James Applegate
Organizational Culture, People Experience, and Inclusive Leadership Consultant and Coach | People and Culture Champion | Your DEI Minute™ Podcast Co-Host | Licensed Social Worker
- Role
- Vice President at Equity At Work
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About James Applegate
I’m a firm believer that if you take care of your people, your people will take care of you. I help leaders build organizational cultures that engage their people and set their teams up to exceed their goals.At Equity At Work, we create innovative solutions for even the most complex organizational culture and people experience challenges. We are the consulting firm senior executives trust for customized strategies, first-of-their kind dashboards, and partnership in their culture and people journeys. Our clients outperform their peers in revenue and margin growth, return on invested capital, engagement and retention. Throughout my career in the nonprofit sector, I’ve taken teams where employees feel disengaged, voiceless, and powerless and transformed them into thriving environments in which team members are seen, heard, valued, and empowered to do their best work. For leaders: I help design diverse, equitable, and inclusive cultures that will center people, foster belonging, and drive operational success. For organizations: I build systems and roadmaps that will transform you workplace into one where each person can be their authentic self and feel empowered to use their voice to push the company forward.I’m also a fan of spending time with my wife and daughter and eating the best sandwiches I can find (recommendations always welcome).
Experience
Vice President
Oct 2025 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US
Equity at Work helps companies create more stronger workplaces. We develop organizational culture and people experience strategies that align with our clients’ business objectives, values, and culture and work alongside them to operationalize culture and people priorities into all day-to-day activities.Lead business operations activities, including budgeting, payroll, and invoicing; HR policies; performance management and people development; and technology administration.Lead business development activities, including project sales and client acquisition and retention.Partner with private and public companies, nonprofit organizations, and government entities and provide customized organizational culture and people experience consulting services: Assessments and Analytics (Tableau and PowerBI); Culture and Experience Strategies, Processes, and Roadmaps; Communications and Implementation Plans; Change Management; Implementation and Operations
Education
Haverford College
BA, History, Economics
2007 — 2011
Cornell University
Compensation Studies Certificiate
Indiana University Indianapolis
Master of Social Work - MSW, Advanced Generalist
2017 — 2020
Skills
- Public Speaking
- Esl
- Program Evaluation
- Community Outreach
- Volunteer Management
- Tutoring
- Microsoft Office
- Nonprofits
- Program Development
- Education
- Youth Development
- Editing
- Tefl
- International Education
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