Category: Diversity Leader Award

Lane S. Hopkins Capital One Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Capital One Headquarters: McLean, VA Business: Financial Services CEO: Richard D. Fairbank Employees: 42,243 (US) Website: www.capitalone.com CAPITAL ONE DEMONSTRATING D&I ACCOUNTABILITY The more diverse the crowd, the more wisdom you generate. Capital One is a frontrunner in this area with across-the-board accountability for diversity and… Read the full article

Maria G. Arias Comcast Corporation Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion Comcast NBCUniversal Headquarters: Philadelphia, PA Business: Media & Technology CEO: Brian Roberts Employees: 139,000 Website: www.corporate.comcast.com DIVERSITY & INCLUSION BUSINESS ADVANTAGE AT COMCAST NBCUNIVERSAL As a world leader in media and technology, Comcast NBCUniversal drove a fundamental shift in the way diversity and inclusion… Read the full article

Dechert LLP Headquarters: Philadelphia, PA Business: Legal Services CEO: Daniel O’Donnell Employees: 1,914 Website: www.dechert.com PROACTIVE FORCE FOR CHANGE WITH LGBT ALLIES PROGRAM While consistently demonstrating a strong commitment to workforce equality, international law firm Dechert LLP is breaking new ground by expanding offerings to their LGBT workers around the world. Building upon its strategies… Read the full article

Karyn Twaronite EY Global and Americas Diversity & Inclusiveness Officer EY Headquarters: London Business: Professional Services CEO: Mark Weinberger Employees: 212,000 Website: www.ey.com EY CREATING AN INCLUSIVE CULTURE ACROSS 150 COUNTRIES With a diversity and inclusiveness strategy embedded in its business processes and practices, EY’s newly created global framework for D&I progress is gaining momentum… Read the full article

Joseph Searles Excellus BCBS, Corporate Director of Diversity & Workforce Inclusion Excellus BCBS Headquarters: Rochester, NY Business: Health Insurance CEO: Christopher C. Booth, Esq. Employees: 3,400 Website: www.excellusbcbs.com EXCELLUS BCBS LOOKING BEYOND THE OBVIOUS At Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, its leaders recognize diversity and inclusion are imperative to staying relevant in today’s business world. The health… Read the full article

Ahmed J. Davis Fish & Richardson Diversity Initiative Chairman Fish & Richardson Headquarters: Boston, MA Business: Intellectual Property Law CEO: Peter Devlin Employees: 1,126 Website: www.fr.com LAW FIRM ENRICHING BUSINESS WITH COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCES Fish & Richardson knows well that people from different backgrounds contribute to a diverse mindset and it ultimately leads to better business… Read the full article

Lesley Slaton Brown HP Inc. Chief Diversity Officer HP Inc. Headquarters: Palo Alto, CA Business: Technology CEO: Dion Weisley Employees: 48,000 Website: www8.hp.com HP INITIATIVES SPANNING THE WORLD – ‘EVERYBODY IN!’ Diversity is at the core of HP Inc.’s global reach and its calling for “Everybody In!” HP Inc. has more than 60 Global Employee… Read the full article

David Korunic CEO and Diversity Lead Krungthai-Axa Life Insurance PCL Krungthai-AXA Life Insurance Headquarters: Bangkok, Thailand Business: Life Insurance CEO: David Korunic Website: www.krungthai-axa.co.th/en EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AT HEART OF THAILAND INSURER’S D&I STRATEGY Leading Thailand insurer Krungthai-AXA Life Insurance has a strong employee engagement program that is committed to streamlining diversity and inclusion initiatives into… Read the full article

Dawn Frazier-Bohnert Senior VP and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group Liberty Mutual Insurance Headquarters: Boston, MA Business: Insurance CEO: David H. Long Employees: 55,000 Website: www.libertymutualgroup.com LIBERTY MUTUAL EMBRACING DIVERSITY THROUGH ENGAGEMENT, INNOVATION AND MARKET COMPETITIVENESS Diversity and inclusion is actively being integrated in the way Liberty Mutual Insurance does business… Read the full article

Jeremiah DeBerry Director of Diversity & Inclusion – US, Mayer Brown LLP Mayer Brown Headquarters: Chicago, IL Business: Law Firm CEO: Paul Theiss Employees: 1,500 Website: www.mayerbrown.com MAYER BROWN SERVING AS CHANGE AGENT IN LEGAL SECTOR As a leading international law firm with more than 1,500 lawyers in 22 offices world-wide, Mayer Brown LLP, is… Read the full article