Building, sustaining, and growing future-forward workplaces requires visionary leadership. As organizations in the southwestern Pennsylvania region strategize to engage top talent, leaders must embed diversity, equity, and inclusion into their organizational cultures to attract and retain the talent of today and the future.

Workers of the future are more racially and ethnically diverse than ever. By 2044 more than half of Americans will identify as members of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. It is an economic imperative for our region’s organizations to proactively build and foster ecosystems of diversity, equity, and inclusion to ensure that all talent thrives in their roles with equitable development and advancement opportunities being provided to retain and upraise diverse talent. By addressing the challenges newcomer and native under-represented populations experience in feeling the Pittsburgh region can position itself as a destination for the current workforce and that of the future.