Council Overview
The Diversity and Inclusion Council is committed to creating awareness about the competitive advantage of having a diverse and inclusive regional business climate through employer education, talent recruitment, and procurement.
The Council seeks to assist employers by advancing best practices to create a culture of inclusion and grow the economy for all. In order to create an inclusive culture, it’s critical that members use a shared language. To that end, each Council member is required to attend the Racial Equity Impact Analysis training. This training ensures that each Council member has a common, foundational understanding of diversity and inclusion from which to approach Council work.
Please provide us with some more information to help reach our goals.
Our mission includes:
- Create a diverse and inclusive regional business climate to enhance innovation.
- The Council achieves its mission by advancing best practices that enable employers to:
- Leverage diversity for competitive advantage
- Promote a workplace culture of inclusion and engagement
- Continue to target Workforce Investment Board resources for training programs matching regional priorities and targeted industry sectors, including:
- Incumbent worker training
- On the job training
- Create professional licensing program for immigrants and refugees
Programming:
The 2019 Council programming is across four topic areas: Human Resources, Communications, Community Commitment, and Procurement. Council members work in groups or Centers of Excellence to develop and advance strategies for each topic area.
- Human Resources Center of Excellence – people, practices and policies in harmony with the diverse cultures represented in the market and community.
- Community and Philanthropy Center of Excellence – fair and equitable distribution of company resources benefiting communities in need.
- Communication Center of Excellence – internal and external messaging intended to convey company commitment, status and progress in the development and maintenance of inclusive & diverse culture.
- Procurement Center of Excellence – fair and equitable processes for acquisition of goods and services, resulting in a diverse supply chain reflective of the market and community.
Partnership Staff
Council Members
- Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
- M&T Bank
- United Way of Buffalo & Erie County
- Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
- Erie County Medical Center Corporation
- Bank on Buffalo
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- People Inc.
- Evergreen Health Sevices
- Buffalo City Mission
- University Pediatric Dentistry
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
- Inspired Global Resources
- Crowley Webb and Associates
- Elderwood
- Cannon Design
- Child & Family Services
- Buffalo Games, Inc.
- AAA Western and Central New York
- Hurwitz & Fine, P.C.
- Diversified Labor Solutions
- Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
- PCB Piezotronics Inc. – MTS Systems Coproration
- Buffalo State, State University of New York
- Say Yes Buffalo
- Power Drives, Inc.
- Erie Community College
- D’Youville College
- Northwest Bank
- Harris Beach, PLLC
- Evans Bank, N.A.
- Buffalo Prep
- Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC
- Independent Health
- Phillips Lytle LLP
- Gross Schuman P.C.
- Tipping Point Communications
- KeyBank
- Medaille College
- Ingram Micro, Inc.
- The National Federation for Just Communities of WNY
- Bank of America
- Trocaire College
- Seneca Gaming Corporation
Thank You To Our Sponsors
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SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
- BOND, SCHOENECK AND KING PLLC
- BUFFALO CITY MISSION
- BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY LIBRARY
- EVERGREEN HEALTH
- HURWITZ & FINE, PC
- INDEPENDENT HEALTH