Toyota Names Jyoti Chopra and Howard W. Buffett to Its North American Diversity Advisory Board
November 10 2015 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Toyota Motor North America today announced that it has named
Jyoti Chopra, Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion for BNY
Mellon, and Howard W. Buffett, a lecturer in International and
Public Affairs at Columbia University, to its North American
Diversity Advisory Board.
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Toyota Motor North America names Howard
W. Buffett, a lecturer in International and Public Affairs at
Columbia University, to its North American Diversity Advisory
Board. (Photo: Howard W. Buffett)
Created in 2002, Toyota’s Diversity Advisory Board plays an
integral role in fostering a more diverse and inclusive culture at
the company. Working closely with the organization’s senior
leadership, the Advisory Board helps drive adoption of best
practices and ensures executive accountability. Led by former U.S.
Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman, the Advisory Board members are
among the country's most recognized leaders in diversity and
related fields.
“Toyota believes that diversity and inclusion are business
imperatives that drive innovation and create value for both our
business and our society,” said Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota Motor
North America. “With international leaders in diversity and
inclusion, public policy, economic development and community
relations among its members, our Diversity Advisory Board greatly
strengthens our D&I efforts with its peerless guidance and deep
commitment to our success.”
“Jyoti is a powerful addition to our Board, with her extensive
global experience developing corporate diversity and inclusion
initiatives along with her hands-on experience in guiding them to
success,” said Toyota’s Chief Social Innovation Officer Latondra
Newton. “Howard brings a fresh new perspective to our board –
offering a millennial viewpoint that is increasingly shaping the
American workplace and his deep expertise in international
development, global philanthropy and sustainable progress is
remarkable.”
Ms. Chopra said, “Toyota recognizes that its success depends on
having employees, suppliers and partners who reflect the growing
diversity of the marketplace. I look forward to working with my new
board colleagues and Toyota’s senior leadership to help the company
continue to successfully serve its fast-evolving customer
base.”
Mr. Buffett said, “I’m honored to join such a distinguished
group of advisors and to work with a company that is clearly
committed to advancing diversity and inclusion for the benefit of
its business and society. Despite important progress in its
diversity and inclusion work, Toyota recognizes that there is more
to be done. I look forward to helping them achieve their ambitious
goals.”
Ms. Chopra is Managing Director and the Global Head of
Diversity and Inclusion at BNY Mellon. She leads the company’s
award-winning diversity and inclusion practice, including
overseeing its D&I strategy and implementation, advancing
diversity training and serving on its Global Diversity &
Inclusion Council. In addition, she is a member of the company’s
Operating Committee, and serves as the company’s representative to
the Global Talent and Diversity Council of the Asia Society. Prior
to her tenure at BNY Mellon, Ms. Chopra served as the global leader
for communications and public relations at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Limited. In 2011, she led the development of Deloitte’s first
global diversity report. Earlier in her career, she served as
Managing Director and Head of Communications for the Americas and
the Global Bank at Merrill Lynch and also worked for the United
Nations and UNICEF.
Mr. Buffett is a lecturer in International and Public
Affairs at Columbia University, where he teaches management
techniques to improve the effectiveness of international
development, foreign aid and global philanthropy. Mr. Buffett also
serves on the Management Advisory Board for the Earth Institute at
Columbia, a research institution that advances sustainable
development programs. Previously, Mr. Buffett was the Executive
Director of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, which works to
improve the lives of impoverished and marginalized populations
across Africa and Latin America. Before that, he served in the U.S.
Department of Defense, overseeing agriculture-based economic
stabilization and redevelopment programs in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Mr. Buffett also served as a Policy Advisor for
the White House Domestic Policy Council. While in government, Mr.
Buffett developed “Social Value Investing”, a management framework
that makes organizations more effective and accountable to the
communities they serve. Mr. Buffett is a Term Member of the Council
on Foreign Relations, and co-authored the New York Times
best-selling book 40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry
World.
In addition to Ms. Chopra and Mr. Buffett, the Advisory Board is
comprised of five other members:
- Alexis Herman, Chair, became the
first African American to lead the Labor Department when President
Clinton named her Secretary of Labor in 1997. One of the nation’s
most recognized thought leaders in strategic corporate diversity,
Ms. Herman currently serves as Chair and Chief Executive Officer of
New Ventures, Inc., and lends her expertise as a board member to
several corporate and nonprofit organizations. She is also the
Chairwoman of The Coca-Cola Company's Diversity Task Force and an
online columnist for Monster.com.
- Phyllis Campbell who is the
Chairman of Pacific Northwest for JPMorgan Chase, serves on
JPMorgan Chase’s Executive Committee and is the firm’s senior
executive in Washington, Oregon and Idaho across business lines.
She was previously President and CEO of the Seattle Foundation and
President of the U.S. Bank of Washington from 1993 to 2001. Ms.
Campbell has received many prestigious awards for her community
service work, including the Woman Who Makes A Difference Award from
the International Women's Forum, and the 2006 Lifetime Achievement
Award from City Year.
- Gilbert Casellas served as the
Chief Diversity Officer for Dell Inc., responsible for the
company's global diversity, sustainability and corporate
philanthropy functions. He previously served as Chairman of the
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and General Counsel of
the U.S. Department of the Air Force and Co-Chairman of the U.S.
Census Monitoring Board. In addition to his service to Toyota’s
Diversity Advisory Board, he also served on the Joint Diversity
Advisory Council of Comcast Corporation, Coca-Cola Company’s
Diversity Task Force and on the board of directors of the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. In 2009, he was appointed
by President Obama to serve as a civilian member of the Military
Leadership Diversity Commission.
- James Lowry is President of his
own private consulting firm, James H. Lowry & Associates, and
is currently a senior advisor for the Boston Consulting Group
(BCG). He was previously the Global Diversity Director for BCG,
leading the firm's workforce diversity, ethnic marketing and
minority business-development consulting efforts. He's been a host
of two nationally syndicated TV programs: Inside Bedford Stuyvesant
and Minority Business Report. Mr. Lowry is also an adjunct
professor at the J.L. Kellogg School of Management, and has served
as the Chairman of the Chicago Public Library Board, a member of
the board of directors for Howard University and is an inductee
into the Minority Business Hall of Fame.
- Federico Peña has served in the
Colorado State House of Representatives, as Mayor of the City and
County of Denver, and has held two cabinet positions in the Clinton
Administration – Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of
Energy. He's now an investment banker for Vestar Capital Partners
in Denver. Before entering public service, Mr. Peña worked as a
lawyer for a number of Hispanic groups. In addition to his service
on Toyota’s Diversity Advisory Board, he also serves on the boards
of Border Media Partners and Sonic Corp.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM), the world's top automaker and creator of the
Prius and the Mirai fuel cell vehicle, is committed to building
vehicles for the way people live through our Toyota, Lexus
and Scion brands. Over the past 50 years, we’ve built
more than 25 million cars and trucks in North America, where we
operate 14 manufacturing plants (10 in the U.S.) and directly
employ more than 42,000 people (more than 33,000 in the
U.S.). Our 1,800 North American dealerships (1,500 in the
U.S.) sold more than 2.67 million cars and trucks (more than 2.35
million in the U.S.) in 2014 – and about 80 percent of all Toyota
vehicles sold over the past 20 years are still on the road
today.
Toyota partners with philanthropic organizations across the
country, with a focus on education, safety and the
environment. As part of this commitment, we share the
company’s extensive know-how garnered from building great cars and
trucks to help community organizations and other nonprofits expand
their ability to do good. For more information about Toyota, visit
www.toyotanewsroom.com.
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