Southport,
CT, February 16, 2016 / -- DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading
business internet portal will be hosting its "16th Annual Chief
Diversity Officer Panel forum" discussion
on April 26, 2016 at Time Warner Center in New York, New York. 
Produced for any person who has an interest in, and concern for building our
economy, educational system and society through, diversity and inclusion,
the Chief Diversity officer forum offers a solid platform to engage in a
"town hall" discussion about the global impact multiculturalism and
diversity brings in 21st century and to engage in interactivity that is usually missing from daily
business life, due to physical distance, busy work schedules and other
factors.
The forum is expected to draw together a strong mix of entrepreneurs,
chief diversity officers anddiversity practitioners from Fortune 500 corporations, government
agencies, and educational institutions, and from all over the United
States.
Jerrell Moore, VP & Chief Diversity Officer with Time Warner Cable;
Elizabeth Nieto, SVP, Global Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer with
MetLife; Michael Garner, Chief Diversity Officer with Metropolitan
Transportation Authority; Donna Johnson, Chief Diversity Officer with
MasterCard; Floyd W. Pitts, SVP & Chief Diversity Officer with American Red
Cross; Nereida (Neddy) Perez, Vice President Global Diversity & Inclusion,
Talent Management with Ingersoll Rand; and
Kenneth Hunter, Chief Diversity and Inclusion & EEO Officer with NYC
Department of Information Technology will be participants leading the forum
discussion. Jennifer Brown, Founder, President & CEO of Jennifer
Brown Consulting will be instrumenting the discussion as moderator.
"We're looking forward to another dynamic, successful year of celebrating
diversity and multiculturalism," said Kenton Clarke, CEO of
DiversityBusiness.com. "The U.S. is so vast and diverse, and as our
global landscape changes
so fasts, that were it not for events such as this one, the key underpinning
of the importance of understanding and adapting to the richness to a more
diverse and inclusive culture may
slowly fade into the background. Each year we see new faces, engage in new
vibrant discussions that bring fresh ideas and new perspectives to
the future outlook of our growing diverse communities.
Major Sponsors for the event included: U.S. Postal Service, Wal-Mart, Apple,
Northrop Grumman, Time Warner, Hilton, Raytheon, and Colgate Palmolive.
About The Summit
This is a summit for any person with an interest in, and concern for
building our economy, educational system and society through innovation,
diversity and inclusion. As the summit enters its 16th year, central focus
remains the same. To ensure attendees walk away motivated, inspired and
fired up by the key takeaways given by the strong mix of influential and
well-renowned business leaders gathered to lead this invigorating event.
Addressing topics which include: motivation, leadership,
entrepreneurship/innovation, technologysocial media and diversity; the
summit offers a rich spectrum of perspectives that are pertinent to all
business professionals. In addition, the summit offers a solid platform for
the kind of interactivity, exchange and networking that is usually missing
from daily business life due to physical distance, busy work schedules and
other factors.
Now a major national business summit, DiversityBusiness.com first annual
summit was held in Fairfield University in Connecticut during 2001. The
summit has a history of bringing together entrepreneurs, corporate supplier
diversity and procurement executives, chief diversity officers, diversity
and inclusion and hr practitioners, government agencies and
college/university practice-based participants with an interest in the
issues of multicultural business and community. The summit examines the
concept of entrepreneurship and multiculturalism as a positive aspect of a
global world and globalized society. Diversity is in many ways reflective of
our present world order. Diversity as a mode of social existence can be
projected in ways that deepen the range of human experience. The summit will
seek to explore the full range of what diversity means and explore modes of
diversity in real-life situations of living/working together in community.
The summit supports a move away from simple affirmations that ‘diversity is
good’ to a much more account of the effects and uses of diversity on
differently situated communities in the context of our current epoch of
globalization. The summit looks at the realities of diversity today,
critically as well as optimistically and strategically. The summit will be a
place for speaking about diversity, and in ways that range from the ‘big
picture’ and the theoretical, to the very practical and everyday realities
of diversity in organizations, communities and civic life. The annual
national summit is a participants’ event, including numerous parallel
sessions. Summit attendees have benefited from the numerous networking and
educational sessions. The summit also has a special focus on forging long
term relationships for businesses and major corporations. Attendee’s have
reported millions of dollars in contract awards from attendance at the
summit.
Press Contact: | Quantise Rodgers | DiversityBusiness.com |
203-255-8966 |
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About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness is the largest association of privately
owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and
services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and colleges and
universities. DiversityBusiness provides research and data collection
services for diversity including the "Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural
Business Opportunities", "Top 500 Diversity Owned Companies in America", and
others. Its research has been recognized and published by Forbes Magazine,
Business Week and thousands of other print and internet publications. The
site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its
content and design.
