National Town Hall: Workplace DEI Reimagined For Future Success

As an organization begins the new decade of the ongoing journey towards Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, it needs to answer this question: how do we expand our focus from hiring diverse candidates to elevating DEI activity both internally and externally? This panel will focus on metrics, trends, and strategies that organizations use to cultivate their DEI initiatives for long-term business growth.

Objectives of this panel conversation:

• Identifying the challenges DEI initiatives face that keep them from being most effective • Success rates of hiring diverse teams and ROI on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs • Exploring DEI at the Executive and Leadership level • Sharing the tools companies use that measure pay gaps/pay equity and build equitable teams

Moderator:

• Darlene King, CDP, Executive Director at Michigan Diversity Council

Presenters:

• La Tonya Woodson-Mayfield PhD, CDP, Director of Global DE&I at CBRE
• Robert Barea, Director of Inclusion & Diversity at KPMG US
• Sarah Calfee, Principal Consultant at Calfee HR Consulting