From DEI to DEIB: Emphasizing Belonging and Purpose

Chris Pinto, managing director for Alder Street Collective, has led meaningful marketing, communication & diversity, equity & inclusion efforts throughout his 25-year career, weaving an intentional narrative that brings everyone along wherever he goes. As a senior marketing & communications executive, Pinto has been at the forefront of transformational communication efforts in times of change and crisis.  He helped to launch and establish the Accenture brand and lead marketing & communication efforts at Dell Technologies during the COVID Pandemic. Most recently, in the aftermath of tumultuous societal discord in 2020, he served as the lead DEI Communicator for Deloitte US.  Believer in the power of the written word, Pinto understands the vital role that communicators serve in advancing organizational success while inspiring hearts and minds along the way.  

Leela Stake is a senior partner at FleishmanHillard and global lead of the TRUE MOSAIC global diversity, equity and inclusion practice, a team of 130+ counselors with diverse lived experience and deep professional expertise. Leela is a multiracial executive with a two-decade track record of delivering results, empowering teams, and helping companies, foundations and organizations achieve greater purpose and DE&I as they grow. Leela works on the leading edge of pressing issues facing people and our planet, including education, environmental sustainability, equity, responsible tech, women’s empowerment and workforce development. She oversees FH4Inclusion, the agency’s global pro-bono initiative, which has contributed 40,000 hours to 150+ nonprofit organizations. She is chair of the National Advisory Board at Stanford University’s Haas Center for Public Service.  

Kimberly Henderson is a Senior Leader, Equity, Inclusion & Diversity at Mars leading North America Equity, Inclusion and Diversity initiatives and strategies. Certified by Cornell’s DEI for HR and McKinsey’s Leadership Academy professional programs, Kimberly brings industry learnings coupled with driving daily efficiencies and engagements that maintain and strengthen the true authenticity and culture for all Associates, specifically through EI&D programs geared to distribute the best equitable opportunities within the organization to promote the insurance of perspective, that may differ from the status quo. Kimberly completed her Undergraduate in Human-Computer Interaction and Master’s in Business Information Technology degrees at DePaul University. Kimberly has been a standing contributor to the eCornell Diversity Symposiums held with faculty and experts brought together to explore today's most pressing topics including equity, unconscious bias, psychological safety, inclusive leadership, and cross-cultural conversations. Kimberly is a member of the DEI Board, known for leading peer insights with some of the world's largest companies and Board Member, Business Department Advisory Council , City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College. Kimberly is dedicated to promoting EI&D’s bold goals aiming directly to engage with Associates and core business leaders to ensure the actioning of an inclusive and diverse business practices to elevate the multiple levels of the business internally, balancing it with partnerships externally. A proven track record when it comes to being the conduit, being intentional in efforts to nurturing a diverse workforce; Kimberly is leading programs that drive overall employee belonging and satisfaction, specifically building an operational framework to serve as the foundation for aligning purpose, people, process as a collected effort with the North American Associate Resource Groups (ARGs), to support their impactful and inclusive work.