Chris Steadley
Director at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Role
- Director, Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Gates Foundation
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris Steadley
Visionary, purpose-driven leader with passion for social impact and change. I bring a record of leading and developing top performing teams, building capabilities that increase and sustain performance, and collaborating with leaders to address complex problems. Both practical and innovative, I am an expert in development of data-driven strategies on organization development, human capital, diversity, equity, and inclusion, business development, customer experience, and product/service innovation. High-impact results include: Establishment and leadership of a global DEI center of excellence and team of practitioners that positively impacted disparities across hiring, retention, promotion, and engagement KPIs Enabling a global DEI ecosystem of ERGs, inclusion councils, and leadership forums that helped embed DEI across all areas of the business Developing and implementing strategies that increased spend with minority-owned suppliers, and engagement in local communities Leading triple-digit growth of strategy consulting portfolios in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest markets
Experience
Director, Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Jun 2023 — Present
Education
The George Washington University
MS, Systems Engineering
2006 — 2008
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
MBA, Marketing and International Business
2009 — 2012
Virginia Tech
BS, Management Science
1996 — 2001
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