Esayas Wureta
Inclusion and Belonging Executive | Change Leadership | Business Transformation | Corporate Social Impact | Employee Engagement
- Role
- Head of Inclusion, Belonging, and Community Impact at CSAA Insurance Group
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Esayas Wureta
As an inclusion and belonging executive, change agent, and strategic business leader, I…
Experience
Head of Inclusion, Belonging, and Community Impact
Jan 2018 — Present · Walnut Creek, CA, US
Define and execute the diversity, inclusion, and belonging strategy and lead company-wide educational programs touching people across four business divisions. Establish community and nonprofit partnerships and drive an inclusive and engaged workplace to advance key business objectives. Manage 4 direct reports, and 8 indirect team members.• Collaborate with and advise business leaders, including the Board of Directors, CEO, CHRO, VP of Community, and Culture Leadership Councils, to shape the company’s diversity, inclusion, and social impact strategy. • Positioned CSAA as a recognized leader in diversity and community impact and achieved top rankings for diversity and best places to work with Forbes, Fair360 (DiversityInc), Seramount, Points of Light, Human Rights Campaign, Benevity, and the HR Excellence Awards. • Work closely with HR to attract, retain, develop, and advance diverse talent from underrepresented backgrounds. • Developed an innovative sponsorship program for connecting underrepresented employees with a CSAA executive to create a two-way learning opportunity. 40% of program participants successfully obtained a leadership position or moved laterally within the organization. • Consistently achieved 80%+ employee engagement and inclusion scores across annual experience surveys, surpassing other leading companies and insurance industry benchmarks. • Lead employee giving and volunteer programs, driving strategic initiatives to deepen engagement and participation in corporate philanthropy and service initiatives. Advanced the company’s strategy to build and support inclusive, vibrant, and resilient communities, achieving a 55% volunteerism rate in 2024 with a current track to expand to a 65% rate this year. • Designed and executed CSAA’s grant-making program, maintaining alignment with the company’s mission and community impact objectives, and managed a $2.5M budget for philanthropic giving.
Education
Clark University
Master of Arts (MA)
Frostburg State University
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Skills
- Training & Development
- Change Management
- Youth Development
- Diversity Training
- Leadership
- Grant Writing
- Fundraising
- Public Policy
- Diversity Recruitment
- Nonprofits
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Volunteer Management
- Training
- Public Speaking
- Peer Mentoring
- Grants
- Capacity Building
- Public Health
- Social Services
- Strategic Planning
- Program Evaluation
- Event Planning
- Qualitative Research
- Data Analysis
- Proposal Writing
- Community Outreach
- Community Development
- Nonprofit Organizations
- International Development
- Training Delivery
- Communication
- Community Organizing
- Program Development
- Management
- Program Management
- International Relations
- Equality & Diversity
- Intercultural Communication
- Ngos
- Policy
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