MediaVillage Debuts The Pool Podcast Hosted By AdvancingDiversity.org Executive Director Philip L. McKenzie

NEW YORK NY amp9472 The Pool the newest podcast from the MediaVillage and the AdvancingDiversityorg team debuts with quotThe Future of Leadership Is A BLESSINGquot episode Hosted by AdvancingDiversityorg39s Executive Director Philip L McKenzie The Pool39s first guests are Bonita C Stewart and Jacqueline Adams pictured at top coauthors of quotA BLESSINGquot a fresh and bold analysis of African American female leadership To tune into the inaugural episode go to The Pool quotIt is no secret that the collective worlds of advertising marketing and media have suffered for decades with a glaring lack of diversityquot said McKenzie a cultural anthropologist and brand strategist who has been writing the On Influence and Influencers column for MediaVillage since 2017 quotWhen challenged on why as an industry they are performing so poorly regarding diversity the powers that be often blame the available talent pool In short they do not believe the talent is there The Pool is a direct challenge to that flawed notion that the available diverse talent pool is either shallow or nonexistentquotThe Pool39s first episode will feature the findings in quotA Blessing Women of Color Teaming up to Lead Empower and Thrivequot an unapologetic look at AfricanAmerican women39s oftenoverlooked role in America39s social political psychological and economic history The coauthors will discuss highlights of their proprietary research Women of Color in Business Cross Generational Surveyamp169 which examines the views of 4005 female quotdeskquot or quotknowledge workersquot across four races Black LatinX Asian and White and four generations Gen Z Millennials Gen X and BoomersExplains Stewart and Adams quotA group of unicorns is called A BLESSING And so we are Our book offers a 39playbook39 to help Black unicorns 39team up39 and find innovative ways to support one another as they climb what research shows are lonely stressful jagged yet ultimately rewarding ladders of opportunityquotIn addition to coauthoring A BLESSING Bonita Stewart currently serves as VP Global Partnerships for Google where she oversees the largest US publishers across mediaentertainment newspublishing mobile apps search and commerce Widely hailed for her astute leadership in 2014 Crain39s named her a Woman to Watch in Tech Stewart also pioneered the concept for Howard West a computer science immersion program for historically Black colleges and universities HBCUs powered by Google She is on the Board of Directors for Deckers NYSEDECK Pluralsight NASDAQPS and the New York Women39s Forum Stewart received her BA with honors from Howard University and an MBA from Harvard Business SchoolJacqueline Adams launched a second career as a communications strategist after more than two decades as an Emmy Award winning CBS News correspondent Adams covered the groundbreaking campaigns of Jesse Jackson for President and Geraldine Ferraro for Vice President before spending five years as a White House correspondent during the Ronald Reagan and George H W Bush administrations In the 1990s she was a prolific contributor to the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and CBS News Sunday Morning Adams a graduate of Harvard Business School serves on the Board of Directors of the Harvard Business School Club of New York and is a member of the Council on Foreign RelationsquotWe are thrilled to have Phil39s first The Pool features these extraordinary thought leaders guiding our industry to advance diversity beyond talk to actionquot added MediaVillage founder Jack Myers The world39s leading Media Ecologist launched AdvancingDiversityorg and the Advancing Diversity Hall of Honors in 2017 Ever since the education and marketing intelligence company39s mantra has been Advancing Diversity from Advocacy to Activism For The Case for Education ampamp Diversity as Tools for Business Growth in Marketing ampamp Media visit hereTo learn more about MediaVillage39s education and diversity programs visit AboutMediaVillagecom For interviews with Jack Myers Philip L McKenzie or additional information on the AdvancingDiversityorg programs please contact Dianemediavillagecom

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