For more than a decade, AAF Seattle diversity panels have regularly discussed why diversity-focused hiring benefits agencies and creative work, yet for all our industry’s supposed awareness, empathy, and efforts, local creative organizations are often starkly imbalanced, especially in leadership positions. Why is progress so slow?
It’s time for a different kind of diversity panel, one that will address the palpable discontent surrounding minority hiring and advancement.
Our panel will speak transparently and frankly about their organizations' diversity/inclusion efforts, their original goals, where they went wrong, what went right, and what was learned in retrospect. We'll move on to observations about the current climate around diversity and culminate with new ideas for moving forward.
Join us for the kind of fresh thinking this important cause requires.
The Moderator
Kate Kemp - Group Creative Director, HackerAgency
The Panel
Todd Bennings - Co-founder, HERE Seattle
Donté Parks - Vice President, Culture, Substantial
Brian Rauschenbach - Head of Industry & Co-founder, Add3
Martha Hiefield - Global Chief Talent Officer, POSSIBLE
Riehel Zereyhoune - Senior Manager, Client Services, Wunderman Seattle
The Yums
*Alcohol and light food included*
Catering by Chef Myisha Mastersson
The Social
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The Location
The Riveter is a new, women-focused co-working space set to formally open May 1. It was previously the home of Creature and the recent Real World Seattle.
The Sponsors
Vitamin T - Platinum Sponsor
DCG ONE - Platinum Sponsor
Arc Media Studios - Platinum Sponsor
School of Visual Concepts - Gold Sponsor
Hand Crank Films - Cocktails Sponsor
More to come…