Take advantage of this opportunity to hear from Neddy Perez, the vice president of Global Diversity & Inclusion at Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand is comprised of more than 41,000 employees and specializes in climate solutions, sustainability, tools, comfort and efficiency in the electrical manufacturing industry. Within the last four years at Ingersoll Rand, Perez has created a diversity strategy that focuses on four key business areas: Diversity Leadership Development, Workforce Engagement, Enabling Processes and Market Connectivity. This session will provide an overview of the vital factors to consider when developing and implementing a global diversity strategy in your organization. You will also learn tactics to leverage and engage senior leaders and the HR function as part of the process to execute your diversity strategy. You will walk away with:
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Neddy Perez
vice president and cheif diversity officer
Ingersoll Rand
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Nereida (Neddy) Perez, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at Ingersoll Rand. She is an internationally known Human Resources and Diversity practitioner with more than 20 years of experience working with Fortune 500 corporations in developing and implementing business strategies designed to remove organizational and cultural barriers designed to spur talent and business growth.
Neddy has been a speaker at a number of national conferences and events in HR, Diversity, Supplier Diversity and STEM. She has served as an advisor on diversity initiatives at an array of Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. Ms. Perez has been on the board of several national nonprofit organizations focusing Manufacturing, Energy, Leadership Development and Workforce Management. In 2014, she was named as the Top Hispanic Executive in the U.S. by the National Hispanic Business Group and more recently was named one of the top 10 Latina in the U.S. by Latina Style Magazine. A strong advocate for MWBE’s and supplier diversity she has created and implemented supplier diversity programs at KPMG, National Grid and established the initial structure at Ingersoll Rand.
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Lenora Billings-Harris
diversity strategist
Excel Development Systems, Inc.
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A diversity strategist and author. With more than twenty five years of experience in the public and private sectors, she has developed a unique way of presenting sensitive topics in a fun, thought-provoking and non-judgmental way. Her interactive style and immediately applicable "how tos" have inspired clients to invite her back again and again. She designs and delivers presentations that help facilitate diversity initiatives for Fortune 500 companies, professional associations, government agencies and educational institutions.