Equity Meets… the Bottom Line
For episode four of Equity Meets… we consider the bottom line and how equity work plays into the success and failure of a company.
We are joined by guest Kathleen Nalty who shares her background in the law and how her experiences lead her on a diversity, equity, and inclusion journey.
About Kathleen
Kathleen has devoted her entire career to her passion for equity and social justice, specifically through her work in diversity, civil rights, and inclusion. She currently works with a wide variety of organizations, including several law firms, corporations, nonprofits, and government organizations. She also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law School where she teaches a course on diversity and inclusion. In 2015, she published a “how to” book for law firm leaders entitled Going “All-In” on Diversity and Inclusion: The Law Firm Leader’s Playbook that includes new tools for advancing diversity and inclusion.
Previously, Kathleen founded the Center for Legal Inclusiveness (CLI) in Denver, Colorado and led the nonprofit as its Executive Director from October 2007 through January 2013. In this role, Kathleen developed the only “how to” manual for legal organizations with a comprehensive step-by-step process for removing hidden barriers to retention and creating an inclusive workplace. From 2008-2013, she worked with over two dozen legal organizations in their implementation of inclusiveness initiatives, using the manual. These organizations included 16 law firms, 8 government legal offices, and four corporate law departments.Since 2013, as a consultant, Kathleen has worked with dozens of additional organizations in the U.S. and Canada in many different sectors and industries, including top leaders at Procter & Gamble.
Kathleen earned a B.A. from the University of Denver and a J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School. She started her career as a law clerk to a federal district court judge in Denver. Kathleen was then selected to participate in the Attorney General’s Honors Program at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. As a federal civil rights prosecutor in the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division, Kathleen worked on cases involving hate crimes, police brutality, and slavery. After returning to Colorado, Kathleen continued to pursue her passion for civil rights and diversity by co-founding a hate violence task force as well as a regional legal diversity job fair. She also worked for the University of Denver (DU) Sturm College of Law as a Consultant in the Career Development Office where she specialized in assisting employers and students with diversity programs and initiatives.
Listen as Chenthu and Kathleen discuss the merits of equity in the business world and what the work looks like.
Learn more about Kathleen and her diversity and inclusion work.