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Episode 108 | January 11, 2021

ISS ESG’s New Indexes Raise the Bar on Diversity & Governance

Viola Lutz, Associate Director & Head of Investor Consulting at ISS ESG

Lutz describes the new US Diversity Index, the first of its kind for US companies and directors that includes ethnicity along with gender. We also discuss the launch of the Governance QualityScore (GQS) Index family, designed to help investors identify large and mid-cap companies with strong board structure and shareholder rights as well as those […]

Episode 107 | January 4, 2021

Diversity Wins, Inclusion Matters

Eve Ellis, Wealth Advisor, William Blair

Ellis, together with Nikolay Djibankov, leads the Matterhorn Group at William Blair, a full-service wealth advisory group developing and executing sophisticated financial and philanthropic plans for individuals, businesses, and nonprofit institutions. Ellis and I talk about their two portfolios: The Gender Parity Strategy and the The Matterhorn/Refinitiv Diversity & Inclusion Strategy. Ellis explains how the […]

Episode 81 | May 5, 2020

Janet Wong: Advancing Diversity in the Boardroom

Janet Wong, CPA and Board Member of the Thirty Percent Coalition

Minority women are responsible for 40% of consumer spending in the U.S., but they make up only 2% of corporate board membership. Wong, a retired partner with KPMG, works with numerous high powered gender and minority focused nonprofits to advocate for bringing more diversity into the boardroom.

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