Arriving from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Deborah Martin Owens has joined the New York City Bar Association to spearhead its diversity and inclusion efforts.

Owens, in her new role as executive director of diversity and inclusion, will lead the city bar’s efforts in tracking the progress of more than 140 participating law firms and law departments on key diversity representation metrics. The findings are published in the city bar’s Diversity Benchmarking Report, next scheduled for release in 2019.