LaTricia Hill-Chandler, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at Southern Bancorp has proven history in enhancing workplace culture through incorporating DEI into the overall business strategy in an organization. She provides leaders and employees the knowledge, tools, and confidence to be inclusive by delivering consistent education and awareness opportunities within their teams and the organization.
Throughout her decades of work in DEI, LaTricia has leveraged both strategy and application to impact organizational culture. Whether it’s through interactive, experience-based education or micro-learnings, she believes that by offering multiple perspectives and resources to support DEI strategies, employees will become more culturally sensitive and empathetic to each other, which in turn provides innovation and a competitive advantage. LaTricia believes enterprise-wide DEI success begins through representation and belonging, with equitable policies and practices as the intended outcome. While the landscape of DEI is ever evolving, LaTricia can attest that diversity and inclusion strengthens engagement for all demographics of employees, adding value to both the individual employee experience and an organization’s bottom line.