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Leadership Profiles
An ongoing look at national diversity leaders who show you how to use their best practices for your company's benefit
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'Women We Love'
Coca-Cola's Johnnie B. Booker
By Barbara Frankel
Coca-Cola's Johnnie B. Booker, who worked with the National Urban League and the Federal Home Load Bank Board to detect discrimination in lending practices, grew up in the segregated South. . . . ...more
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'Women We Love'
Congresswoman Hilda Solis
By Barbara Frankel
Congresswoman Hilda Solis grew up in a low-income Los Angeles neighborhood and was encouraged by her junior-high history teacher to speak out for others. Today, she is the nation's leading advocate for environmental justice, keeping landfills and other toxic sites out of neighborhoods mostly populated by Blacks and Latinos. . . . ...more
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'Women We Love'
Michele Coleman Mayes
By Barbara Frankel
Allstate General Counsel Michele Coleman Mayes recalls how two white mentors put her on the path to major corporate success. Now, she mentors many others, including law students she's never even met. . . . ...more
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'Women We Love'
Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner
By Barbara Frankel
Delaware's Gov. Ruth Ann Minner was widowed at 32 and earned her GED while working two jobs and raising her three sons. She has championed education and healthcare access with landmark legislation. Read her story from the March 2008 issue of DiversityInc magazine. . . . ...more
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Delivering Behind the Scenes: Christopher Powell
By Yoji Cole
Christopher Powell's title may be executive vice president, human resources at Scripps Networks, but in truth, Powell is the company's external diversity scout and internal diversity ambassador. Read the full story in the October 2007 issue of DiversityInc magazine. . . . ...more
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Identity Struggle: Comerica's Amal Berry-Brown
By Jennifer Millman
Comerica's Amal Berry-Brown was 5 when her family fled Lebanon in 1976, a year after tensions between Christians and Muslims escalated a devastating political civil war that led to more than two decades of foreign occupation. Read her story from the October 2007 issue of DiversityInc magazine. . . . ...more
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Eliminating Fear: Wachovia's Beth Butler
By Aysha Hussain
Beth Butler remembers her parents treating her no differently than her two older sisters while growing up in Naples, Fla. But Butler was different. She's been legally blind since birth. Read her story in this article from the October 2007 issue of DiversityInc magazine. . . . ...more
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On Point for the Next Generation: Meryl Zausner
By Yoji Cole
Meryl Zausner, vice president and chief financial officer of Novartis Oncology, wanted to make the workplace more attractive to Generation Y recruits. She turned to her 16-year-old son for advice. Read this article from the October 2007 issue of DiversityInc magazine. . . . ...more
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A Diversity Icon Puts Her Skills to New Use: May Snowden
By Yoji Cole
Read this story from the May 2007 issue of DiversityInc magazine. May Snowden is a diversity-management legend. At US West, Eastman Kodak and Starbucks, she was the catalyst for diversity change. Now her life has taken a new direction.
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