Tag: DEI leaders

A Focus on Fixing the Ecosystem

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor Jul 10, 2023 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Jul 10, 2023

Great leaders are often borne of necessity. They see something wrong with the current state of affairs and decide they should make a personal effort to change things for the better. That’s the case with the subject of this installment of our series on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) leaders: Hallam Sargeant, Chief Inclusion and […]

Early Experiences with Diversity Leads to Lifelong Passion

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor Jun 26, 2023 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Jun 28, 2023

Patricia “Pat” Mayers is the Senior Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Manager at Seismic, a global enablement platform that was recently placed on the prestigious Forbes Cloud 100 List. Mayers’ unique background includes a childhood spent growing up abroad, and she attributes her passion for DEI, at least in part, to the race-relations culture shock […]

Lifelong Passion Leads to Opportunity for Change

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor May 15, 2023 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: May 15, 2023

So many of the diversity and inclusion leaders we meet through our series on DEI leaders took circuitous, unexpected routes toward their roles. They stumbled into DEI leadership positions through twists of fate and happenstance. Erin Mitchell Richeson, vice president of inclusion and diversity (I&D) for Cox Enterprises and the subject of this installment of our series […]