Corporate Diversity and Inclusion Officers Who Identify as LGBTQ
The Chief Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Officer within an organization is the individual tasked with ensuring the group adopts best practices to ensure the absence of discrimination and intolerance toward members of minority communities within the workplace and the company's other employment practices. The position should report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the company because the culture of any organization is driven very much by the individuals at the top. It is a critical role which participates in the setting of the organization's business goals and mission, recruitment, marketing, communications, sponsorships, design and development, partnerships, supplier management, expansion, and in achieving its overall success.
This position supports the LGBTQ community, along with many other minority communities based on race, physical and mental conditions, gender, and other personal characteristics. As such, it is not surprising to see LGBTQ individuals in the ranks of company Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officers. Though a relatively recent inclusion in the senior ranks of companies, surveys show that more than 40% of large companies now have D&I officers.
One of the ways a D&I Officer can accomplish their goals is through the creation of a company-wide Advisory Board or Task Force. The LGBTQ individuals we have identified within this area of responsibility include both the designated leaders and members of the company's working groups. They generally come from large national and global firms, with innovation being led by the consulting firms, financial firms, legal firms, and government agencies.
We have identified the following LGBTQ individuals who are responsible for Diversity and Inclusion within their companies.
Australia
- Marcy Beitle, A.T. Kearney
- Elaine Czulkowski, Acon
- Sam Turner, WestPac
- Paul Zahra, PWC
Canada
- Michael Cherny, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan
- Robert Davis, KPMG
- Nikki Gershbain, McCarthy Tetrault
- Kimberly Hadley, International Gay & Lesbian Football Association
- Mary Lou Maher, KPMG
- Kimberley Messer, IGM Financial
- David Palumbo, Baker & Mackenzie
- Matt Petersen, CIBC
- Ron Puccini, TD Bank Group
- Emanuel Simo, Cognizant
- Timothy Thompson, TD Bank Group
France
- Serge Dumont, Omincron
- Vincent Francois, Société Générale
Germany
- Tanja Kaufmann, SAP
- Gernot Sendowski, Deutsche Bank
- Matthias Weber, HDI Group
Great Britain
- Robert Davey, Thomson Reuters
- Simon Fillery, Investment Bank
- Chris Gibbons, Football Association
- Jack Guest, HSBC Bank
- Debbie Gupta, NEST (National Employment Savings Trust)
- Stephen Jacques, Key Assets
- Tim Jarman, Ernst & Young
- Sir Paul Jenkins, Civil Service
- Vinay Kapoor, BNP Paribas
- Robert Kerse, Circle Housing
- Edward Lord, City of London
- Mark MacKenzie, Transport for London
- Jim McEleney, BNY Mellon
- Mark McNulty, State Street Bank
- Mark Palmer-Edgcumbe, Google
- Eugenio Pirri, Dorchester Collection Hotels
- Monica Plisch, American Physical Society
- Crawford Prentice, M&S Bank
- Simon Rogers, Freelance Consultant
- Mark Segal, Comcast/NBC Universal
- Ashley Steel, KPMG
- Tony Tenicela, IBM
- Anthony Watson, Barclays Bank
India
- Krishna Omkar, Return on Equity
Ireland
- Tiernan Brady, Clifford Chance
Spain
- Miguel Castro, SAP
Switzerland
- Veit Schuhen, Maitland Group
Poland
- Andreas Citak, IBM
United States
- Denise Andrews, Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Proctor & Gamble
- Helen Carroll
- Beth Brooke-Marciniak, Ernst & Young
- Ashlee Davis, AllianceBernstein, Cargill
- LaFawn Davis, Indeed
- Nicole Gardner, Marsh & McLennan Company
- John Gibson, Motion Picture Association of America
- Christopher Goff, University of the Pacific
- Donna Griffin, Chubb Insurance
- Cheryl Head, Golden Crown Literary Society
- William Kapfer, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
- James Loduca, Nike, Twitter
- Mark McLane, Barclays Bank, Whirlpool Corporation
- Darnell Moore, Netflix
- Karen Morrison, University of Florida, National College Athletic Association
- Cindy Noble, Compass Group
- Samantha Rapoport, National Football League (NFL)
- Sara Sperling, Facebook
- Rosalyn Taylor O'Neale, Campbell Soup Company
- Carla Trujillo, University of California Berkeley
- Bobby Wilkinson, Nuveen
- Iris Wilson-Farley, Komatsu America
- Daniel Winterfeldt, CMS Cameron McKenna
- Kenji Yoshino, Charter Communications, Morgan Stanley
See Also
- LGBTQ Chief Executive Officers of Business Enterprises
- LGBTQ Chief Information/Technology Officers
- Union Leaders Who Identify as LGBTQ
- Noteworthy LGBTQ Individuals in the Accounting Profession
- Human Resource Professionals Who Are LGBTQ
- Marketing Professionals Who Identify as LGBTQ
- LGBTQ Bankers
- Investment and Wealth Management and the LGBTQ Community
- The LGBTQ Presence in the Insurance Industry
- Transgender Business Leaders
- LGBTQ Chief Legal, Compliance and Risk Officers
- Chief Operating Officers of Business Enterprises Who Are LGBTQ
- The LGBTQ Presence in Regional Labour and Employment Ministries
- Chief of Staff Positions Held by LGBTQ Individuals
- Auto and Transportation Experts Who Identify as LGBTQ
