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April 20, 2021

Power Moves

Appointments + Announcements

Dennis Brockman has been appointed global chief inclusion and diversity officer for Starbucks Inc. Since December 2020, he had served as the interim chief inclusion and diversity officer. Before that, Brockman was the company’s Midwest regional vice president. In his new role, Brockman is responsible for building a culture of inclusion and diversity, leadership excellence and accountability, and amplifying and operationalizing D&I in the United States.

Thasunda Brown Duckett will join Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America as president and CEO, effective May 1. TIAA is a leading provider of secure retirements and outcome-focused investment solutions to millions of people and thousands of institutions. Previously, she was with JPMorgan Chase & Co. as CEO of Chase Consumer Banking, a network with more than $600 billion in deposits, 4,900 branches and over 40,000 employees.

Henry Childs II, Esq., is chairman, CEO and president of the National Minority Supplier Development Inc.’s Business Consortium Fund, a U.S. Treasury-designated Community Development Financial Institution and a national direct lender to certified minority-owned businesses. He is a former national director of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Develop Agency.

Michelle Gethers-Clark has been named chief diversity officer and head of corporate responsibility at Visa Inc. She will join Visa’s executive committee and report to Chairman and CEO Al Kelly. In this role, Gethers-Clark will lead Visa’s inclusion and diversity, social impact and sustainability efforts globally. Previously, she was president and CEO of the United Way of Greater Greensboro, North Carolina.

Joe Simms is chief diversity officer at Stanley Black & Decker Inc. In this role, he will champion a broad approach to diversity, equity and inclusion to accelerate company performance, optimize organizational culture, enhance transparency and strengthen accountability. Simms will also establish key external partnerships to enhance the company’s ecosystem of diverse sources of talent and expertise.

Monique Wells is director of diversity, equity and inclusion at DTE Energy Co. She is responsible for accelerating DTE’s progress in building a workplace where everyone feels valued and able to contribute their best energy toward serving customers, communities and each other. Wells was previously diversity, equity and inclusion project manager at Consumers Energy.