Tag: diversity
Five Questions With: Talia Brookshire
Talia Brookshire, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island’s first-ever chief diversity officer, joined the organization in March.
Brookshire, who was offered the position after a...
Five Questions With: Silas Pinto
Silas Pinto | Director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for the city of Providence
1. Diversity can mean different things to different people. How would...
R.I. Foundation awards 3 nonprofits for collaboration, inclusion
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced May 2 that it honored three local nonprofits with the foundation’s annual Best Practice Awards.
The Norman Bird...
Ray named diversity director at CCRI
ANDREA RAY, a former senior human resources business partner for CVS Health Corp.’s MinuteClinic division, was recently named the Community College of Rhode Island’s...
Jury still out on effort to diversify R.I. judiciary
William J. Trezvant grew up surrounded by Black lawyers and judges, thanks to his dad’s leadership of the Newport chapter of the NAACP.
Those early...
Diversity lacking in nonprofit leadership
About 87% of nonprofit CEOs in the U.S. were white in 2019, down from 90% in 2016. Similarly, roughly 78% of nonprofit board members...
MHARI: State lacks diversity among mental health workers
PROVIDENCE – The Mental Health Association of Rhode Island on Thursday said the state needs a more diverse pool of behavioral health care workers...
Being diverse?
Does your company offer any diversity and inclusion programs to your employees?
Yes: 40%
No: 40%
No, but our company is currently developing diversity and inclusion programming:...
MISSION FOCUSED: Salve’s first lay president is determined to uphold school’s...
(Editor's note: This is the third installment in an occasional series of interviews with the state’s new wave of higher education leaders.)
When Kelli J....
AN ENGINEER’S ATTITUDE: At RWU, Miaoulis revels in opportunities to solve...
(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in an occasional series of interviews with the state’s new wave of higher education leaders. You can...
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