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Intentionality Yields Results After starting out in marketing for financial services companies, Lourdes Diaz landed a role in supplier diversity. When she saw how her work helped women- and minority-owned businesses grow, she says, “it was an epiphany for me.” Today, Diaz is still passionate about creating diverse...

 Regeneron’s DEI Maestro by Tamara E. Holmes Smita Pillai is a globally acclaimed and multiple award-winning leader in the space of diversity, equity, and inclusion, with an accomplished career spanning life sciences, technology, financial services, and media. She is the chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer for Regeneron,...

Fulfilling a Sense of Purpose Aida Sabo, global head of diversity and senior vice president for biopharmaceutical company Parexel International, knows how uplifting a diverse and inclusive environment can be. Yet the child of Mexican immigrants recalls all too many incidents while she was growing up...

5 Minutes with Wendy E. John Diversity Woman: How have the various leadership positions you’ve held with Fidelity impacted your perspective as a diversity leader? Wendy E. John: I’ve been in a number of different roles and understand how we approach work, how we approach customers, and how...

Blazing Trails in Diversity  Ever wondered what it’s like to be a “first”? The Honorable LaDoris “Dot” Harris knows. After starting her career as a field service engineer in a male-dominated industry sector, Harris would become the first Black female officer at electrical engineering firm ABB Inc....

Honoring a Vow to Invoke Change When Dalana Brand, vice president of people experience and head of inclusion and diversity at Twitter, started her career as a corporate finance professional, a job interview changed her profoundly. The interviewer asked, “Why would a woman be interested in the...

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