About This Event
On Thursday, April 11, 2024, MA Appleseed held its Good Apple Award Reception at the Boston Harbor Hotel to celebrate and honor Yasmin Ghassab, Compliance Director at Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
The Good Apple Award is presented to one member of the Massachusetts legal or business community who exemplifies MA Appleseed's commitment to public service, fairness, and social justice. A civic leader, a pro bono champion, and a steadfast advocate of diversity and inclusion, Yasmin reminds us of the important role the legal community has in creating profound and positive change. She is truly a Good Apple and serves as an inspiration to us all.
Funds raised from this event fuel MA Appleseed’s initiatives to dismantle discriminatory policies affecting students of color, strengthen legal protections for youth experiencing homelessness, safeguard the language access rights of immigrant families, and advocate for fair treatment in the courts. If you weren’t able to attend, you can still support this work and make a donation here!
View the event program
About the Honoree
Yasmin Ghassab serves as Compliance Director at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines. Yasmin began her legal career at the law firms Holland & Knight and DLA Piper in Boston and earned her B.A. from Ohio State University and her J.D. from Boston University School of Law. She continues her relationship with BUSL, serving as a lecturer for the Representing Life Sciences Company course.
Discovering her passion for inclusion, equity and diversity initiatives as an undergraduate at Ohio State, Yasmin helped to found or lead a number of diversity and charitable initiatives, many of which still continue to impact thousands of students every year at the university. This commitment has continued throughout her legal education and career, with Yasmin serving in leadership roles focused on equity and pro bono service in every stage of her career. At Vertex, Yasmin has served as a Chair for the Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Committee for the Legal and Compliance Department and currently serves as an Executive Chair for Vertex's resource group for employees of color, VIBE. Outside of Vertex, Yasmin serves as a First Generation mentor through BUSL and a Legal Mentor through the Black Lawyers Matter initiative. Avid hikers, Yasmin and her husband Billy also serve as "Trail Blazers" for Camp Casco, a summer camp for children with cancer.
Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors!
Champion
Sustainer
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Benefactor
ArentFox Schiff LLP
Eastern Bank
Goodwin Procter LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Patron
Mintz
Friend
Arnold & Porter
Baker McKenzie
Fidelity Investments
Sunstein LLP
WilmerHale
Supporter
The Boston Red Sox
Broadridge
Burns & Levinson LLP
Covington
Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP
Goulston & Storrs
Kathie and John Shutkin
Martha Mazzone
Nutter
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sherin and Lodgen LLP
StoneTurn
About This Event
On Thursday, April 11, 2024, MA Appleseed held its Good Apple Award Reception at the Boston Harbor Hotel to celebrate and honor Yasmin Ghassab, Compliance Director at Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
The Good Apple Award is presented to one member of the Massachusetts legal or business community who exemplifies MA Appleseed's commitment to public service, fairness, and social justice. A civic leader, a pro bono champion, and a steadfast advocate of diversity and inclusion, Yasmin reminds us of the important role the legal community has in creating profound and positive change. She is truly a Good Apple and serves as an inspiration to us all.
Funds raised from this event fuel MA Appleseed’s initiatives to dismantle discriminatory policies affecting students of color, strengthen legal protections for youth experiencing homelessness, safeguard the language access rights of immigrant families, and advocate for fair treatment in the courts. If you weren’t able to attend, you can still support this work and make a donation here!
View the event program
About the Honoree
Yasmin Ghassab serves as Compliance Director at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines. Yasmin began her legal career at the law firms Holland & Knight and DLA Piper in Boston and earned her B.A. from Ohio State University and her J.D. from Boston University School of Law. She continues her relationship with BUSL, serving as a lecturer for the Representing Life Sciences Company course.
Discovering her passion for inclusion, equity and diversity initiatives as an undergraduate at Ohio State, Yasmin helped to found or lead a number of diversity and charitable initiatives, many of which still continue to impact thousands of students every year at the university. This commitment has continued throughout her legal education and career, with Yasmin serving in leadership roles focused on equity and pro bono service in every stage of her career. At Vertex, Yasmin has served as a Chair for the Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Committee for the Legal and Compliance Department and currently serves as an Executive Chair for Vertex's resource group for employees of color, VIBE. Outside of Vertex, Yasmin serves as a First Generation mentor through BUSL and a Legal Mentor through the Black Lawyers Matter initiative. Avid hikers, Yasmin and her husband Billy also serve as "Trail Blazers" for Camp Casco, a summer camp for children with cancer.
Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors!
Champion
Sustainer
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Benefactor
ArentFox Schiff LLP
Eastern Bank
Goodwin Procter LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Patron
Mintz
Friend
Arnold & Porter
Baker McKenzie
Fidelity Investments
Sunstein LLP
WilmerHale
Supporter
The Boston Red Sox
Broadridge
Burns & Levinson LLP
Covington
Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP
Goulston & Storrs
Kathie and John Shutkin
Martha Mazzone
Nutter
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sherin and Lodgen LLP
StoneTurn