Research and Insights Archive

Research and Insights from the Center for Effective Organizations

Kathryn Coleman

Kathryn Coleman

Dr. Kathryn J. Coleman has over 20 years of experience in talent acquisition, diversity, strategy, policy, and project management. As Senior Vice President of Talent, Learning, and Insights, she leads a global cross-functional team that brings together experts to...

Miguel Rocha

Miguel Rocha

Miguel Rocha leads and supports seven business resource groups at Mortenson including AAPI, Black BRG, Building with Pride, Latinos Unidos, Mosaic, Vets, and Women. Additionally, he serves as a leader for Mortenson’s DEI Champions and National Outreach Partners that...

Teron Buford

Teron Buford

Teron is a passionate champion of inclusion, intercultural awareness, and valuing diversity in its many forms. He finds joy in empowering and providing resources to historically underrepresented and underserved populations while also helping allied powerholders...

McKenzie Watts

McKenzie Watts

McKenzie is an award-winning Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion professional with more than 10 years of experience within professional sports, including minor league baseball​ and hockey, the NFL, and ​is currently ​with the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, as the Diversity and...

Courtney Schroeder

Courtney Schroeder

Courtney Schroeder is General Mills’ Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (DI&B). In this role, Courtney is responsible for building on General Mills 30-year legacy of diversity and inclusion leadership. During his time in DI&B, Courtney launched the...

John Guttery

John Guttery

John Guttery is senior vice president of Enterprise Initiatives for Ecolab Inc., the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and vital resources. He leads enterprise-wide projects that advance the company’s...

Carliss Miller

Carliss Miller

Dr. Carliss Miller is a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) scholar-practitioner leading strategic efforts to elevate inclusion and belonging–humanity–in organizations. After a decade in academia as a management professor and diversity-leadership scholar, Carliss...

Jennifer Soderholm

Jennifer Soderholm

Jenny has over 31 years of healthcare fundraising and development experience. Before joining Children’s Minnesota, she served as executive vice president and chief development officer at Planned Parenthood North Central States, where she oversaw all aspects of...

Jessica Darke

Jessica Darke

Jessica Darke (she/her/hers) is a one of the Global Pride ERG Leaders for Intuit, a member of the Intuit Transgender Advisory Board, and a product manager within the Cybercraft organization. She has been with Intuit for 17 years and recently moved from the Tucson...

Sarah Weaver

Sarah Weaver

Sarah Weaver is the Director of OD & Culture Activation at Microsoft. Sarah began her career at The Hershey Company making candy and optimizing production processes. This was quickly followed by more systemic work around quality improvements and cost savings projects...

Mary Zellmer-Bruhn

Mary Zellmer-Bruhn

Dr. Zellmer-Bruhn is the Associate Dean of MBA and MS Programs and Professor in the Work and Organizations Department of the Carlson School of Management. She received a bachelor's degree in marketing, a master's degree in management, and a Ph.D. in organizational...

Angela Spranger

Angela Spranger

Angela Spranger is the inaugural Senior Diversity Officer for the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management and the founding Director of the Center for Inclusive Excellence. Within the school, she works to shift the culture to encourage and deepen a sense...