Experts from Grads of Life will explain the benefits of hiring and developing often overlooked “Opportunity Talent,” such as young adults without a 4-year degree, persons with disabilities, veterans, formerly incarcerated individuals, and individuals with DACA status. The webinar will review the Opportunity Employment Principles and feature real-life business cases from Micron Technologies and Bank of America. Any business leader who is working to build a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable organization should attend.

Presenters:

• Dwight Powery, National Site Director, Year Up
• Krysta Sadowski, Director of Advisory Services, Grads of Life

Business Case Study Speakers:

• Zuzana Steen, Academic and Community Relations Senior Manager, Micron Technology
• Camille John, D&I Enterprise Head of Underrepresented Ethnic Talent Strategy, Bank of America

About the Racial and Social Equity Webinar Series

The Greater Washington Board of Trade’s Racial and Social Equity Webinar Series will provide business leaders across the region the knowledge and tools they need to build more diverse, inclusive, and equitable organizations. It will help leaders identify drivers of inequity and injustice and take concrete steps towards being agents of positive change.

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