Anne Gwal

Assistant General Counsel, Pepco Holdings

Anuradha (Anne) Gwal is an Assistant General Counsel handling general commercial transactions for Pepco Holdings, Inc., a utility and energy company headquartered in Washington, DC and Wilmington, DE. Currently, she concentrates her practice in Telecommunications, Contracts, and Intellectual Property but has handled various matters in areas of Competitive Energy, E-Commerce, Regulatory and Strategic Sourcing. Previously, her in-house counsel positions were with healthcare and multinational corporations, where her practice included Mergers/Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, and Healthcare Compliance.

Ms. Gwal graduated from Rutgers University - Cook College with a B.S. in Biological Sciences, and subsequently pursued post graduate studies in Justice Systems and Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her J.D. in Law from Widener University – School of Law in 1994 and is admitted in New Jersey.

Ms. Gwal is the Vice President of Program Development for the South Asian Bar Association of Delaware (SABA DE). As of July 2010, she will begin her term as President of SABA DE.
Ms. Gwal has served on the Philadelphia Art Museum’s Young Friends Fundraising Committees for the past five years. She co-chaired the Raffle Subcommittee for the Winter Gala 2010 which featured Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris and was attended by 700 people. She is currently a subcommittee co-chair for the Rodin Garden Party to be held in September 2010 and has been invited to join the Young Friends Board of the Philadelphia Art Museum for a three-year term beginning July 2010.

Previously, Ms. Gwal was the Vice President for the Aids Services in the Asian Community (ASIAC) Board, a nonprofit 501(c) (3) healthcare organization in Philadelphia since 1997. She also served as the Speakers Committee Co-Chair for the 2003 National Network of Indian Professionals Conference, as a Board Member and Special Events Co-Chair for 2004. Her interests include scuba diving, music, writing and film.