Company: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPInnovation Title: Akin Gump/Robert S. Strauss Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship ProgramCompany Website: www.akingump.comYear Introduced: 2013 Executive Summary Launched in 2013, Akin Gump’s Robert S. Strauss Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship (SDIS) program is one of the firm’s most innovative recruiting initiatives. The program is offered in our five largest… Read the full article

Company: Ally FinancialInnovation Title: Ally’s Moguls in the Making: Building a New Generation of EntrepreneursCompany Website: www.ally.comYear Introduced: 2019 Executive Summary Ally’s leadership has weaved diversity, inclusion, and equity into how the company was built, how it serves customers and communities, and how it welcomes teammates. At Ally, diversity isn’t just what we can see… Read the full article

Company: Dechert LLPInnovation Title: Dechert and Aspiring Solicitors – Improving access to the lawCompany Website: www.dechert.comYear Introduced: 2017 Executive Summary Over the past five years, Dechert’s partnership with Aspiring Solicitors (AS) has led to huge strides in the firm’s efforts to recruit diverse talent. The collaboration with AS, a non-profit organization aiming to improve access… Read the full article

Company: Enact Mortgage InsuranceInnovation Title: Enact Mortgage Industry Development ProgramCompany Website: www.enactmi.comYear Introduced: 2021 Executive Summary What Makes this Initiative Unique: The Mortgage Industry Development Program (MIDP) is the first program of its kind, bringing education of the mortgage industry to college students at Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs). By working with HBCUs, the… Read the full article

Company: Freddie MacInnovation Title: Freddie Mac Inclusive Content GuideCompany Website: www.freddiemac.comYear Introduced: 2021 Executive Summary What Makes this Initiative Unique: Freddie Mac strives to capture and accurately portray the diversity of the human experience as part of our longstanding commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). As such we partnered with Rachele Kanigel, Chair of… Read the full article

Company: Gibbons P.C.Innovation Title: Gibbons Diversity Initiative (GDI) and the Gibbons Cares pro bono programCompany Website: www.gibbonslaw.comYear Introduced: 2020-2022 Executive Summary What Makes this Initiative Unique: Since 2020, Gibbons P.C., led by the Gibbons Diversity Initiative (GDI) and the Gibbons Cares pro bono program, launched three pro bono efforts to assist small, minority-owned businesses throughout… Read the full article

Company: New York LifeInnovation Title: DE&I Center for Awareness & AdvocacyCompany Website: www.newyorklife.comYear Introduced: 2021 Executive Summary To further advance New York Life’s diversity, equity, and inclusion platform, our Office of Diversity and Inclusion, established in 2006, expanded to the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Center for Awareness and Advocacy (DE&I Center) in 2021. This evolution… Read the full article

Company: Norton Rose FulbrightInnovation Title:Company Website: www.nortonrosefulbright.comYear Introduced: 2021 Executive Summary What Makes this Initiative Unique: Corporate legal departments understand the value of diversity. While many large firms talk about improving diversity, they almost always fail to recruit in ways that actually yield results, and they also fail to make the changes to firm culture… Read the full article

Company: United RentalsInnovation Title: Month of ImpactCompany Website: www.unitedrentals.comYear Introduced: 2022 Executive Summary In early 2022, we set six new Corporate Responsibility goals, one of which included our public goal to achieve 44,953 Hours of Impact focused on making a positive impact in our locations and within our communities in celebration of our 25th anniversary… Read the full article

Authored by: Natalie Levkovich, CEO, The Health Federation of Philadelphia; Jose Rodriguez, Senior Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, The Health Federation of Philadelphia; Toya Lawson, Partner, Bridge Partners The Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) role continues to gain prominence in both the nonprofit and for-profit industries. This is an encouraging sign, especially as societal change… Read the full article