Question 1

DEI Action Council

dgaskill123 · Accepted Answer

Mike Boettcher	Chair/Board Liaison	New Era Technology
Tom Leblanc	NSCA Liaison	NSCA
Kelly Perkins		NSCA Foundation
Chris Turner		New Era Technology
Bruce Kaufmann		Human Circuit
Amy Blackburn		Mood Media
Joe Perez		ClearTech
Akin Adewole		Verrex
Mildred Ramos		Shen Milsom & Wilke LLC
Luis Schilling		Welnstall.IT
Khalil Williams		Design Electronics
Mission	The NSCA’s DEI Action Council mission is to inspire our members and organizations to embrace the concepts and practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We want and need our membership to be reflective of the markets we serve and provide opportunities for growth and influence for our professional workforce. Our commitment is to inclusion, where everyone is welcome -- an inclusive industry across age, gender, race, religion, identity, and experience to drive us forward under the Ignite umbrella.
Purpose Statement & Vision	The NSCA Ignite program’s original mission was to provide NSCA members with reach to the next generation of potential employees. It has now evolved to DEI Action Council. While the recruiting aspect of Ignite remains important, the DEI Action Council has been created in response to societal injustices and inequities. The expanded objective is to provide membership with the foresight and knowledge to instill inclusivity and diversity as cornerstones of their business and to realize the business benefits in doing so.
Structure	The committee meets on a bi-weekly and as-needed basis to discuss action plans related to creating DEI-related resources for NSCA members, sharing DEI experience related content to amplify these issues for the NSCA community, leveraging industry resources to provide a platform for addressing the Digital Divide in communities and more.
Duties, Responsibilities, & Desired Outcomes	Inclusivity and equity are issues of humanity. For an industry to be relevant, it must progress by embracing and espousing the core values of humanity. Those core values are a bedrock for successful organizations. They embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The DEI Action Council seeks to develop a framework for DEI embracing and endorsing the notions and practices of radical empathy and corporate social responsibility (CSR). The use of the word “radical” in radical empathy is not of the ilk of revisionist or revolutionary, it is rethinking or a new way of thinking. It is attempting to better understand and share the feelings of others. While CSR is simply a way of developing a program of giving back. The forthcoming efforts of the DEI Action Council will make your membership and participation in NSCA more valuable and rewarding. Your company culture is a reflection of your core values both internally and externally. The results will help you become a better and more successful business. The DEI Action Council looks forward to this challenge and engaging with NSCA members.

Question 2

DEI Action Council

dgaskill123 · Accepted Answer

Mike Boettcher	Chair/Board Liaison	New Era Technology
Tom Leblanc	NSCA Liaison	NSCA
Kelly Perkins		NSCA Foundation
Chris Turner		New Era Technology
Bruce Kaufmann		Human Circuit
Amy Blackburn		Mood Media
Joe Perez		ClearTech
Akin Adewole		Verrex
Mildred Ramos		Shen Milsom & Wilke LLC
Luis Schilling		Welnstall.IT
Khalil Williams		Design Electronics
Mission	The NSCA’s DEI Action Council mission is to inspire our members and organizations to embrace the concepts and practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We want and need our membership to be reflective of the markets we serve and provide opportunities for growth and influence for our professional workforce. Our commitment is to inclusion, where everyone is welcome -- an inclusive industry across age, gender, race, religion, identity, and experience to drive us forward under the Ignite umbrella.
Purpose Statement & Vision	The NSCA Ignite program’s original mission was to provide NSCA members with reach to the next generation of potential employees. It has now evolved to DEI Action Council. While the recruiting aspect of Ignite remains important, the DEI Action Council has been created in response to societal injustices and inequities. The expanded objective is to provide membership with the foresight and knowledge to instill inclusivity and diversity as cornerstones of their business and to realize the business benefits in doing so.
Structure	The committee meets on a bi-weekly and as-needed basis to discuss action plans related to creating DEI-related resources for NSCA members, sharing DEI experience related content to amplify these issues for the NSCA community, leveraging industry resources to provide a platform for addressing the Digital Divide in communities and more.
Duties, Responsibilities, & Desired Outcomes	Inclusivity and equity are issues of humanity. For an industry to be relevant, it must progress by embracing and espousing the core values of humanity. Those core values are a bedrock for successful organizations. They embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The DEI Action Council seeks to develop a framework for DEI embracing and endorsing the notions and practices of radical empathy and corporate social responsibility (CSR). The use of the word “radical” in radical empathy is not of the ilk of revisionist or revolutionary, it is rethinking or a new way of thinking. It is attempting to better understand and share the feelings of others. While CSR is simply a way of developing a program of giving back. The forthcoming efforts of the DEI Action Council will make your membership and participation in NSCA more valuable and rewarding. Your company culture is a reflection of your core values both internally and externally. The results will help you become a better and more successful business. The DEI Action Council looks forward to this challenge and engaging with NSCA members.

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