MOUNT VERNON – Kidwell & Cunningham Ltd. is pleased to announce Cynthia A. Cunningham has recently completed the Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation’s Leadership Institute.
Cunningham was one of twenty-four female attorneys selected from across Ohio to participate in the 2019-20 Leadership Institute. The mission of the Leadership Institute is to advance inclusiveness within the legal profession and supplement the professional skills of women lawyers by enhancing their leadership, business development and communication skills for the benefit of the diverse communities in which they work, live and serve.
The Leadership Institute is a program of the Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation. It was created by top women leaders in Ohio to assist women lawyers in developing their leadership skills. Oftentimes, law firms and corporations do not invest money in leadership training for attorneys. Even if the firm or corporation does provide leadership training, such training is unlikely to focus on the particular challenges that women face on their career paths. The Leadership Institute is designed to lend a hand and to help women who are emerging leaders with practical knowledge and strategies on business development so as to attain significant leadership roles.
Cunningham joined Kidwell & Cunningham as an associate in December 2014 and became a partner at the firm in January 2017. Prior to coming to the firm, she had a nearly decade-long career in government affairs, where she worked at the federal, state and local levels. A graduate of Mount Vernon High School (2000) and Kenyon College (2004), Cunningham received her Juris Doctorate from Capital University Law School in 2012 and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in October of that same year.
Cunningham is an active member in several community, civic and non-profit groups, including but not limited to the YMCA of Mount Vernon, New Directions Domestic Abuse Shelter and Rape Crisis Center, the United Way of Knox County and the Rotary Club of Mount Vernon.
