Governance
05/04/2016

Getting Diverse Candidates to the C-Suite


*This video was originally published in Bank Director digital magazine in February, 2016.

U.S. Bank has a diverse workforce. It has a diverse board. But where it lacks diversity is the C-suite. U.S. Bank’s head of human resources, Jennie Carlson, talks about the bank’s strategy to change that.

She discusses:

  • U.S. Bank’s strategy for finding diverse candidates for the C-suite
  • The natural biases that every person has
  • Surprising demographic data that U.S. Bank found

WRITTEN BY

Naomi Snyder

Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief Naomi Snyder is in charge of the editorial coverage at Bank Director. She oversees the magazine and the editorial team’s efforts on the Bank Director website, newsletter and special projects. She has more than two decades of experience in business journalism and spent 15 years as a newspaper reporter. She has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.