Sue Townsen, partner and chief diversity officer at KPMG, spoke about the importance of diversity, inclusion and a global mindset at the Global Diversity Fireside Chat on Feb. 21, 2018, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Investment bankers focus on capital markets, but Erika Irish Brown took on additional responsibilities when she worked on Wall Street. “I always had a second job, which was diversity and inclusion,” she said Feb. 27, 2017, during the fourth annual Diversity Fireside Chat at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

Event Highlights As Bloomberg L.P.’s Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Erika Irish Brown is on the front line to advance diversity in the workplace. She will talk frankly about her role and personal experiences with students, alumni, faculty and staff at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business when she joins Dean Alex Triantis for the Diversity Fireside Chat.

Pioneer Investor Shares Advice at Diversity Fireside Chat Investment guru John W. Rogers Jr. participated in the Diversity Fireside Chat at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business on Oct. 9, 2015.

John W. Rogers, Jr., described by Black Enterprise as “one of the most powerful” African Americans on Wall Street, is the featured guest for the second Diversity Fireside Chat presented by the University of Maryland’s Office of Community Engagement and Robert H. Smith School of Business. The event is from 12:30-2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, 2015 in the Tyser Auditorium, Van Munching Hall.