ROHINI ANAND, Senior Vice President
and Global Chief Diversity Officer
Sodexho Inc., No. 13 in the Top 50
Coca-Cola’s Steve Bucherati puts it
best: Successful diversity management
is the differentiator between companies these days. As he says, “If you’re
not fully committed to the compelling
business case for diversity, if you’re not
fully committed to an all-inclusive work
force, then you are really not in the
game. You are really not understanding diversity—you do not know how to
value it or respect or leverage it.”
As the subject matter of diversity management evolves rapidly, what emerges clearly
is how companies on The DiversityInc Top
5 0 Companies for Diversity® list have strong strong
core values that cannot be compromised and
that are integral to their critical business
strategies. Those values of inclusion, respect
andappreciationfordifferenceguidethe
strategic plans for business growth, and they
don”tleave ANYgroupout.
PORTRAIT PHO TOS B Y D WIGHT CARTER
Over two separate days in June,
DiversityIncheldin-depthroundtables with
13 chiefdiversity officers from The 2007
DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity.
Their discussion has advanced dramatically
from what it was even a year ago. Today,
they enthusiastically share their ROIs on
workplace and marketplace initiatives,
compare notes on just how stronglytheir
employee groups addto the bottom line, and
discuss the emerging challenges of global
and generational diversity as well as market
segmentation and client relations.
Their ideas, best practices and contagious
enthusiasm for how far diversity is taking
their companies are shared here with you.
REDIA ANDERSON BANKS, Chief
Diversity Officer, National Principal,
Diversity & Inclusion
Deloitte & Touche USA, No. 19 in the Top 50
STEVE BUCHERATI, Chief Diversity Officer
The Coca-Cola Co., No. 4 in the Top 50
DEBORAH DAGIT, Executive Director of
Diversity & Work Environment
Merck & Co., No. 18 in the Top 50
LINDA FORTE, Senior Vice President,
Business Affairs
Comerica, No. 37 in the Top 50
LINDA LANDMAN-GONZALEZ, Director
of Diversity Relations
Darden Restaurants, No. 45 in the Top 50
STEVE LARSON, Senior Vice President,
Organization Consultant for Diversity,
Engagement and Inclusion
Wachovia, No. 11 in the Top 50
WILLIAM LEE, Director of Diversity,
Inclusion and Compliance
Abbott, No. 30 in the Top 50
ANN RHOADS, Vice President, Talent
Management and Inclusion
Sprint Nextel Corp., No. 28 in the Top 50
ED RODRIGUEZ, Vice President, Human
Resources, West Business Unit
Pepsi Bottling Group, No. 2 in the Top 50
GERI THOMAS, Global Diversity and
Inclusion Executive and Global Consumer and
Small-Business Banking Staffing Executive
Bank of America, No. 1 in the Top 50
ANISE WILEY-LITTLE, Assistant Vice
President and Chief Diversity Officer
Allstate, No. 40 in the Top 50
MAGDA YRIZARRY, Vice President,
Workplace Culture, Diversity and Compliance
Verizon Communications, No. 6 in the Top 50
FROM DIVERSITYINC
LUKE VISCONTI, Partner and Cofounder
BARBARA FRANKEL, Senior Vice President
and Executive Editor
