Dr. Clement Price, Rutgers University Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience

Despite an impressive list of prestigious awards and national accomplishments, Rutgers University’s Dr. Clement Alexander Price is a remarkably down-to-earth person.

A Black historian and community activist, Price is the Rutgers Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor of History at the Newark, N.J., campus. Price is most known for founding the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience 12 years ago “to plow the choppy, interesting waters of diversity,” he says.

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Zabeen Hirji, Royal Bank of Canada

Zabeen Hirji took a job at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) in 1977 while she was pursuing her MBA at Simon Fraser University. And she has never left.

Up until 10 years ago, she worked on the business side of the bank, including retail banking, operations and the credit-card division. Hirji was appointed senior vice president of human resources at RBC, Canada’s largest bank, in 2001. She helps drive the company’s diversity strategy with its focus on talent, workplace, clients and community.

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