Toni Lowe of Huge — Centering Equity in your DEI Journey

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At the most recent edition of the North American HR Executive Summit we sat down with Toni Lowe, the Chief Diversity Equity Inclusion Officer at Huge, a creative consultancy that works with organizations ranging from Google and Nike to Audi and the NBA. Toni hosted a themed lunch discussion on the importance of Equity as the foundation upon which all DEI programming should be built upon, and in this interview she shares some of the most important takeaways from that conversation. The acronym of DEI sometimes lumps things together in a way that clouds issues and makes it difficult to prioritize work that HR practitioners can and should do to move their cultures forward. Toni makes a powerful case that Diversity and Inclusion cannot be achieved if Equity has not already been addressed and included on an ongoing basis, but what does that look like in real terms? Give this episode a listen!

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Toni Lowe
Chief Diversity Equity Inclusion Officer at Huge

Toni Howard Lowe is a global diversity equity & inclusion and human resource executive practitioner with 20+ years of innovative, transformational leadership experience supporting Fortune 100 and world-class companies. As a trusted people advocate, she challenges organizations to maximize their full potential, create value, and advocate for a inclusive employee experience. With experience working across multiple industries, Toni is seen as an advisor to CEOs, executive teams, and boards of directors on workplace culture, diversity, organizational change, and talent strategies. A modern leader, Toni is known for engaging and growing top talent and creating high performing, dynamic and diverse teams. Because of Toni’s years of championing diverse professionals, she has been an invited lecturer, panelist, instructor, workshops facilitator on issues of equity, Inclusion and diversity at multiple institutions of higher education, corporations and professional organizations. Toni’s LinkedIn courses on the topics of DE&I have garnered more than half a million learners globally. In addition, Toni’s insights have also been featured in many national media outlets.