prior to her government service, she was a Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law, specializing in legal and judicial ethics and the regulation of the legal profession. She also taught at the University of New Hampshire School of Law and served as an inaugural faculty member at the Drexel University College of Law.