Diversity and Inclusion

According to recently published research, startups with all-female founding teams raised just 2.2 percent of all venture capital in the first eight months of 2021, a lower share than any of the previous five calendar years, while teams with male and female founders raised 11.7 percent of the total.1

D’Shawn Russell is the Founder and CEO of Southern Elegance Candle Company. Southern Elegance is alleviating poverty through Whole Planet Foundation, a Whole Foods Market non-pr

Support for independent oil palm smallholder farmers has been a long-standing priority for Musim Mas. Since 2015, the company has been conducting training and providing assistance to smallholders to help them raise their productivity, acquire sustainable agricultural skills and the skills needed to ...

As the community market sales process executive at Regions Bank, Channing D. Thornton collaborates with associates in Community Affairs, Financial Wellness, Retail and Mortgage Banking to help others achieve their American Dream of homeownership.

From identifying your own biases, to calling them out in others, let’s stay committed all year long to ensuring representation and visibility for women around the world.

In honor of Women’s History Month, Applied Materials’ employees shared how they #Breakthebias and take action for equality. Here’s what they had to say.

Regions and the Montgomery County Commission once again sponsored the Colloquium, which resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic.

There’s a reason Anddria Varnado was named as one of the Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business by the San Francisco Business Times. To meet her is to stand in awe of her endless ambition to succeed, to drive change, and to help others.

Dwaun Warmack is the president of Claflin University in South Carolina, one of the nation’s top 10 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), where his longstanding commitment to social justice aligns with the university’s foundation.

"This evolution of our groundbreaking Female Forward initiative is just the beginning of our efforts to grow this underrepresented community while we also continue to focus on other marginalized groups who still desperately need opportunities in the director’s chair."