L.A. area business leaders discuss building an inclusive regional economy
June 26, 2019
by Center for Education Excellence & Talent Development
The Chamber partnered with The James Irvine Foundation to host a roundtable for business leaders on building a thriving economy that creates upward mobility for California’s frontline workforce. Guest speaker Dr. Manuel Pastor, director of USC’s Program on Environmental and Regional Equity, kicked off the conversation by providing an overview of local economic context and highlighting new economic research and thinking that supports inclusion as the optimal path for sustained growth. Roundtable participants from Cox, Castle & Nicholson, CBRE, JPMorgan Chase and Kaiser Permanente among others shared their existing efforts and best practices, challenges and questions around business’ role in advancing economic opportunity for all Angelenos, and future hopes and plans for impact. The Chamber will continue to support businesses in making employee-centered investments that promote business growth and advance employees’ economic opportunity through a new membership council focused on diversity, equity and inclusion that will launch later this summer. SEE THE PHOTOS.
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