How Customer Needs are Driving Corporate DEI Action

October is Global Diversity Awareness month – to celebrate, West Monroe hosted a panel of national business leaders for a candid discussion on the role inclusion and diversity plays for customers across various industries, the imperative for action, and how organizations can create meaningful change.

Topics discussed by the panel:

• How to serve your customers and markets better by incorporating DEI in your business strategy 

• The underlying drivers that will continue to make DEI more relevant  

• A “systems” perspective in effectuating DEI related changes

• How you can facilitate change both at an organizational and individual level

Featured panelists:

• Ed Baine, President, Dominion Energy Virginia  
• Carolyn McCarty, former head of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, Capital One Commercial Bank   
• Soujanya (Chinni) Pulluru, MD, Sr. Director II, Clinical Transformation, Innovation and Operations, Health and Wellness, Walmart 
• Clayton Robbins, Founding Partner and Principal, Diversity Equity Inclusiveness Consulting, LLC
• Penny Wand, Director, West Monroe’s Technology practice and Inclusion and Diversity Council Lead 

West Monroe moderator:

• Munzoor Shaikh, Senior Director, national practice leader for Health Systems and a founding member of the firm’s Inclusion & Diversity Council