2011 Diversity Best Practices Meetings

2011 Diversity Best Practices Meetings

The purpose of this event is to highlight the importance of diversity best practices in the workplace. Company representatives will share their insights about diversity and inclusion practices, and discuss the programs they have implemented in their own organizations.

 

The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

 

Tampa Bay

Date

August 2, 2011

Time

9:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m.

Location

Nova Southeastern University – Tampa
Address: 3632 Queen Palm Drive
Tampa, FL 33619

Hosted By

Carlton Fields

Speakers

Gary Sasso

Gary
Sasso
President and CEO
Carlton Fields

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South Florida

Date

August 12, 2011

Time

9:00-11:30am

Place

FIU College of Law

Address

11200 SW 8th Street
University Park
Miami, FL 33199

Hosted By

Florida International University College of Law

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Learn More About Our Speakers at Each Location

Gary Sasso

Gary Sasso

Gary L. Sasso is the President and CEO of the Carlton Fields law firm. Active in community service, he has chaired the Tampa Bay Partnership and the Tocqueville Society of the United Way, and he serves on the Board of the Straz Performing Arts Center.

Under his leadership, Carlton Fields has been named the Number 1 law firm in the country for each of the last three years for “Overall Diversity,” “Diversity for Minorities,” and “Diversity for Women,” by Vault’s guide to law firms. Gary received the first Leadership Diversity Award given to any law firm leader by Diversity Best Practices, and Carlton Fields received the inaugural diversity award by the George Edgecomb Bar Association and the first award given by Equality Florida for LGBT diversity to any employer in Hillsborough County.

Gary graduated magna cum laude from Wharton. He graduated first in his class from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. He clerked for Justice Byron R. White on the U.S. Supreme Court. Gary lives in Tampa with his wife, Karen. They have three daughters.

Maureen Greene James

Maureen Greene James

Maureen Greene James is a Human Capital Leader with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC). In this role, Maureen is responsible for executing upon the strategy of the firm’s People Experience at the Tampa Enterprise Solutions Center (ESC), working closely with the ESC Market Council and leading the ESC Human Capital team.

Maureen joined PwC in October 2006 as the National IFS Human Capital Leader for the Finance business unit, creating and implementing the human capital vision and acting as the HR liaison between the national function and market HR teams. Prior to her current role, Maureen served as the National Talent Management Director within the Office of Diversity.

Maureen possesses over fifteen years of experience in human resources management, employee communications, learning and education, leadership development, recruiting, management of executive MBA associate programs, and diversity and inclusion initiatives. She is a professional member of the Society for Human Resource Management and a lifetime member of the National Association for African-Americans in Human Resources, where she proudly holds a seat on the Board of Directors as Senior Vice President of Branding & Communications. Active in her local community, Maureen is a lifetime member of the Lions Club International Foundation, and volunteers with Alpha House of Tampa. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Syracuse University, and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. Maureen also holds the Professional in Human Resources certification from the Human Resources Certification Institute.

Ricardo Forbes

Ricardo Forbes

Ricardo Forbes is the corporate vice president and chief diversity officer for Baptist Health South Florida. He is responsible for developing the strategy for diversity and inclusion programs at the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic healthcare organization. Mr. Forbes works closely with the human resources staff charged with recruiting, hiring and developing retention programs for the 14,000+ employees throughout Baptist Health. The organization has received local, regional and national recognition for its family-friendly policies, being named to Working Mother magazine’s 100 Best Companies list 16 times (placing in the top 10 the last two years) and being named one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For by FORTUNE magazine for nine years. In addition to employee diversity projects, Mr. Forbes also helps to build community outreach programs and partnerships, collaborating with government and community relations staff members.
David Jost

David Jost

David is Regional Vice President at TMP Worldwide where he oversees the Florida Region. TMP is the world‘s largest independent recruitment advertising agency and the only recruitment advertising agency recognized among the top 50 U.S. digital agencies by Advertising Age.

As the digital brand authority, TMP leads the industry in developing new technologies, strategies, and creative solutions that revolutionize the way organizations, across virtually every sector in business and government, attract and retain the best people. TMP continues to set the standard for measurable and cost-effective HR communications, ROI campaign management services, creative and employer brand management, diversity enrichment, and media planning and has refined a strategic, measurable approach to diversity and inclusion.