About Us

Enhancing the Impact of DEI With Data

Our Story

Founded in 1997, DiversityInc’s mission is to educate the workforce and bring clarity to the business benefits of workplace fairness, equity and inclusion. We have evolved to be the preeminent source of human capital data, education and advice.

The Top 50 Companies for Diversity survey began in 2001 as many corporations were beginning to understand the business value of diversity management initiatives. Today, we provide strategic advisory services to support organizations on their talent development, assessment and leadership training journeys.

Our media ecosystem includes our Job Board as well as DiversityInc Best Practices, our subscription-based management and leadership-focused publication.

DiversityInc is a VA-certified and veteran-owned business. We are also certified by Disability:IN and led by a Black woman CEO.

Our Mission

Through a focus on human capital metrics, leadership accountability, talent development programs and best practices for fairness and inclusion, our mission is to provide companies with insights they need to drive their workforce strategy forward using data and best practices. Through custom predictive and prescriptive reports, we are able to provide talent acquisition and retention goals based on current organizational qualities as well as historical trends of representation within the organization.

Our Vision

DiversityInc strives to be the most trusted, data-driven source of knowledge and guidance on how to manage the 21st-century workforce and workplace. Our annual Top 50 survey positions us to achieve this vision by gathering more than 9,000 fields of data to offer a comprehensive and comparative overview of the workforce and top four levels of management across the different dimensions of inclusive practices, including gender, ethnicity, orientation, age, disabilities and military status. 

Our Leadership

Carolynn Johnson Photo

Carolynn L. Johnson, MBA

Chief Executive Officer

Luke Visconti

Founder & Chairman

Anita Ricketts, MBA

Head of Strategic Partnerships

Shawn Curwen

Head of Operations

Dr. Chris Parker

Head of Research & Data Analytics

DiversityInc Philanthropic Alliances

DiversityInc contributes generously and has alliances with several diversity-related charities and nonprofit organizations, including:

  • Center for Women in Business at Rutgers Business School
  • Disability:IN (formerly known as the United States Business Leadership Network – USBLN)
  • DISCOVER  – Diversity and Inclusion in Supply Chain
  • HACR – Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility
  • HACU – Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
  • INROADS
  • NGLCC – National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
  • NJCU – New Jersey City University
  • NOD – National Organization on Disability
  • The PhD Project
  • Rutgers Camden
  • Rutgers Future Scholars
  • Rutgers Scarlet Promise
  • Rutgers STEP Program
  • WBENC – Women’s Business Enterprise National Council

DiversityInc donates funds and advertising to our partners as well as invites them to attend our events.

The DiversityInc Foundation

The DiversityInc Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization launched by Luke Visconti in 2006. The Foundation’s mission is to support and fund higher education. We have endowed scholarships at three schools: Bennett College for Women (an HBCU), New Jersey City University (a Hispanic-serving institution and minority-serving institution) and Rutgers University. The Foundation raises money through Visconti and Johnson’s speaking fees and direct donations from DiversityInc Media. The foundation has no administrative overhead (donated by DiversityInc) and no one draws a salary from it. We have distributed more than $2 million since 2006. In the last few years, DiversityInc has donated more than 4% of its gross revenue to charity.

Ownership

DiversityInc Media, LLC is privately owned by Luke Visconti, with no outside investors. DiversityInc is a VA certified veteran-owned business and a Disability:IN certified business owned by a person with a disability.

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