Intentionality Yields Results After starting out in marketing for financial services companies, Lourdes Diaz landed a role in supplier diversity. When she saw how her work helped women- and minority-owned businesses grow, she says, “it was an epiphany for me.” Today, Diaz is still passionate about creating diverse...
For as long as he can remember, Ryan Parker, VP of DEI at information technology company CGI, has been fighting for greater representation By Carlett Spike As a Black man and native of Huntsville, Alabama, Ryan Parker has been an advocate for diversity his entire life—he didn’t have...
Longtime corporate executive Lourdes Mola forged her own path—and is thrilled with the results As the founder of a firm bearing her name, Lourdes Mola delivers innovative, influential, and powerful strategies to help businesses grow. Prior to launching Lourdes Mola Solutions, she served in leadership positions for 25...
By always staying positive and adding value, Wells Fargo EVP Patty Juarez has forged a remarkable and influential career path Wells Fargo & Company Executive Vice President and Head of Diverse Segments Patty Juarez has spent more than 28 years in commercial banking in various leadership roles....
Google HR leader Valerie Grillo has made it her mission to be a powerful advocate for women, particularly Latinas on the rise Valerie Grillo is a global human resources executive with over 20 years of financial services and technology experience. She has a history of leading complex organizational...
HAVI McDonald’s executive Oralia Castaneda is a proven turnaround specialist and change agent It was her hot pink Barbie Power Wheels that sparked Oralia Castaneda’s lifelong strategy of matching markets and needs. Like any proud seven-year-old owner of a child-powered car, she loved the thrill of the...