The Board of Trustees
Catherine Lamboley
Term: 2006 — 2009
Catherine Lamboley, retired Sr. Vice President and General Counsel of Shell Oil Company, is a native of Monroe, Wisconsin. Cathy graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a secondary education degree and from the University of Texas School of Law where she graduated Order of the Coif. Cathy joined Shell in 1979, and, with the exception of three years as Vice President of Commercial Marketing in Shell’s Oil Products business, she has spent her career in the Shell Legal organization.
Issues concerning opportunity and inclusiveness have long been the focus of her professional and civic activities. Cathy’s commitment is reflected by her participation in the Minority Corporate Counsel Association as Chair of the Board of Directors, her service on the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women and Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity, and her participation on the Texas Supreme Court’s Gender Bias Task Force Implementation Committee. Among the honors the Shell Legal organization has received in recognition of its commitment to opportunity and inclusiveness while Cathy was General Counsel are the American Corporate Counsel Association’s Diversity Award, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s Employer of Choice Award, and the Coalition of Bar Associations of Color Corporate Diversity Award.
Cathy is also a member of the American Law Institute, has
served on the Board of Directors for the University of Houston
Law Foundation, and currently serves on the University of Texas
Law School Foundation Board. Recognizing that access
to legal assistance for all is critical to our society, Cathy served on
the Texas Access to Justice Commission’s Committee of Corporate
General Counsel, the Houston Bar Foundation’s Board of Directors,
and she is the immediate past Chair of the Corporate Advisory Committee
of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association.
Cathy cites her American Leadership Forum experience as invaluable
in strengthening her leadership skills and civic commitment. Cathy
is a Senior Fellow of the ALF and serves on its Board of Trustees. Cathy
is immediate past Chair of the Board of the Houston
Area Women’s Center, served on the Board of the United Way
of the Texas Gulf Coast, and was an original member and Chair of
the United Way Women’s Initiative. She served on the Board
of Advisors for Catalyst, a national non-profit research and advisory
organization working to advance women in business.
Among the honors she has received are the Anti-Defamation League Southwest Region’s Jurisprudence Award for 2006, American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession’s Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award for 2004, the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast’s Woman of the Year for 2002, and the Texas Executive Women’s “Woman on the Move” for 2002.