Marisa Trasatti (Partner-Baltimore) was elected to the board of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC) at the organization’s recent annual meeting. The FDCC is a preeminent national defense professional association that limits its membership to approximately 1,200. It is composed of leaders in the defense, corporate and insurance industries. Marisa is a long-time member of the FDCC and has been very involved in the organization, serving as a coordinator its Drug, Device and Biotechnology Committee meetings and vice chair of the Publications Committee, among other things. This is the first time that a lawyer from Maryland has been elected to the board.