Tinisha Agramonte Named Chief Diversity Officer of The Walt Disney Company

DCBaker

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Here's the press release.

Tinisha Agramonte has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) of The Walt Disney Company, effective immediately. As Chief Diversity Officer, Agramonte will report to Sonia Coleman, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Agramonte will lead Disney’s diversity, equity and inclusion strategy, helping the company inspire a world of belonging through stories and storytellers who reflect the rich diversity of our world.

“Among each of our teams and in every community where we live and work around the world, Disney is committed to building a more inclusive and respectful world,” Coleman said. “Tinisha Agramonte is an integral member of our executive leadership, and a dedicated, well-respected leader within Disney. As our new CDO, Agramonte’s expansive knowledge and expertise, having worked in a variety of industries, will allow us to continue creating a welcoming environment for our employees globally.”

Agramonte joined Disney a year ago, as Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Talent Outreach & Development with Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. She is passionate about supporting military families, veterans, and first-generation college students and corporate professionals, and is known for her strategic, data-driven approach to DEI. Throughout her career she has helped organizations become more inclusive and recognize the impact DEI has on business optimization.

“I’m honored to take on this role at a beloved brand, which impacts people around the world,” Agramonte said. “Throughout my career, I’ve had the privilege to help foster environments where all voices are heard, where individuals from all backgrounds have equitable access and opportunities to thrive, and where innovation flourishes because of our collective strengths. I am proud to continue those efforts alongside our incredible leaders and employees here at Disney to optimally achieve our company’s mission to entertain, inform and inspire people around the globe through the power of unparalleled storytelling.”

Prior to joining Disney, Agramonte was named the first CDO at Motorola Solutions. She also served in senior executive positions with the federal government as the CDO and Director for the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Commerce; Assistant Administrator for Diversity, Inclusion and Civil Rights with the U.S. Small Business Administration; and Director of Diversity and Inclusion Outreach and Retention with the Department of Veterans Affairs. She architected and launched the First-Generation Professionals Initiative, a first-of-its-kind federal government diversity and inclusion program. She has nearly 30 years of experience working in the U.S., Europe, and Asia in the diversity, civil rights, equal employment opportunity, and human relations arenas as a civil servant, consultant, university instructor, and trainer/facilitator.

She holds a master’s degree in human relations from the University of Oklahoma and a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from California State East Bay.

 

TsWade2

Well-Known Member
She better not be a political activist, because Bob Iger says he’ll quiet down the noise of political agenda. So don’t be too surprise that she might tone things down a little bit.
 

Drdcm

Well-Known Member
She’s not political, is she?
She helped us attract a more diverse workforce for our department, which was honestly needed. Wasn’t really critical of us and didn’t try to dismantle things, but did advise and provide some some pretty reasonable solutions on how to incentivize more people to apply with us that led to us obtaining high quality staff. She seemed to be more solution focused rather than problem focused, which I greatly prefer.
 

TsWade2

Well-Known Member
She helped us attract a more diverse workforce for our department, which was honestly needed. Wasn’t really critical of us and didn’t try to dismantle things, but did advise and provide some some pretty reasonable solutions on how to incentivize more people to apply with us that led to us obtaining high quality staff. She seemed to be more solution focused rather than problem focused, which I greatly prefer.
Well, alright. I’ll give her a fair chance, but Like I said, she better not be political driven. But I’ll give her a fair chance.😉
 

TsWade2

Well-Known Member
Trying to achieve a diverse workforce isn’t inherently political.
Well, Latondra did on video last year is political which is why she is fired or laid off, so if Tinisha is not political, then maybe she's going to tone things down so the company has higher stocks again. Sorry, but Bob Iger is learning his lesson. The culture wars have to end and DIsney needs to be apolitical, meaning being neautral.
 

TsWade2

Well-Known Member
For every hire you pick due to diversity, you deny a qualified person a job because they were the "wrong" ethnicity or sex.
It's entirely political.
It's entirely wrong.
Exactly! So I think and hope that Tinisha will be a better Diversity Officer than that evil Latondra Newton.

To be honest, I was kind of hoping this position would go unfilled...but I guess we'll have to see if they continue down the Lightyear and Strange World path. They would be wise to shift from that.
Since Lightyear and Strange World flop, and Elemental is a box office success and most likely Wish, I think Disney is shifting away from that. Slowly, but surely.
 

TsWade2

Well-Known Member
Even though I’m hoping she’s not a political activist like LaTondra Newton, I’m giving Tinisha a fair chance. And I hope she does that in a respectful way.
 

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