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Dawn is also the Chair of the Board of Directors of the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC), the only nonprofit organization solely dedicated to intellectual property enforcement. She held this position from 2002 through 2006 and again from 2012 to present, serving on the Executive Board as a Director in between. She has also served as the Chair of the Brand Protection Counsel of the American Apparel and Footwear Association since 2008.

Before joining Calvin Klein in 1999, Dawn was a Patent and Trademark Associate with Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto in New York.

Dawn graduated with a B.S. degree in Biology from Union College in 1990. She received her J.D. and Master of Intellectual Property degrees from Franklin Pierce Law Center in 1995 where she served as Editor in Chief of Franklin Pierce’s Law Review IDEA The Journal of Law and Technology.

Since joining the IACC in 2005, Mr. Johnson has co-authored the IACC/INTA Model State Criminal Trademark Counterfeiting Statute; served as the principal author of criminal trademark legislation enacted in six states; testified before a number of state legislatures and the U.S. House of Representatives, and overseen the organization’s annual Special 301 submission to the U.S. Trade Representative.

Prior to joining IACC, Candice worked with the International Trademark Association (INTA) for more than six years where she was responsible for INTA’s global and regional anti-counterfeiting initiatives, and led its participation in international forums and partnership.

Before INTA, Candice held several positions over the course of seven years at APCO Worldwide, a public affairs and strategic communications consultancy. She spent time in APCO’s Beijing and Washington DC offices for five years and one and a half years, respectively. While in Beijing, she oversaw internal and external communications, membership services and foreign government engagement for the Quality Brands Protection Committee (QBPC), and was involved developing strategic communications and public affairs programs targeted at the Chinese market for foreign companies. While in APCO’s office in D.C., Candice developed and oversaw community and philanthropic initiatives as well as communications programs for multinational clients.

Candice received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Economy from Barnard College, Columbia University.

Prior to joining the IACC, Mike managed security at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City overseeing investigations, administration, technology and training. Prior to that, Mike held the position of Detective Lieutenant with the New York City Police Department directing investigations into traditional organized crime, narcotics and vice and serving as the commander of the New York County District Attorney’s Office Detective Squad.

While at Fordham, Lara was a board member of the Dispute Resolution Society as well as a competitor and co-coach for Fordham’s Wilem C. Vis International Arbitration Competition team in Hong Kong. She also served as a judicial intern for the Kings County Supreme Court, a legal intern at the Samuelson H. Glushko Intellectual Property & Information Law Clinic, the Student Director of Fordham's Fashion Law Institute Clinic, and an in-house legal intern at PRADA USA Corp.

Prior to law school, Lara interned in the Corporate Partnerships department of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and subsequently managed all office operations and internal communications for Hariri Pontarini Architects. She was also a Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) instructor and tutor at Kaplan Test-Prep & Admissions.

Before joining the IACC, Lara worked for a boutique firm in New York focusing on intellectual property and corporate law matters.