Employee Network Groups are grass-roots groups that organize both in-person and online to promote DEI initiatives within the firm. While the activities in these groups are driven by employees, they are supported by leadership and provide our employees an “Opportunity to Have an Impact” as noted in our People Promises.
Hear from Megan Kingston, DEI Leader
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Experienced Hire Network
Hear from Chris Payne
The Experience Hire Network’s mission is to help experienced hires successfully transition into Protiviti and provide them with the right resources for a successful start within the firm.

Highlighted Event: The Lessons from Leadership event hosted by the Experienced Hire Network focused on personal branding and provided practical tips to employees on how to become and stay successful  at Protiviti.
Chris Payne,
MD Sponsor
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Gender Equality in Technology & IT (GET IT)
GET IT aims to address the unique challenges people face when pursuing careers in technology and strives to create greater gender diversity in those fields.

Highlighted Event: GET IT Panel Discussion: Active Allyship in Tech. GET IT hosted a virtual panel and small group discussion on the topic of what it means to be an active ally in tech. This virtual discussion provided an opportunity to discuss how anyone can  become active allies and advocates to further improve diversity of underrepresented groups and women in technology.
Tony Samer,
MD Sponsor
Sharon Stufflebeme,
MD Sponsor
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Hear from Grace Hinton, GET IT Leader  
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Growth and Retention of Women in the Workplace (iGROWW)
Naomi Wolak,
MD Sponsor
iGROWW provides a workplace community for women employees and a forum to enhance employee success, with initiatives focused on the recruiting, mentoring, growth, and retention of women.

Highlighted Event: The iGROWW and Multicultural Employee Networking Groups hosted a webinar, Intersectionality: How Gender Converges with Our Diverse Identities and the Impacts of Bias. Deborah Munster and Bridgette Scales from Seramount (Diversity Best Practices) discussed how to take time to learn more about identities, microaggressions, and biases.
Hear from Naomi Wolak  
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Multicultural Network (MENG)
The Multicultural Network (MENG) promotes an inclusive working environment and creates a network in which employees of all cultures, races, religions, nationalities, and ethnicities feel accepted and valued.

Highlighted Event: Juneteenth Webinar — the Multicultural Employee Networking Group hosted a panel for a group of employees to share their stories, as well as their perspectives on structural racism and its impact on the Black community.
Kevin Khan,
MD Sponsor
Shelley Metz-Galloway,
MD Sponsor
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Hear from Natasha Barnes, MENG Leader
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ASPIRE (Asian Social Professional Initiative and Resourceful Employees)
Elaine Zhou,
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The Asian Social Professional Initiatives and Resourceful Employees group vision is to enhance the presence and influence of Pan-Asian professionals at Protiviti and beyond.

Highlighted Event: ASPIRE celebrated Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month with a guest speaker from the White House who discussed the White House’s work in the #StopAsianHate movement. Weekly educational themes, AAPI Leadership spotlights and an Asian cooking session were also shared.
Associate Director Sponsor
Hear from Elaine Zhou
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BEING (Black Employee Inclusion Network Group)
The Black Employee Inclusion Network Group vision is to cultivate leaders within Protiviti through practiced inclusion and advancement opportunities for employees who identify as Black and/or African American, ultimately demonstrating Protiviti’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Highlighted Event: BEING volunteered with the Smithsonian African-American museum in a Transcribe-a-thon event in which BEING members transcribed, reviewed, and explored digitized Smithsonian collections.
Domonique Williams,
Director Sponsor
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Hear from Cara Sylvers, BEING Leader
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LHENG (Latin and Hispanic Employee Network Group)
The Latin and Hispanic Employee Network Group vision is to promote and sustain an inclusive environment where Latin/Hispanic professionals can thrive across all levels of the organization.

Highlighted Event: For National Hispanic Heritage Month, Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) CEO, Damian Rivera shared his experiences as a Latino leader and internal panelists discussed their role models, microaggressions, and how to be successful.
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Hear from Lilia Pagan Hollingsworth, LHENG Leader
Ana Truchuelo,
Director Sponsor
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Parents Network
Our Parents Network is a community for working parents at Protiviti and through this network, we empower working parents to share successes, exchange information, support transitions and tackle challenges they may be facing together.

Highlighted Event: The Parents Network hosted a renowned psychologist and writer to speak to our employees about Parenting During Uncertain Times. The speaker gave real life examples, best practices and answered direct questions from parents.
Jose Behar,
MD Sponsor
Christina Mai,
MD Sponsor
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Hear from Jose Behar  
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proPRIDE
The proPRIDE network provides a workplace community for LGBTQ+ employees and welcomes participation from both LGBTQ+ employees and allies.

Highlighted Event: The Lesbians Who Tech Summit Panel was hosted by several Protiviti Employee Networking Groups (ENGs), including GET IT, iGroww, Multicultural, and proPRIDE. The panel shared inspiration they gleaned from an earlier Lesbians Who Tech conference, including strategies for leading with diversity in mind.
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Hear from Philip Maziarz  
Philip Maziarz,
MD Sponsor
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proMIND
ProMIND aims to promote mental health and well-being and reduce the stigma of mental health challenges through open dialogue and support for one another, resource sharing, and encouraging mindful activities.

Highlighted Event: ProMIND hosted a Time to Talk series encouraging employees to connect with one another and discuss how they are doing. ProMIND also published a series sharing vulnerable personal stories surrounding their experiences with mental health, burnout, anxiety and depression.
Jennifer Colburn,
MD Sponsor
Lindsay Dart,
MD Sponsor
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Hear from Jennifer Colburn
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Veterans Network
The mission of the Veterans Network is to have a positive impact on the careers of employees with prior and ongoing military service or their spouses and to improve Protiviti’s ability to attract and retain employees from this deep and unique talent pool.

Highlighted Event: The Veterans ENG hosted a virtual panel on learning more about Protiviti Military Veterans. The panel explored the challenges Veterans face entering civilian workforce, skills that our Veterans bring to Protiviti, and how employees can support Veterans during the interview process or throughout their civilian career.
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Tony Samer,
MD Sponsor
Employee Network Groups