In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, LaQuenta Jacobs shares her journey to becoming XPO’s Chief Diversity Officer and the lessons she’s learned along the way. [Recorded on April 27, 2021] LaQuenta Jacobs provides cultural leadership and advocacy for diversity, equity, and inclusion as Chief Diversity Officer at XPO Logistics. She initially joined XPO as head of human resources for the company’s last-mile business unit. Prior to XPO, Ms. Jacobs led organizational development initiatives for glo...
Jun 30, 2021•21 min
In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Romy sits down with Kira Córdoba-Brown to talk about taking risks and the importance of being your authentic self. (Recorded on March 19, 2021) Kira Córdoba-Brown is the Head of Talent and Diversity for the Institutional Clients Group (ICG) at Citi. In this role, Kira responsible for the strategic direction and execution of a wide variety of global talent and diversity functions, including developing insights that inform the ICG Talent/Human Capital strateg...
Jun 30, 2021•27 min
In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Romy talks with Lori Hillman about how a successful career starts with being true to yourself and following your passions. (Recorded on May 4, 2021) Lori Hillman is Vice President of Quality, Vehicle Group North America for Eaton, a global power management company. Lori became vice president in 2018. Prior to this, Lori was Launch Manager for the Vehicle Group business. Lori joined Eaton in 2011 as a program manager and has held several positions of increas...
Jun 25, 2021•20 min
In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Blandine Lacroix candidly shares her professional and personal journey and the lessons she’s learned along the way. (Recorded on February 26, 2021) Over the past 19 years, Blandine Lacroix has rose through the ranks at Novo Nordisk, from Group Product Manager to Corporate Vice President, Biopharm & Strategy. Blandine has recently been appointed to lead the Novo Nordisk Inc. US BioPharm business unit, and asked to also create and lead the Strategy Team t...
Jun 14, 2021•28 min
In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Maureen Greene James talks about using your voice and your power to advocate for yourself. (Recorded on February 12, 2021) Maureen Greene James serves as FTI Consulting’s Vice President of Global Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. Ms. Greene James leads the firm’s efforts to attract, retain and develop diverse talent and maintain an inclusive culture. She plays a pivotal role in creating and leading the diversity, inclusion and belonging strategy in partne...
Jun 11, 2021•28 min
Emily Reilly has worldwide responsibility for all aspects of strategic human resources at GLOBALFOUNDRIES, including talent and leadership development, delivering world-class people solutions, and shaping the company’s culture. A member of the company’s original startup team, Emily joined GLOBALFOUNDRIES in 2009 and has been instrumental in GF’s growth into a thriving, global organization of over 15,000 employees across 20 locations. She and CEO, Tom Caulfield, are visible leaders with a persona...
Mar 19, 2021•24 min
Stephanie LeBlanc-Godfrey is the Global Head of Community Inclusion Programs for Women of Color at Google and the founder of Parenting Backwards. She was born in Brooklyn, NY, attended Stevens Institute of Technology and completed her bachelors of engineering degree in Electrical Engineering before starting her career in the finance industry as an infrastructure engineer. She then pivoted her career to digital media, where she spent over 10 years in Advertising Operations at major media conglome...
Dec 18, 2020•31 min
Elizabeth Romero is the Small Business Centralized Client Management & Specialty Support Executive at Bank of America. In this role, she is responsible for developing and implementing the overall sales plan and strategy for the profitable expansion and retention of the Small Business Centralized Sales segment. Romero's team consists of centralized business specialists, client relationship associates, treasury specialists and franchise program specialists, who deliver world class solutions an...
Dec 18, 2020•21 min
Carla Grant-Pickens serves at the Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer for IBM, where she leads a global team dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and a workforce that reflects the world, while responding to societal issues that impact IBM employees and the communities they live and work in. Diversity and inclusion has been a pillar of IBM’s culture for over 100 years and under Carla’s leadership the company has been globally recognized as a leader in in the space, being named as a “Top...
Dec 18, 2020•20 min
About Jen Auerbach-Rodriguez - Managing Director, Head of Strategic Growth Markets, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Jen Auerbach is responsible for the client acquisition, retention, and strategic growth initiatives for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. Prior to this role, Jen founded a strategy team focused on developing engagement efforts with traditionally underserved clients and communities. Jen’s career began as an options trader working with clients to create and execute customized hedging ...
Dec 18, 2020•23 min
Erika is Chief Diversity Officer at Goldman Sachs, responsible for global diversity and inclusion strategy and driving inclusive culture initiatives and efforts related to the recruitment, retention and advancement of diverse professionals. She joined the firm as a managing director in 2018. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Erika was global head of diversity and inclusion at Bloomberg from 2015 to 2018. Prior to this, she led diversity hiring efforts at Bank of America between 2009 and 2015 and L...
Dec 18, 2020•20 min
Nichole Francis Reynolds is the Vice President & Head of Global Government Relations at ServiceNow, Inc. She leads the company’s global government relations, public policy, and advocacy agenda domestically and internationally. As a lawyer and the company’s top lobbyist, she works with Administration officials, Members of Congress, State and local public officials, the diplomatic community and industry associations on domestic and international technology policy issues. Prior to joining Servi...
Dec 18, 2020•27 min
Kathy Wengel is Executive Vice President & Chief Global Supply Chain Officer for Johnson & Johnson, and member of the company’s Executive Committee. She leads the Supply Chain and several enterprise-wide functional organizations that bring healthcare products and services to more than a billion patients and consumers around the world every day across three business sectors: Consumer Health, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals. Her responsibilities include enterprise Supply Chain strateg...
Dec 18, 2020•25 min
Trey Boynton has spent her professional career working to create inclusive environments. For nearly 20 years, she worked in university settings driving equity and inclusion for students, faculty and staff at the University of Michigan. She shifted to the tech industry in 2017 when she joined Duo Security as their first head of diversity and inclusion. As the lead for overall diversity strategy, Trey envisioned a bold road ahead for Duo and implemented company-wide programs and initiatives that p...
Oct 01, 2020•31 min
As Ampersand CEO, Nicolle Pangis and her team are working to build a smarter, more effective television ecosystem by empowering brands to seamlessly connect with audiences wherever and whenever they watch TV. Pangis previously served as Global COO at GroupM’s [m]PLATFORM where she led global product management, strategic partnerships and technology development across the largest media investment management organization in the world. Prior to [m]PLATFORM, Pangis was a central figure in the succes...
Oct 01, 2020•24 min
As the Head of Diversity & Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Marketing at Unilever, Mita’s efforts to build an inclusive culture are being celebrated. Under her leadership, Unilever is gender balanced at manager level and above. Unilever was named the #1 Company for Working Mothers by Working Mother Media in 2018, and the #2 for Best Employers for Women in 2020 by Forbes. Mita also co-created the first of its kind Cultural Immersions series to increase the cultural competency of marketers trainin...
Oct 01, 2020•21 min
Luciana leads Employee Experience at HP, overseeing culture, employee communications, engagement, and change. With 20+ years of experience, Luciana specializes in helping corporate leaders achieve business results by engaging employees with the company, their colleagues, and their work. She has led both internal and external communications teams, building deep expertise in executive communications, employee engagement, corporate culture, organizational development, and leadership development. Pr...
Oct 01, 2020•35 min
Kelly Kay is the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the Toyota Research Institute (TRI). In her current role she is responsible for overall business operations, technology delivery and continuing to build a more diverse and inclusive environment at TRI. Kelly joined TRI in February 2017 and formerly served as the Chief Operating Officer. Prior to TRI, Kelly served as the Vice President of Business Operations at Lyft, Inc., where she bu...
Oct 01, 2020•27 min
Katie Ballantyne - AVP, Cornerstone University, Cornerstone OnDemand Katie Ballantyne is AVP of Cornerstone University where she and her team are passionate about creating exceptional learning experiences that help clients maximize their Cornerstone investment to create extraordinary organization. Katie's background in the learning and talent management industry spans almost 15 years, specifically focusing on investing in a company’s talent as a powerful driver of strategic organizational outcom...
Oct 01, 2020•39 min
Carolin T. Seward is Vice President of Customer Experience and Fulfillment in the Data Platforms Group at the Intel Corporation. In her current role, she is responsible for delivering integrated data center solutions with the best customer experience for the lifecycle of the product. Carolin is driving new initiatives and service-based models to strengthen the collaboration between the business unit and its partners to accelerate business growth. Previously, Carolin was Vice President in the Tec...
Oct 01, 2020•24 min
As Head of Raw Material Purchasing for Continental Tire and ContiTech in the Americas, Carmen O’Neil oversees the sourcing and procurement of all products that make up tires and rubber articles produced in North and South America. In this role she leads an international team both strategically and operationally to manage the sourcing and supply chains of over $1.5 billion worth of raw materials to more than 10 locations throughout the region. Carmen entered into the automotive industry after col...
Oct 01, 2020•23 min
In her position as senior vice president of Comcast Business for the Northeast Division of Comcast, Tracy Pitcher is a leader who celebrates the diversity of background, perspective, culture and experience that uplifts every aspect of her company. Knowing that a diverse, equitable and inclusive company is a more innovative and successful one, Tracy is actively engaged within Comcast and beyond, and champions core values rooted in improving the communities where employees and customers live and w...
Oct 01, 2020•23 min
Sonia Cargan serves as the Senior Vice President, Chief Colleague Inclusion & Diversity Officer of American Express. In this role, Sonia is both a member of the CEG Senior Leadership Team and works closely with the Executive Committee to continue to build more awareness and provide the tools, resources and programming to drive meaningful change around racial inequality while ensuring American Express is a place where everyone is supported, has the backing of their colleagues and a sense of b...
Oct 01, 2020•22 min
Michelle Gadsden-Williams is the Managing Director and Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for BlackRock. She is an award-winning global diversity executive, author, activist, producer and philanthropist with more than 25 years of experience as an advocate for equality within corporate America and a thought leader around diversity and inclusion. Michelle is a seasoned diversity practitioner with experience working in the consumer goods, pharmaceutical and financial services industries...
Oct 01, 2020•29 min
Angie Grilliot serves as the Vice President, Talent Marketing for UnitedHealth Group, where she leads the talent brand and engagement efforts for the enterprise in pursuit of attracting and retaining the very best workforce. Angie joined the company in 1996 where she found a place to grow and develop. She has stayed because she continues to feel she is surrounded by a diverse, high-caliber team who helps her learn every day. On a personal note, she’s a proud Mom and Grandma and is currently purs...
Oct 01, 2020•25 min
Allison Conkright Engel is the Sr. Director, Diversity & Inclusion at Northwestern Mutual. She has 20 years of work experience driving innovation across media, tech and finance. For almost a decade Allison has been focused on gender equity in historically male dominated industries. She had been driving outcomes in this space as an intrapreneur and is a globally recognized expert who mentors and implements growth strategies around opportunity markets. She has rolled out global programs across...
Jun 18, 2020•26 min
Alicia Scott is the Director of Diversity & Inclusion and Talent Management at ON Semiconductor. Alicia leads the diversity and inclusion (D&I) team to ensure it is embedded within everything the organization does based on workplace inclusion, workforce diversity and community partnerships, recognizing that the company is at its strongest when it effectively draws upon the wide variety of experiences, knowledge, culture and backgrounds from all employees and leaders. With changing demogr...
Jun 18, 2020•21 min
As head of Advisor Recruiting and Field Marketing, Kristen Kimmell leads the firm’s efforts to invite the best talent in the industry to join the firm’s nearly 2,000-strong financial advisor base. In her role, Kristen works closely with the firm’s global head of diversity and human resources to recruit and retain diverse talent in both the advisor and corporate ranks. She is also the leader of the firm’s push to cultivate a diverse and inclusive advisor force and elevate the role of women within...
Jun 18, 2020•26 min
Kim originally joined PwC over 25 years ago as an assurance (audit) associate. After a transition into the Human Capital team, she served in many roles over the years ranging from recruiter to diversity leader to US Talent Strategy Leader. She is now the People Experience and Markets, Center of Expertise Leader. In this role, she is focused on improving the day-to-day People experience across the PwC US firm for its 50,000 partners and staff. As part of the People experience, she leads various f...
Jun 18, 2020•34 min
As Senior Vice President of Walmart’s Southeast Division, Glenda Willis Fleming leads operations for nearly 1,000 stores and the training and development for 350,000 associates across eight states. Her stores serve tens of millions of customers a week, making her work critical to delivering on Walmart’s mission to help people save money and live better. An engineer by trade, Glenda joined Walmart more than 25 years ago after realizing her passion is for people rather than schematics. In this epi...
Jun 18, 2020•37 min
