Respect Leads: BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee's chief diversity officer featured at annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast
Chris Zappia |
Lipscomb University will host its annual breakfast honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at its Spark facility located in downtown Nashville on Jan. 18, 2018.
Ronald Harris, vice president of diversity and inclusion at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, will be the featured speaker. The breakfast begins at 8 a.m. at Spark, located at 147 Fourth Avenue North. Tickets are $35 per person or $350 per table.
Harris will provide insight on the global corporation’s work in serving an evolving base of multicultural consumers, strengthening its pipeline to recruit, retain and advance diverse talent, and supporting minority business owners and community initiatives through citizenship engagement.
During his 30-year-tenure at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Harris has held a number of different management level positions. As vice president of diversity and inclusion, Harris’s goal is to cultivate a corporate culture where diversity and inclusion are aligned with the company’s corporate strategies and values. Among other accolades over his career, Harris was nominated for the Robert Shaw Symbol of Hope Award. He has also been featured in the Equal Opportunity Publication, as well as the African American Career World Magazines.
Harris is not just a strong role model for the African American community, he is also a strong advocate for women’s rights. In 2015, he was named to Chattanooga's “Top five men promoting women in Chattanooga,” list by the Chattanooga's Leadership Institute. Ronald frequently serves as an expert speaker at business functions and conferences nationwide on diversity topics that impact the workplace. His presentations address issues such as generational diversity, disability awareness, stereotypes, effective cross-cultural communication, religion in the workplace and the business case for diversity.
Presented by the Lipscomb University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Department of Communication and Journalism in partnership with The Council on Workforce Innovation and National Organization for Workforce Diversity.
To order tickets, visit www.lipscomb.edu/diversitybreakfast.