Best Practices From the Best of the Best
Oct. 11–12, 2012
Marriott Marquis, New York City
The Oct. 11 dinner will spotlight eight companies whose unique achievements and diversity-management innovations are examples to all other organizations. CEOs will be accepting these awards at the dinner, attended by more than 400 corporate leaders from at least 20 industries. A networking reception will precede the dinner.
The following companies will be receiving these honors:
Top Company for Talent Pipeline: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (award to be accepted by André Wyss, President)
Top Company for Diversity-Management Progress: Kellogg Company (award to be accepted by John Bryant, President and CEO)
Top Company for Community Development: Wells Fargo (award to be accepted by Michelle Lee, Executive Vice President, Northeast Regional President)
Top Company for Supplier Diversity: Marriott International (award to be accepted by Arne Sorenson, incoming President and CEO)
Top Company for Executive Development: Kraft Foods
Top Company for Global Cultural Competence: Ernst & Young (award to be accepted by Steve Howe, Area Managing Partner – Americas)
Top Company for Resource Groups: Dell (award to be accepted by Steve Price, Senior Vice President of Human Resources)
Top Company for Working Families: Eli Lilly and Company (award to be accepted by John Lechleiter, Chairman, President and CEO)
The event will also highlight the regional companies that have made our new Top Regional Companies for Diversity list, the results of a smaller survey with only 50 questions focused on the measurable diversity-management accomplishments of companies in specific regions, including Cleveland and Minneapolis.
The two-day event will start mid-morning on Oct. 11, with learning sessions and panels focused on “From Accountability to Succession Planning,” how to transform the top level of your organization for improved diversity management. Confirmed speakers for that day include the president and CEO of Kellogg, the U.S. CEO of Accenture, the president of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation and the U.S. CEO of Ernst & Young. The second day, which will end after lunch, will feature at least two more CEOs, panels and networking sessions hosted by chief diversity officers who have had significant success transforming the top levels of their companies.
The DiversityInc special rate per night at the Marriott Marquis is $349.
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