Expand and engage my personal networks with the intent to:

• Increase my own exposure and ability to learn from and co-create opportunities with people who are racially, ethnically, and generationally different from me
• ·Identify and propose new members - with an emphasis on BIPOC (black, indigenous, people of color), Latinas and women born outside of the USA - to the IWF Chicago Membership committee

• Participating in learning events focused on diversity, equity and inclusio
•  Staying curious and noticing the impact of my words, actions and presence on others
• Exploring differences and acknowledging similarities
• Listening to understand others and being willing to share my own lived experience
• Soliciting feedback to reduce my blind spots and affirm my inclusive behaviors
• Speaking up to counter bias and inequity when I believe either to be present

Use my position as a woman of influence to empower other women, especially those underrepresented at the executive level, to advance, maintain, and return to their careers:

• Support the implementation of practices, policies and programs in my organization(s) that make it easier for women – especially BIPOC women, Latinas and caretakers – to establish, advance, maintain and return to their careers (i.e. work flexibility, performance evaluation, access to comprehensive health services, and care-giving resources and services).
• Identify 1 - 2 pre- to mid-level management women who fall outside of my familiar network. Offer to advocate for and support the advancement of her career by helping to expand her network and build her image and overall exposure.