Diversity

Challenge

• Achieving diversity is a social and political imperative.
• How diversity is implemented is critical since it can be additive or create significant problems
• Diverse companies significantly outperform
• Employees must be viewed and treated as critical “customers”

Rewards

• Diverse companies make better decisions
• Diverse companies attract superior candidates from a broader pool of talent
• Diverse gender and racial companies outperform

Experience

• Formerly a Charter Member Harvard University Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility
• Senior Advisor to a private equity firm which is focused on increasing productivity and diversity in supply chain companies.
• Has mentored young minority adults in East Los Angeles under the auspices of Save the Children