Diversity Management, News and Updates
The More Moments More Memories Foundation, which launched on March 20, 2017, helps ease financial burdens for individuals with cancer as they travel to clinical trials. The foundation is hosted by the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque and was founded by Northeast Iowa natives, sisters Christi and Shelley Shaw, in…
Accenture’s announcement that Julie Spellman Sweet has been promoted to Group Chief Executive-North America means that as of next month, four of the six major consulting firms will have women leaders (Deloitte, IBM and KPMG are the others). Virginia Rometty became Chairman, CEO and President of IBM in 2012. Deloitte…
By Michael Nam Justin Wolfers, a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan, highlighted the lack of women in charge of financial and political institutions with a darkly amusing ratio he calls the Glass Ceiling Index. In his New York Times Upshot column, Wolfers was apparently…
Christi Shaw U.S. Country Head, President of Novartis Corporation and President of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Christi was appointed U.S. Country Head, President of Novartis Corporation & President of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in April 2014. She joined Novartis in July 2010 as Head of North America Novartis Oncology where she oversaw…
The 2014 DiversityInc Special Awards were handed out at a dinner ceremony on October 21, 2014 at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. CEOs from all seven recipient companies were on hand to accept their awards and share some insight into what their company does that sets them apart….
Top Company for Diversity Management Progress: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Accepting Award: Christi Shaw, President Reasons for Honor: How does a company go from being No. 21 on the DiversityInc Top 50 to No. 13 the next year to No. 6 and then to No. 1 Two things: deeply committed leadership…