Powerful Ways to Take Action on DE&I

Recorded On: 06/17/2021

As organizations strive to integrate diversity, equity and inclusion into everything they do, we all have an important role to play. Team members must model inclusive behavior and incorporate the essential leadership components of transparency, accountability and power sharing. Join us for an interactive session to explore your role in building an inclusive team, creating equitable systems & processes and generating organizational accountability to equity

After participating in this session, you will be able to:

Discuss the business case for an intentional focus on inclusion and belonging;
Explore best practices for creating an inclusive work environment;
Gain tools and resources toward identifying organizational inequities and implement internal strategies to advance equity in your operations.

This session/course/webinar is eligible for 1 clock hour towards CEM recertification.

IAEE webinars are complementary for IAEE members and $49 for non-members.

Emily Holthaus

Managing Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Nonprofit HR

As Managing Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Emily Holthaus, recently joined Nonprofit HR from the YMCA of the USA where she served as the organization’s Director of Multicultural Leadership Development. In that role, Emily was responsible for designing, implementing and measuring the Y’s nationwide strategy to ensure that its 250,000-person workforce reflected the diverse communities that it serves through a broad range of programs, training and strategic systems change. Her work required her to partner closely with other DEI leaders across the Y in addition to HR leaders and other C-suite leaders across the US.

Prior to that role, Emily served in several leadership positions in various nonprofits including Vice President of Operations, Executive Director, and National Director of Social Responsibility roles. Since joining the Nonprofit HR team, Emily has led numerous engagements aimed at helping our clients define, manage and implement their DEI strategies, priorities and organizational-wide initiatives.