Pioneering Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Pioneering Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Dani’s 30-year Journey in DEI
Dani Monroe designs and facilitates effective DEI organizational change strategies that diversify company culture, increase employee retention, improve customer/patient satisfaction, and strengthen bottom lines.
Trusted Advisor
When working with senior leadership and large global organizations, experience and trust are essential ingredients in garnering confidence and developing successful professional relationships. Her experience provides insights, understanding, and expert support to Chief Diversity Officers seeking innovative ways to improve their organizations DEI efforts.
Key Roles
SVP Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion OfficerMass General Brigham
● Established the inaugural Office of Diversity & Inclusion for 5,000 corporate employees and expanded to include all 82,000 employees at 16 institutions including Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham Health● Founded the highly-acclaimed annual DE&I Summit, attracting more than 4,700 leaders across the system● Designed and implemented the highly successful United Against Racism Strategy that has already resulted in: - Hiring goals for senior leaders (leading to two new African American hospital presidents) - Increase in system-wide Board diversity by 20% - Educating 400 leaders on “Race Conversations”
Founder and Lead Strategic Consultant Center Focus International, Inc.
● Provide strategic consultation on diversity, equity and inclusion for Fortune 100 companies such as Prudential, Houghton Mifflin, BP Oil and Harvard University● Mitigate unconscious bias in diverse talent review sessions at Cardinal Health● Created Harvard Pilgrim's and the country's first 5-day cultural competency course for physicians, which received White House recognition for innovation and creativity● Designed toolkit to promote DE&I conversations and behaviors that has been used in all Novartis conference rooms worldwide● Increased women in leadership by 18% at the CIA through a 3-day leadership development experience that was repeated annually for five years● Designed and executed the first global learning and organization effectiveness strategy for Pfizer, Inc. and its 85,000 employees
Select Honors & Awards
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● Get Konnected, Boston’s Most Impactful Black Women, 2021● 25th Annual Pinnacle Honors Award for Achievement In The Profession, presented by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, 2019 (links: Announcement; Video)● Get Konnected, 50 Most Influential People of Color in HealthCare & Life Sciences, 2017● Brookview House Recognition Award: Transforming Lives of Homeless Families, 2015● Boston Business Journal, Lifetime Achievement, Diversity, 2015● YWCA, Academy of Women Achievers Award, 2000
Community Involvement
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● Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership Board member, 2021● Economic Development Planning Council, appointed by Governor Charles D. Baker, 2019● Vertex Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Board, 2018● Advisory Board Member, Brookview House, 2015–present● President, Middlesex Chapter of Links, 2013–2015; member 1996 - present● Board of Higher Education, appointed by Governor Deval Patrick, 2012-2015● The Commission of the Status on Women, appointed by Governor Deval Patrick, 2012● Corporate Advisory Board Member, East Carolina University, Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, 2011–2013● Community Relations Advisory Board Member, Simmons College Graduate School, Health Studies Department, 2007
Photo Gallery
Honored for Achievement in the Professions at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Pinnacle Awards (2019)
Presented the Lifetime Achievement Award by Gale Murray, publisher of the Boston Business Journal (2017)
Work Human Conference with Speaker Cy Wakeman (2019)
(l. to r.) Barry Bluestone, Founder Dean School of Public Policy, Northeastern University; Byron Barnett, Urban Update Host-WHDH TV; Dani Monroe
(l. to r.) Tim Ewing, PhD; Pulitzer Prize Winner Jose Anthony Vargas and Dani Monroe at the MGB DE&I Summit (2019)
At the Partners HealthCare DE&I Summit (2018)
With other honorees at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Pinnacle Awards (2019)