Leadership and Executive Development for women of all races, cultures and backgrounds
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50 DW's DIVERSITY CHAMPIONS KIMBERLY ADMIRE ADAMS Vice President, Diversity, Inclusion & Equal Opportunity Programs, Lockheed Martin Signs of progress abound. Te number of women of color in leadership positions, for example, jumped 211 percent between 2003 and 2010. BELINDA GRANT ANDERSON Vice President, Workforce Development & Diversity, AT&T; Since Adams joined the global security and aerospace company in 1998, she has worked her way up. Now she is charged with making sure Lockheed Martin's 123,000 employees feel they have a fair chance to succeed. One way to get there, she believes, is by tying executive performance reviews and compensation to diversity goals. Outside of work, Adams serves on the boards of Innovate+Educate and on the American Cancer Society National Capital Region Corporate Council. DR. ROHINI ANAND Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Ofëcer, Sodexo Anand has the distinction of using her expertise to make Sodexo into a company recognized for diversity and inclusion. She oversaw and implemented sweeping changes that included attaching 35 percent of an executive's compensation to diversity goals and launching employee resource groups. 32 DIV ERS ITY WOMAN Armed with an engineering degree and an MBA, Anderson has earned her way up from Procter & Gamble's Research and Development department to VP at AT&T.; Te telecommunications giant boasts a remarkably diverse workforce and C-suite: African Americans and Latinos together comprise 31 percent of employees, and 31 percent of managers are people of color. KEN BARRETT Chief Diversity Ofëcer, General Motors When General Motors needed to fll its frst CDO post in April 2012, it turned to this retired U.S. Navy captain. He was hired for a track record that includes increasing the levels of minority and female ofcers and introducing work-life balance initiatives as the U.S. Navy's diversity director. Barrett's focus will be on Wi nte r 2013 global diversity, as the international market represents a signifcant area of opportunity for GM. Te company's goal is to leverage the demographic shifts occurring globally to fnd the talent needed to expand GM's corporate reach. DAINA CHIU Senior Vice President, Talent Management and Diversity, McKesson In 2008 Chiu was promoted from assistant general counsel at McKesson to its frst chief diversity ofcer. She quickly established a Chairman's Diversity Council that left no doubt top executives supported the move to formally introduce diversity and inclusion policies. A year later, employee resource groups, which work closely with business units, were launched. Now the healthcare services company is focused on making sure that its executive pipeline includes diverse candidates. ELITA ROSILLOCHRISTIANSEN Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion and Talent Management, AARP diversity and cultural competence initiatives into all segments of the company's operations, including marketing, product development, human resources, and public relations. A 25-year veteran of the diversity and inclusion feld, she has been instrumental in setting up and facilitating the organization's 11 wide-ranging resource groups, including Go Green, Life Transitions, and Teleworkers. SHEILA CLARK Director, Ofëce of Diversity and Inclusion, Federal Reserve Board Clark was head of the board's equal opportunity programs before she was tapped as the director of diversity and inclusion in 2011. Her job is to make sure not only that diverse candidates are hired and promoted, but that contractors and subcontractors from a variety of backgrounds are also considered in the negotiation of billions of dollars' worth of contracts. Rosillo-Christiansen has been charged with leading the implementation of AARP's d i v e r s i ty w oma n.com