Two HP Directors Land Savoy’s Power 300 List

ByRhea Mathew，HP News的通讯和公共关系经理

At a time when racial divisions in the U.S. – and other parts of the world – seem to be more prevalent, HP is quietly taking pride in the work that it’s doing to bring about change. For a company the size of HP, one of the areas where it can have the biggest impact is in its hiring practices – from entry-level positions to the executive ranks.

Diversity and inclusion are important at HP. And it’s most obvious at the highest level –the company’s Board of Directors，这被认为是硅谷任何其他技术公司中最多样化的。在惠普的13名董事会成员中，有两个是非裔美国人，其中一名是拉丁裔，有几个来自南亚。

Now,Savoy Magazine, a culture, business and lifestyle publication targeted at African-Americans is recognizing HP’s efforts by including its two African-American directors - Stacy Brown-Philpot and Stacey Mobley - on its list of the300美国最有影响力的黑人公司董事.

The comprehensive Power 300 list, which recognizes top U.S. business leaders and emphasizes their contributions to African American success and achievement also seeks to “chronicle these inspiring executives, their distinguished careers and the corporations that demonstrate inclusive board composition,” said Savoy Chief Executive and Publisher L.P. Green.

The recognition is especially important for an industry that has been plagued by the#TechSowHitehashtag that has been used across social media to illustrate the lack of diversity in some of tech’s biggest names. Nationwide, large companies across all industries have been criticized for their lack of diversity in the executive ranks.

TheHarvard Business Review最近指出，约有95％的CEO和大约85％的董事会成员和高管是白人。像这样的发现使惠普致力于在公司最高水平推动多样性和包容性的承诺如此重要。

HP’s commitment to diversity

HP is committed to maintaining diverse representation, no matter the level of the employee in the company. The company is a vocal champion ofinclusive hiringby “walking the walk:” It is bringing in more women, more people of color and of differing physical abilities than many of its peers.

"HP’s diversity effort is a proven business strategy that ensures the company will continue to drive innovation."

Lesley Slaton Brown, Chief Diversity Officer at HP

“We have people with different perspectives and views. Those matter,” Slaton Brownsaid on a technology and diversity panelat last month’s Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colo.

Still, she said, “There’s plenty of work left to do.”

HP’s board membersStacy Brown-Philpot和史黛西·莫布利（Stacey Mobley）have both served as HP directors since HP split from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise in late 2015.

Brown-Philpot has served as the chief executive officer of Taskrabbit, a web-based platform that connects people who need chores done with people willing to complete them, since April of this year. She previously served as its COO since 2013. Prior to that, Brown-Philpot served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Google Ventures and was senior director of global consumer operations at Google. Prior to joining Google in 2003, she served as a senior analyst and senior associate at the financial firms Goldman Sachs and Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Mobley自2008年以来一直担任律师事务所Dickstein Shapiro，LLP的高级顾问和顾问。此前，他在化学公司Dupont工作了35年，担任过各种领导职务，包括高级副总裁，首席行政官和首席行政官和总法律顾问。