Michele Coleman Mayes is vice president and general counsel of The Allstate Corporation and senior vice president and general counsel for Allstate Insurance Company and is a member of the Allstate senior management team.

As Allstate’s chief legal offi cer, Michele is responsible for guiding Allstate’s strategy to ensure sound compliance of governance practices, fostering a healthy legal, legislative and regulatory environment.

From 1976 through 1982, Michele served in the United States Department of Justice as Assistant United States Attorney in Detroit and Brooklyn, eventually assuming the role of Chief of the Civil Division in Detroit.

In 1982, she entered the corporate sector as managing attorney of Burroughs Corporation. Her career continued to evolve as Burroughs and Sperry Corporation merged, creating Unisys Corporation, for which she was appointed staff vice president and associate general counsel for Worldwide Litigation. In February 1992, she joined Colgate-Palmolive Company as vice president and associate general counsel U.S. In 1993, she was promoted to vice president of Human Resources and Legal for North America. She next became vice president, deputy general counsel and assistant secretary, and effective May 2001, she was promoted to vice president, legal and assistant secretary, and elected a corporate offi cer. In 2003, she assumed the position of senior vice president and general counsel at Pitney Bowes. She joined Allstate in 2007

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Michele has received many awards and accolades, including the Margaret Brent Award from the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession and the Trailblazer Award from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. She has also been identifi ed as one of America’s top African-American lawyers. Michele has been actively involved and serves on the Board of Legal Momentum, the nation’s oldest nonprofi t organization of advocates for women and girls.

Michele is a passionate mentor. She credits her mother as her fi rst mentor, and one who was instrumental in helping her set the course for her career path.

She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and her JD from the University of Michigan Law School.

Michele Coleman Mayes is vice president and general counsel of The Allstate Corporation and senior vice president and general counsel for Allstate Insurance Company and is a member of the Allstate senior management team.

As Allstate’s chief legal offi cer, Michele is responsible for guiding Allstate’s strategy to ensure sound compliance of governance practices, fostering a healthy legal, legislative and regulatory environment.

From 1976 through 1982, Michele served in the United States Department of Justice as Assistant United States Attorney in Detroit and Brooklyn, eventually assuming the role of Chief of the Civil Division in Detroit.

In 1982, she entered the corporate sector as managing attorney of Burroughs Corporation. Her career continued to evolve as Burroughs and Sperry Corporation merged, creating Unisys Corporation, for which she was appointed staff vice president and associate general counsel for Worldwide Litigation. In February 1992, she joined Colgate-Palmolive Company as vice president and associate general counsel U.S. In 1993, she was promoted to vice president of Human Resources and Legal for North America. She next became vice president, deputy general counsel and assistant secretary, and effective May 2001, she was promoted to vice president, legal and assistant secretary, and elected a corporate offi cer. In 2003, she assumed the position of senior vice president and general counsel at Pitney Bowes. She joined Allstate in 2007

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Michele has received many awards and accolades, including the Margaret Brent Award from the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession and the Trailblazer Award from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. She has also been identifi ed as one of America’s top African-American lawyers. Michele has been actively involved and serves on the Board of Legal Momentum, the nation’s oldest nonprofi t organization of advocates for women and girls.

Michele is a passionate mentor. She credits her mother as her fi rst mentor, and one who was instrumental in helping her set the course for her career path.

She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and her JD from the University of Michigan Law School.