How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Promote Success, Creativity, and Innovation
How Prioritizing DEI Sets Workplaces Apart or How To Make DEI a Priority with Included Co-Founder, Laura Close
Laura Close brings twenty years of experience in the Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) space, originating as a political campaign & policy expert in racial, gender, and economic justice in the late 90s. Laura has spent her career locking in new structural opportunities and institutional access for historically excluded or underrepresented communities. She built an award winning global executive coaching firm with a client base spanning FAANG and unicorn startups. Now, as Co-founder of Included, Laura and her team have created the first technology of its kind to use AI to help enterprise scale the DEI function.
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