Jolen Anderson sees her diversity and inclusion work not just as a career but as a calling. Armed with a legal background, she has held diversity, HR and legal roles with Visa, for which she is currently senior vice president and chief diversity officer. Anderson loves...
by Katherine Griffin Kelsey Minarik turned a scary blood clot into a business opportunity. Eight years ago, Minarik was flying cross-country to celebrate her 21st birthday in New York when one of her legs swelled up. It was a deep vein thrombosis, a type of blood clot...
Astad Dhunjisha, CDO of Monsanto, talks to Diversity Woman about the challenges—and the advantages—of practicing D&I in the global agricultural industry by Antonia Hernandez When Astad Dhunjisha was 12, his family moved back to his native India from Bahrain, where his father held a position in finance. Returning to...
Recognizing that business can be a game changer, Riya Sinha sought to give women a creative voice While most of us shake our heads at the world’s problems, social entrepreneurs build businesses to solve them. Riya Sinha, 17, of Palo Alto, California, not only discovered the...
Ask Alicia Petross, the Hershey Company’s vice president of diversity, inclusion, and engagement, what she is most proud of, and her answer is clear: diversity and inclusion are more than aspirational goals. Petross points to the fact that Hershey is one of two Fortune 500 companies whose...
Growing up in Ghana, virtual reality entrepreneur Mary Spio learned that technology can be not only mind-blowing but also mind-expanding By April Kilcrease When Mary Spio was growing up in Ghana, members of the military took over the government. “Some of my schoolmates’ parents were shot to...