2025 TILE Annual Celebration of Alumni
Join us for an evening of networking and connection with alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends of the Technology, Innovation Law, and Ethics (TILE) Institute.
Seattle University School of Law welcomes the university community, alumni, and friends to the Technology, Innovation Law, and Ethics (TILE) Institute's Annual Celebration of Alumni. The TILE Outstanding Alumni Award will be presented to Catherine Romero '96, director of the Hispanic National Bar Association's Intellectual Property Law Institute. The event will include a spoken program followed by a reception.
We look forward to celebrating and connecting with our many illustrious alumni and friends in the innovation and technology law community.
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025
Time: 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
2nd Floor Gallery, Sullivan Hall
Seattle University School of Law
About Catherine Romero
Catherine Romero is from Seattle and works on Microsoft’s philanthropic AI for Good team, which partners with nonprofits and research institutions to develop AI models for solving world issues, such as fighting disease, helping aid organizations during emergencies, supporting fundamental rights, and advancing sustainability. An alumna of Seattle University School of Law, she held several in-house legal positions and was a Microsoft vendor with her own law firm before joining Microsoft. Catherine started her legal career as a business, corporate, and securities attorney at Perkins Coie in Seattle, and formerly worked as an engineer at Boeing.
Catherine co-founded the Hispanic National Bar Association’s (HNBA) Intellectual Property Law Institute (IPLI), and actively mentors many Hispanic law students and lawyers. Catherine also served as HNBA general counsel, as well as on the Scholarship Committee, Nominations Committee, and Latina Commission. She also spent time at the Matamoros, Mexico border with HNBA leadership to help people seeking asylum.
Catherine raised two daughters as a single mom. She is a long-time skier and was a giant slalom racer for Stanford University, and she became an avid runner long before it was in vogue. Catherine had a stroke at age 39 due to an undiagnosed congenital heart condition, which was repaired. She has been a spokesperson for the American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA) and has worked with the AHA/ASA Advocacy Committee to lobby at the Washington State Legislature and promote health-related legislation. Catherine’s secret talent is baking really amazing pies.