Research and Insights Archive

Research and Insights from the Center for Effective Organizations

Marcie Murakami

Marcie Murakami

Marcie leads Operations at CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion, the largest US CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion within the workplace. In this role, she is responsible for developing DEI programs, offerings and resources designed...

Beibei Li

Beibei Li

Beibei Li MISO Energy Caregiver ERG Co-Founder | Caregiver Advocate I manage a team that performs strategic assessment based on trends and drivers for the Electricity Energy industry. Beyond my professional life, I’m also a member of the “sandwich generation”,...

Christophe Beck

Christophe Beck

Christophe Beck is chairman and chief executive officer of Ecolab, the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and the resources vital to life. He guides Ecolab’s 47,000 associates as they provide unique...

Heather Ainsworth

Heather Ainsworth

Heather has been on the front lines of building caregiver-friendly workplaces for 20 years, working with clients from Fortune 100 to start-ups. She has built some of the largest child care businesses in the U.S, including KinderCare and AuPairCare, co-founded an...

Edward Yen

Edward Yen

Edward Yen, best known as Eddie, currently works as the Assistant Executive Officer at the Executive Office (EO) that oversees the administration of the Board of Supervisors. The Executive Office manages technology, staffing, procurement and facilities, as well as the...

Dara Smith

Dara Smith

Ms. Smith has been in public service for the County of Los Angeles for over 24 years, working her way through various audit, budget, employee relations, human resources, and operational positions. As Director, she oversees the Legal, Exemptions, Assessment, and Public...

Ivan H. Lee

Ivan H. Lee

Ivan Lee (he/him) has been creating business transformation and social impact for 15+ years at companies like Apple and T-Mobile. He's led interdisciplinary teams in corporate social responsibility, environmental social governance, learning and organizational...

Nichole J. Thompson

Nichole J. Thompson

NICHOLE J. THOMPSON is a SVP and Diversity & Inclusion Manager, partnering with the Head of Global Employee Networks to drive the end-to-end strategy of Bank of America’s 11 Employee Networks (EN) with more than 110,000+ members and allies. In this capacity,...

Kelsie Colley

Kelsie Colley

Kelsie (she/her) is an Industrial Organizational Psychologist, ABD. As the People Research Consultant at Zoom and the global lead of Neurodiversity at Zoom Affinity Group, she's on a relentless quest to bring the scientist-practitioner model to life. Kelsie leverages...

Jim Morris

Jim Morris

Jim has 30 years of experience working and leading in purpose-driven consulting organizations. Jim now works with leaders to develop and hone their inclusion skills, while helping their organizations make sure their work sticks at a systemic level. He facilitates,...

Shaun Harper

Shaun Harper

Shaun Harper is one of the nation’s most highly respected diversity, equity, and inclusion experts. He is a tenured professor in the Marshall School of Business and in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. He also is founder and...

Raymond B. Eby

Raymond B. Eby

Ray Eby serves as INW’s CEO.  Prior to joining INW, Ray spent the early part of his career at 3M Company, where he served in a variety of business, finance, legal/compliance and M&A-related roles.  Most recently, Ray led a wide range of businesses for 3M Company,...