Initiatives
Salon 6
GOOD BUSINESS
Showcasing cross-sector leaders and changemakers who have developed high impact strategies focused on direct financial investment to accelerate equity, diversity, inclusion and leadership by underrepresented groups (URG) in STEM.
February 27, 2023
MAIN QUESTIONS
Changing the Lens from Supply to Demand: Future-proofing corporate change that ensures sustained equity and accelerates leadership for underrepresented groups in STEM.
How equity-driven investment strategies produce new, diverse leadership in C-suites and innovation.
Leveraging unique capabilities of the private sector to create positive change.
What priorities should be created across sectors in order to create economic equity for underrepresented groups in STEM?
How can public-private partnerships accelerate innovation and entrepreneur leadership by underrepresented groups in STEM?
How does direct, discretionary financial support eliminate barriers to inclusion and fuel new growth of opportunity for low-income and underrepresented students?
Where does access to capital for individuals afford critical interventions that leverage economic equity for underrepresented groups in STEM?
What priorities should be created across sectors in order to create economic equity for underrepresented groups in STEM?
How should funding and investment from all sources change in order to accelerate leadership and inclusion by underrepresented groups in STEM?
SPEAKERS
Randi Mason, Co-Chair, Morrison Cohen’s Corporate Department
Melisande Kingchatchavel Schifter, Equity and Inclusion Strategist, Executive Director, Global Inclusion & Diversity Strategy and Market Integration, Bristol Myers Squibb
Lynn Loacker, Founder, Project W, Davis Wright Tremaine
Tanea Foglia, Director of the Tech Equity Hub, Director of Practice Management, Davis Wright Tremaine
Daniel Gilmer, U.S. Antiviral Launch Lead, Pfizer
John Blaho, Program Director, NSF I-Corps Hub, NYC Innovation Hot Spot, Empire State Development
Ruthe Farmer, Founder, CEO, Last Mile Education Fund