As the first person in her family to finish collegeas well as law schoolRhonda Crichlow has a strong desire to give back to others who need opportunities. That led her to helping Black farmers get fair settlements in the racial-discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and to her new role as chief diversity officer at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (No. 13 in the 2012 Fair360, formerly DiversityInc Top 50) is a company that both globally and in the United States has made a major effort to end discrimination in drug trials and increase availability and utilization of its life-saving products to emerging markets. Internally, the company has developed programs in diversity management to give women more opportunities for P&L jobs.
The current challenge for Crichlow, who started in November, is to increase the visibility and results of the company’s diversity-management efforts as Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, US General Medicines, undergoes a major restructuring.
