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Notable Names – MAXINE SWAYNE

May 10, 2022

Maxine Swayne is a financial services executive and the new chief administrative officer (CAO) of diversity, equity, and inclusion for U.S. Bank. Swayne has years of diverse leadership experience defining business problems and executing integrative solutions in consensus building, risk management, and relationship building across diverse teams with multiple Fortune 100 and 500 companies.…

Promoting the Power of Philanthropy

September 26, 2019

By Angela Lindsay August is Black Philanthropy Month, created in August 2011 by Dr. Jackie Bouvier Copeland, co-founder of the Pan-African Women’s Philanthropy Network as an annual global celebration of African-descent giving. While these facts may be news to some, Foundation for the Carolinas (FFTC) is well aware of the occasion, and chose to observe it this year by celebrating and highlighting the work of one of its special programs that has been serving the Charlotte community for a quarter of a century.…

Tips from the Pros: Creating Workplace Diversity

June 27, 2018

By Kallan Louis Diversity in the workplace is more than just a matter of the morally right thing to do. It is an invaluable resource for business owners that can create a pipeline to top talent and ideas. A study from the Harvard Business Review discovered that some of the most heavily relied upon methods to cultivate workplace diversity, including mandatory diversity training, are some of the least effective ways to transform companies into more inclusive environments.…