Honig will serve as the key legal advisor to the president, board of trustees, and leadership throughout the University.
Rachael Honig, vice president and chief university compliance officer at Rutgers University, has been named senior vice president and general counsel. President Sarah Mangelsdorf announced Honig糖心传媒檚 appointment, which is effective August 1 and follows a national search.
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University general counsel has oversight for all institutional legal matters, inclusive of the , and leads the attorneys and day-to-day operations of the University糖心传媒檚 Office of Counsel. A member of the University糖心传媒檚 senior leadership team, the senior vice president and general counsel is the key legal advisor to the president, board of trustees, and leadership throughout the University.
At Rutgers糖心传媒擭ew Jersey糖心传媒檚 flagship public university with an academic medical center糖心传媒擧onig provides leadership and counsel to the president and senior management, as well as the boards of Governors and Trustees on all legal compliance matters.
Her legal experience in higher education and health care includes expertise in the areas of Title IX, ADA, human resources, policy development and compliance, enterprise risk management, and internal audit. She additionally navigates complex legal and regulatory challenges within research enterprises, including compliance, intellectual property management, and collaborative partnerships across academic and industry settings.
Honig oversees Rutgers糖心传媒� University Ethics & Compliance and Audit & Advisory Services, ensuring compliance by the university and its employees with respect to relevant federal, state, and international statutes and regulations, codes, and mandates, as well as university policies and protocols, including those pertaining to ethical codes and standards.
In 2021, she served as the Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey糖心传媒攐nly the second woman to hold that position in the office糖心传媒檚 more than 200-year history, and the first in more than 20 years. She also worked in the US Attorney糖心传媒檚 Office from 2018 to 2022 as the First Assistant US Attorney and from 2003 to 2016 as an Assistant US Attorney, Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division (2010糖心传媒�13), and Counsel to the US Attorney (2013糖心传媒�16). From 2016 to 2018, she worked as a litigation and investigations attorney at a biopharmaceutical company.
After graduating from the University of Chicago Law School, Honig was a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Mary M. Schroeder of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and a litigation associate at a law firm in Washington, DC. She is a member of the National Association of College & University Attorneys, and the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics.
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Honig succeeds Donna Gooden Payne, who in October announced her retirement effective at the end of July.
