Eli Makus and Sue Ann Van Dermyden Share Expertise at AWI Virtual Training Institute
Senior Partners Eli Makus and Sue Ann Van Dermyden are presenting at the 2025 AWI Virtual Training Institute for Workplace Investigators. Eli will present on “Evidence” on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 11:00 AM PDT. Sue Ann will lead a session on “Report Writing” on October 17, 2025, at 11:00 AM PDT. More About the Conference:
An eight-day course followed by a series of tests over two days.In keeping with our mission to promote and enhance the quality of impartial workplace investigations, we invite you to join the intensive Training Institute for Workplace Investigators, the gold standard in our industry. The Virtual Institute consists of eight days of training, including 10 hours of small group sessions with our experienced faculty, and two days of tests. Students who pass the test will receive a certificate indicating that they have mastered the materials and will be permitted to place the designation ‘AWI-CH’ after their name.Virtual Institute Faculty
AWI Institute Faculty are recognized experts in their fields, have completed the Institute Training, passed all of the assessment tests and hold the designation of Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate Holder (AWI-CH). Below is a list of the full-time and part-time faculty that will be present at the Virtual Institute.
Virtual Training Institute Chair
Alex Sperry, Law Office of Alexander Sperry
Faculty
Susan Arduengo, Arduengo Investigations, PLC
Arti Bhimani, Axis Workplace Investigations
Lisa Bowman, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Deborah Brown, Brown Law and Consulting, PLLC
Kathy Eppright, Andre, Morris & Buttery
Kathryn Hartrick, Hartrick Employment Law & Investigations
Demetri Kachafanas, Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Eli Makus, Van Dermyden Makus Law Corporation
Elena Paraskevas-Thadani, EPT Legal, LLC
Wyatt Ryder, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Vanessa Sisto, Johnson & Johnson
Christine Slattery, Miller Nash LLP
Ilona Turner, Oppenheimer Investigations Group LLP
Julika Weiss, Weiss Workplace Investigators
Lizbeth “Beth” West, Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin
Katie Wilson, The E.W. Scripps Company
Jonaura Wisdom, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
