Forum 1: Optics or Impact: Raising the Bar for Corporate Board Diversity

Corporate America receives the memo — Increasingly, major companies are responding to external and internal pressures to achieve racial, gender, and ability diversity on their boards. The challenge is to ensure that corporate intent and expectations reach beyond optics and focus on results. Join our panel of experienced DEI professionals, industry experts and directors as they discuss high-impact board diversity that values divergent perspectives and improves decision-making across the organization. They also share reliable measures for board effectiveness, how to build your board currency and how to lay the groundwork for long-term organizational impact.

Moderator:
Kimberly S. Reed, M.Ed., CDE, Reed Development Group Global Diversity, Equality, Inclusion & Belonging Executive Strategist

Panelists: 
Lynette Brown Sow, Board Director, Retired Executive, President, LM Brown LLC; Founder, Women of Destiny; Government Boards
Kim Barker Lee, VP of Diversity, and Inclusion, ITG
Marques Colston, Retired NFL Super Bowl Champion, Entrepreneur, Board Director, and Advisor — Startup/NPOs, Professor, Cornell Innovation Center
Dominique Casmir-German, Vice President of Real Estate - Thomas Jefferson University & Hospital