USC GOULD LAW — For USC Gould alumni Elizabeth E. Atlee (JD 1993), and Steve Atlee (JD 1990), giving back has always been a shared goal. The couple achieved that aim in a personally meaningful way in March 2021 by establishing the Elizabeth and Steve Atlee Endowed Scholarship, an endowed fund that supports Latino students at USC Gould. Liz, the senior vice president, deputy general counsel and chief ethics and compliance officer at commercial real estate firm CBRE, comes from a line of lawyers in both Mexico and the U.S. — “It’s kind of the family business,” she says. In 2019 she was recognized as one of the 50 Most Powerful Latinas by the Association of Latino Professionals for America in collaboration with Fortune magazine. She also received the professional achievement award from the Mexican American Bar Foundation the same year. In addition, she is a member of USC Gould’s Board of Councilors. “As a Latina lawyer, I thought a great way to give back would be to give to USC, and give someone else an opportunity who may or may not have had the support to go to USC,” she says. “There are a lot of students who are first-gen coming into USC law school who have the wherewithal to get through high school, and then college. Having an opportunity to go to law school and not going because you can’t afford it is a tragedy.