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Darryl Lunon

Darryl W. Lunon is currently the Deputy General Counsel & Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer (“CECO”) at the Georgia Institute of Technology (“Georgia Tech” or the “Institute”). Darryl’s oversight responsibilities include litigation, transactions, intellectual property, employment matters, athletics, campus operations issues, and risk management. As CECO, Darryl responsibilities include the day-to-day management of the Office of Ethics & Compliance, including Institute-wide training, communications, programs, policies, subject-matter areas, and investigations.

Prior to joining Georgia Tech, Darryl was dual hatted as Associate General Counsel at the Pennsylvania State University (“PSU”) as well as being the Chief Legal Officer and Director of Compliance at the Applied Research Laboratory (“ARL”), a Department of Defense University Affiliated Research Center. Prior to joining ARL/PSU, Darryl was Assistant Counsel for the U.S. Navy’s Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Mid-Atlantic in Norfolk, VA. While at NAVFAC, Darryl’s practice included procurement, federal real estate, fiscal law, and ethics. Before joining NAVFAC, Darryl was Associate District Counsel for The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in Louisville, KY. While at USACE, Darryl’s practice included procurement and federal real estate. Darryl’s practice also included protecting the Government’s interests in litigation before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals and Government Accountability Office. Darryl is also a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Reserve’s Judge Advocate Corps.  

Prior to becoming an attorney, Darryl practiced as a civil engineer/construction manager for multi-billion dollar airport capital improvement projects both at Washington Dulles International Airport in Washington, DC and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, GA. Darryl earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in General Science from Morehouse College.  Darryl earned his Juris Doctorate and Certificate of Legal Writing from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University. Finally, Darryl earned his Executive Masters of Business Administrative (alternative) from the Harvard Business School.

Gina Maisto SmithGina Maisto Smith, Chair of Cozen O'Connor's Institutional Response Group, focuses her practice on the institutional response to sexual and gender-based harassment and violence, child abuse, and other forms of harassment, discrimination, and criminal conduct. Gina provides consulting, counseling, and legal advice on all aspects of the institutional response to misconduct. She assists institutions in designing effective institutional responses that integrate the complex federal and state regulatory framework with the unique dynamics of trauma and the impacts of interpersonal violence on individuals and communities. Gina regularly advises educational and child-serving institutions including public and private K-12 schools and colleges and universities about policies, changes in the law, and investigations into allegations of child abuse and sexual misconduct, including sexual violence. She regularly conducts policy audits and assists in the development of policy and the design and implementation of internal operating procedures. In addition, Gina conducts training for K-12 administrators and multiple university constituencies, including Title IX coordinators, sexual assault response teams, judicial hearing boards, investigators, and members of the campus community. Before entering private practice, Gina spent nearly two decades in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office where she investigated numerous cases, handled more than 100 jury trials, and developed unmatched experience in the investigation and prosecution of sex crimes, child abuse, and domestic violence.