Vanessa Vines Petrea

Vanessa Vines Petrea is an accomplished professional in business development and proposal management within the legal sector, currently serving as Head of Proposals & Experience at Perkins Coie LLP since January 2022. Previously, Vanessa held positions such as Senior Proposal Manager and Senior Business Development Manager at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, supporting business development for diverse practice areas. Prior roles include Pursuits and Proposals Manager at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where complex RFP responses were managed, and Proposal Manager at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, focusing on government RFPs. Vanessa also has experience as Marketing Programs Manager at Brown McCarroll and Marketing Coordinator roles at Akin Gump and Lloyd Gosselink Blevins Rochelle & Townsend, P.C. Vanessa earned a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations from The University of Texas at Austin and an Associate’s Degree in Legal Assistant/Paralegal from Lone Star College.