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Why ‘Equity’ is now being added to Diversity & Inclusion in Corporate America
Urban Financial Services Coalition (UFSC) invites you to a special session of “View from the Top Executive Leadership Series,” featuring Nate Bennett, III, Chief Diversity Officer, and Senior Vice President, and Head of Talent Management for Comerica Bank. As an executive leader, Mr. Bennett will focus his thoughts on the topic “Why ‘Equity’ is now being added to Diversity & Inclusion in Corporate America.”
Description:
Today you are hearing a lot of talk about Equity rather than Equality and probably wondering how they are different. For Diversity practitioners managing the Equity conversation is critically important in the effort to improve diverse representation and inclusion in the workplace. In this discussion we will learn the difference between Equality and Equity, we will discuss how corporate America identifies inequities that may exist in the workplace and discuss what we are doing to improve Equity in the workplace.
This session is scheduled:
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Time: 12 noon, EDT.
Featuring: Nate Bennett, III
Chief Diversity Officer, and Senior Vice President, and Head of Talent Management for Comerica Bank.
Location: Virtual and hosted on ZOOM
Recorded:Yes, this call will be recorded.
Urban Financial Services Coalition has presented the View from the Top Executive Leadership for several years, providing minority financial professionals, members, and communities of color the opportunity to learn from some of the nation’s – and the world’s – leading executives as they talk about their careers and leadership experiences.
Speaker Bio:
Nate Bennett, III, CDP
Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Vice President
Head of Talent Acquisition
Comerica Bank
Nate Bennett III is responsible for leading the company’s Diversity & Inclusion office. This office has been established to drive key diversity initiatives throughout the bank. Additionally, Mr. Bennett’s other responsibilities include leading all talent acquisition activities for Comerica Bank.
Mr. Bennett joined Comerica in 2009 as the Vice President, Texas Market Staffing Manager. He was named Senior Vice President, Talent Acquisition in 2010. In mid-2016, he was named the Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Vice President, Head of Talent Acquisition.
Before joining Comerica, he worked for several Fortune 500 companies in various roles in Talent Acquisition all in two major industries; Consumer Retail and Financial Services. Prior to joining Comerica Bank, he led Talent Acquisition Services for a 17,000-employee division at Bank of America. His 20+ years of experience in Human Resources Talent Acquisition covers the areas from executive recruitment through global recruitment where he spent time in Seoul, Korea leading various recruitment efforts for Walmart Stores.
Mr. Bennett holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Rice University.
Among his professional and community affiliations, he serves as a member of the National Diversity Council Board of Directors, board member of Mi Escuelita Preschools, an advisory board member for Student African American Brotherhood (SAAB) an advisory board member of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.
At Rice University, Mr. Bennett was a four-year varsity letterman in football where he went on to earn All Southwest Conference 1st Team Honors. Additionally, he also serves as the founder and President of the Junior Broncos Organization which is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to young student athletes.
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