Diversity Management, News and Updates
The Girl Scouts of America and the Boy Scouts of America both made headlines this week as they stride toward embracing LGBT equality. First, in a progressive policy change, the Girl Scouts of America will now grant membership to transgender children. The GSUSA’s frequently asked questions section on its website…
By Michael Nam Photo by Shutterstock A new report released by the Ascend Foundation, a Pan-Asian non-profit advocacy group, described another aspect of Silicon Valley’s well-documented issues with diversity. Asians nearly equal whites in staff roles in the five major tech companies that were researched but hit a “glass ceiling”…
Photo by Shutterstock Cynthia Marshall, Lisa Garcia Quiroz and Linda Verba are senior women executives who have built successful careers in corporate America. In a recent panel discussion they explained how your authentic self enhances your executive presence at work. “Executive presence is what I’d call leadership presence,” said Verba,…
By Barbara Frankel There’s a reason DiversityInc Top 50 companies have more diversity in their management, CEOs, senior levels and boards of directors than Fortune 500 companies. They use established diversity-management best practices to build and retain a pipeline of diverse talent. Thirty-two of the DiversityInc Top 50 companies are…
By Michael Nam New Jersey City University held its Building the Dream gala on April 16, a benefit to raise scholarship funds while honoring luminaries who have supported its aims of providing cost-effective higher education for New Jersey’s residents. The honorees included DiversityInc CEO Luke Visconti who received the Corporate…
Update (3/30/2015 4:35 pm): The business coalition ofCummins,Eli Lilly and Companyand other companies have sent letters to the Indiana legislature asking for new legislation to make certain that the neither the RFRAor any other Indiana law “can be used to justify discrimination based upon sexual orientation or gender identity. By…
Same-gender marriage now formally has the backing of much of corporate America. An astounding 379 companies signed an amicus brief that was filed on Thursday urging the Supreme Court to “affirm a uniform principle that all couples share in the right to marry.” The brief makes the business case for…
Click here to download the PDF of this presentation. Debbie Storey Senior Vice President Talent Development and Chief Diversity Officer AT&T In her role as Senior Vice President Talent Development and Chief Diversity Officer at AT&T, Debbie Storey is responsible for identifying and developing future leaders, companywide employee engagement and…
Turman, Byron, Hines Oliver Turman Director, Supplier Diversity AT&T Oliver Turman, Acting Executive Director AT&T Supplier Diversity is responsible for continued growth of AT&T’s world class Supplier Diversity Team. He leads a team of diversity managers tasked with increasing AT&T’s diversity spend through partnerships with AT&T’s sourcing organization and other…
AT&T Spends $15.5 Billion With Certified Diverse Suppliers DALLAS, April 9, 2014 AT&T* spent $15.5 billion in 2013, or 28 percent of its total spend, with certified diverse suppliers the highest percentage the company has ever achieved through its supplier diversity program. In 2012, AT&T spent $12.8 billion with diverse…
