Marian Durkin is senior vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer for Avista Corp. As the chief legal officer, she provides counsel and guidance to the Avista Corp. board of directors and officers on legal matters relevant to the company and its subsidiaries. As chief compliance officer, Durkin is responsible for coordinating and overseeing Avista’s ethics and compliance programs.

Prior to joining Avista in 2005, Durkin was vice president deputy general counsel and assistant secretary for United Airlines in Chicago. Her experience also includes 18 years with the Minneapolis law firm of Briggs and Morgan, P.A.

Durkin is a native of Narberth, Penn., and graduated from Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., with a degree in political science. She received her law degree and LLM in taxation from William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minn.

A frequent lecturer at legal conferences, Durkin has also served as an adjunct professor at William Mitchell College of Law. She is currently on the board of directors for Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery and the board of trustees for the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, both in Spokane. Durkin and her husband, Terry, are the parents of two children.