SPONSOR: Gilda Spencer, Senior VP, Deputy General Counsel, Dispute Resolution Services
SPONSEE: Maya Ewing, Managing Director, Senior Counsel, Employment and Benefits
When Maya Ewing started at Allstate in 2002, her first sponsor was her boss. Eight years later, Gilda Spencer arrived in a much more senior legal role. After an initial meeting, Gilda saw a spark in Maya and asked to meet with her regularly.
“She was several people removed from me, but she was bright and hardworking. She had been identified as high potential, but there were some gaps for her to work on,” Gilda recalls. The company started a program that rotated talented young lawyers into different jobs, and Maya was moved from employment law to insurance operations. “She wasn’t happy about it, but I told her, ‘This…
