According to a recent Fortune article, “When Ursula Burns quietly shut off the light to her office as Xerox CEO at the end of 2016, her departure also cast a light on a sad statistic: There are currently zero African-American women running Fortune 500 companies.”

You can find conversations and articles like this one about women in leadership and diversity almost everywhere on the web.

Well, my guest on this episode of The UV Effect Podcast  just so happens to be one of the foremost experts on both subjects.

Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever is a Diversity Consultant and Women’s Empowerment Expert.  She’s the Founder of the Exceptional Leadership Institute for Women and the President of Incite Unlimited, a Washington, DC-based boutique consulting firm specializing in diversity consulting, communications strategy and the development and implementation of impactful research.

In this episode, we discuss the struggles in the workforce and in society as a whole when in comes to the lack of diversity and women in leadership.

Dr. Avis digs into our countries history and provides real data that clarifies some of the roadblocks we face and insights on how we can move forward more effectively.

Join me for another insightful episode of #theUVEffect with Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever.