Vicki D. BLANTON is Assistant Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel of Tax and Benefits at AT&T, where she provides legal advice and counsel on U.S. and Canadian retirement plans, ERISA litigation, the AT&T PAC, and Corporate Social Responsibility.

She is responsible for qualified retirement programs representing approximately $90 billion in total assets. Over the course of her career, she has held in-house counsel positions with the City of Dallas, JCPenney, American Airlines, General Motors, and Walmart.

Her expertise includes working with legacy programs and systems to monetize and modernize organizations through significant and complex periods of transition. Throughout her career, her work has impacted approximately $150 billion in plan assets and 5 million employees, retirees, and beneficiaries worldwide.

Vicki serves on the Executive Boards of the Dallas Bar Association, where she is currently Immediate Past President, and SMU School of Law. She was also elected to the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors.

Alongside her professional responsibilities, she is actively involved in numerous civic and philanthropic organizations, including St. Luke “Community” UMC, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Village Giving Circle, the Dallas Assembly, and Broadway Dallas.

Vicki earned a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, where she currently serves as Adjunct Professor, Faculty Supervisor, and Advisory Board Member for the Corporate Counsel Externship Program.

She also holds a Certificate of Study from Georgetown University’s Executive Development Program at the London School of Economics.