The Business of DEI: A Positively Disruptive Conversation w/ Amelia Hardy - SVP Chief Inclusion, Diversity and Talent Acquisition Officer at Best Buy | The DEI Disruptors
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Join us as we have a conversation about business, marketing, and DEI with SVP Chief Inclusion, Diversity and Talent Acquisition Officer at Best Buy, Amelia Hardy. Gain insights into her amazing shift from general business efforts to diversity equity and inclusion and how she's integrated the two!
Amelia Hardy is the chief inclusion and diversity officer and senior vice president at Best Buy. In this role, she oversees the company’s strategy for creating and sustaining a more equitable environment and workforce, both at Best Buy and in the communities we serve and is responsible for building an inclusive culture companywide that is also representative of the customers that we serve. Her responsibilities include ID&E, Talent Acquisition and ESG coordination.
Most recently, she served as Best Buy’s vice president of strategic community engagement, guiding the company’s work to connect with the community and drive change with external partners in multiple areas of ESG. She has also served in several other leadership positions at Best Buy, including senior director of health partnerships and director of brand marketing.
Prior to joining Best Buy in 2014, Amelia held a variety of leadership roles at Fortune 100 companies, including 14 years at 3M. Her career experiences include marketing, strategy, brand management, p&l management and product commercialization.
She currently serves on multiple national and community boards including the Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities, MEDA, The Cowles Center, the Northside Achievement Zone and Minnesota Community Care.
Amelia earned her bachelor’s degree from Xavier University of Louisiana and has a master of business administration degree from Tulane University. She has been honored as one of the Top 100 national leaders in DEI, Power 50 and Notable Executives in the Twin Cities.
The podcast is hosted by Dr. Britney Scott, a physician, black belt in lean six sigma, DEI process improvement thought leader and enthusiast. She is also the founder of The Clinic Doctor consulting practice where they create systems that sustain diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces. The podcast is powered by The Clinic Doctor.
The Clinic Doctor is a process improvement consulting firm that specializes in diversity, equity, and inclusion within healthcare. We use process improvement to help you create happier employees and better bottomline. Connect with us at info@clinicdoctorconsulting.com or learn more about us at www.clinicdoctorconsulting.com.
Connect with Dr. Scott on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/theclinicdoctor/.
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Connect with our guest:
Amelia Hardy: Linkedin-https://www.linkedin.com/in/amelia-williams-hardy-9015994/, Email- Amelia.Hardy@bestbuy.com
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