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IN-HOUSE IMPACT AWARD

Blue Apron cesses to support Blue Apron’s growth
initiatives.
Finally, the legal team is honored
RESPONSES PREPARED BY THE BLUE APRON LEGAL TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES
to have played an instrumental role
GENERAL COUNSEL, MEREDITH DEUTSCH; VICE PRESIDENT, ASSISTANT
by partnering with cross-functional
GENERAL COUNSEL AND HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES COMPLIANCE & teams to launch both Blue Apron’s
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, KATHLEEN MCACHRAN; SENIOR DIRECTOR AND Diversity, Equity and Inclusion task
ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL, RACHEL POSTMAN; ASSOCIATE force, designed to address unconscious
bias, promote anti-racism, and advance
GENERAL COUNSEL AND ASSISTANT CORPORATE SECRETARY,
equity throughout our organization and
TEGHAN SETTY; AND COUNSEL, FDA REGULATORY AND GOVERNMENT
Aprons for All, an initiative to advance
AFFAIRS, BRIDGET RICHARDSON food equity and address systemic bar-
riers to health and wellbeing.
Q&A What are some of your policies in response to COVID-19, includ- What is your best advice for in-house
ing forming a cross-functional COVID-19
most satisfying successes
of the past year and why? Over the last Action Team, localized COVID-19 well- lawyers trying to make an impact, with
year, our team has settled or won all of ness teams, as well as partnering with their corporate clients and beyond?
Blue Apron’s material litigations, includ- Operations and Human Resources to Our best advice is to develop a strong
ing a federal securities lawsuit, a com- adopt temporary pay increases for our culture of building trust and partner-
mercial dispute with a supplier, a labor fulfillment center employees. ing with the business teams within their
and employment class-action case, and We also played a critical role in the company, which fosters a culture of col-
a highly-watched Delaware case regard- Company’s recent corporate governance lective engagement and participation.
ing the validity of forum selection bylaw enhancements, including the declas- While it’s a lawyer’s job to mitigate risk,
provisions, allowing our colleagues to sification of our Board of Directors, we believe it’s our responsibility to pro-
focus on the business without distrac- majority voting standard for director vide value in order to drive the business
tions of litigation and discovery. elections, and adopting director stock forward and look at projects through
The legal team is also proud to have ownership guidelines. In addition, a lens of creative problem solving and
partnered with business units across the the team partners with the business collaboration designed towards driving
Company to establish key processes and teams to establish and enhance pro- optimal business outcomes.

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