In a year like no other, business leaders are expressing the nation’s values in far bolder and more striking ways. We examine responses to intersecting issues of Black Lives Matter, Covid-19, immigration, LGBTQ discrimination and the new corporate social construct.
Featured Panelists:
Pamela Stewart, Senior Vice President, National Retail Sales for The Coca-Cola Company
Ranjan Goswami, Vice President of In-Flight Field Operations for Delta Air Lines
Dr. Kamau Bobb, Global Lead for Diversity Strategy and Research at Google and the founding Senior Director of the Constellations Center for Equity in Computing at Georgia Tech
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