Mrs. Peters has worked with the Council for Global Immigration (CFGI) in the Washington DC metro-area for nearly fourteen years, helping to advance high skilled immigration and employment verification reforms with the U.S. Congress, the White House and the federal agencies. She has served as a chair of the policy committee of the Compete America coalition. She also serves on other coalitions and working groups to educate and advance immigration system efficiencies across borders and to ensure critical changes to employer immigration compliance are reasonable.

She is a frequent speaker on issues of high skilled immigration reform and is viewed as an immigration policy expert both inside and outside the beltway. Mrs. Peters also serves on the Women in Government Relations leadership team, as a Vice Chair of its membership committee.

Prior to joining CFGI, she practiced immigration law at a Washington D.C.- based law firm and has also served as an attorney and policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service. Mrs. Peters also spent time representing the government in immigration court proceedings. She received her J.D. and M.P.A. from Syracuse University’s College of Law and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

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CYNTHIA LANGE

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

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Cynthia leads the firm’s High Tech practice in the heart of Silicon Valley. As the Managing Partner of the firm’s Northern California practice, she directs the strategic representation of companies ranging from large fortune 500 companies to small start-up companies in the firm’s “e-group.” She has worked with numerous companies to set up and manage worldwide immigration compliance programs. She also offers legal advice to individual investors (i.e. EB-5).

Cynthia is a long time Adjunct Professor at Southwestern University School of Law where she has taught since 1988. She also frequently lectures on corporate immigration and, as a thought leader in the industry, she has written numerous articles on business immigration law matters.

Cynthia is also the Managing Partner in charge of the firm’s I-9 Service Center, which offers state of the art electronic I-9 tools and advisory services for proper I-9 and E-Verify completion. She is experienced in government investigations, audits and establishing compliance programs for companies.

Cynthia serves as a member of Fragomen's Executive Committee. Cynthia joined Fragomen over 23 years ago, after beginning her career at the U.S. Department of Justice as an INS trial attorney.

DENISE RAHMANI

Sr. HR Director, US Immigration Oracle

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Denise Rahmani is the Sr. HR Director of US Immigration for Oracle, and since 2001 has overseen all aspects of compliance in this area. In addition to supporting compliance by foreign national employees and the businesses, Ms. Rahmani partners closely with Oracle's Employment Legal, Government Relations, and HR Operations groups to manage the unique intersection of US immigration laws, and other key regulatory areas within the company, all to ensure lawful use of government immigration programs. Prior to joining Oracle, Ms. Rahmani held similar immigration positions with Intel, HP, Agilent, and SAP Labs.