Diversity in Boards and Hiring Recommendations

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Video Chapters

1. Talent Acquisition (video timestamp 5:54)
   1. Inclusive Job Descriptions – recommendations include person-centered language, ensuring that the job requirements are necessary for job focus, removing gendered language, and more.
   2. Sourcing
      1. Employees: expand the current practice of posting opportunties
      2. Board Members: reach out to the DEI committee members and the networks they bring with them to find interested members belonging to underrepresented populations
   3. Process Audit – hire a DEI manager or use a consultant to provide an objective, discerning assessment of the entire hiring process to identify points where bias could come into play.
2. Talent Development (video timestamp 13:27)
   1. DEI Mission Statement & Goal Setting – create a mission statement and strategic plan for the municipality followed by individual committment statements and goals
   2. DEI Basics Training – aimed at public administrators and local government
   3. DEI Applied in Hiring – all hiring managers and department/unit leaders have targeted “Learning Journeys” to learn how to staff, manage, and retain an inclusive team
3. Foundational Components (video timestamp 18:04)
   1. Values
      1. Add pronouns to email signatures
      2. Create a page on the website that includes all full-time employees with their pictures, contact information, and pronouns
      3. Provide floating holiday options
      4. Use adaptive technology on the website and automatic closed captions in Zoom meetings
      5. The local calendar of public events should include various diverse events
   2. Communication & Employer Branding
      1. Enhance the standard Equal Opportunity Employer language to be more inclusive and warm
      2. Update the public facing communications
      3. Put values up front when advertising or posting Board openings
   3. Accountability & Measurement – Collect and track metrics to measure how much change or impact an initiative creates
   4. The Vibrant Pittsburgh Index Initiative – Complete the initiative in 2022 to give the municpality a baseline assessment of where we are doing well and areas that have opportunity

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Working Group 2 Members

These are the beautiful people within our community that volunteered their time and labor for the benefit of Mt. Lebanon; thank you! Board membership rosters are publicly available on the municipality’s website.

• Stacey Jo Bonenberger
• Rachel Butler-Pardi
• Dr. Janine M. Dutcher
• Jamie L. Fargo
• Kristi Lisbon
• Livia Macedo
• Kimberly Martin
• Katy Zorich