Lois Cooper
As Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility & Inclusion for Adecco Group North America, Lois Cooper leads a team that provides human resources support to 8,000 full-time employees and an average of 100,000 temporary employees per week for the world’s largest staffing company. She is also responsible for developing strategic diversity initiatives that support the organization’s business strategies and positively impact the bottom line. Ms. Cooper has more than 20 years of human resources experience in organizations across a variety of industries. Her career has included positions in the advertising, financial services and entertainment industries. In these positions she developed expertise in a number of areas, including change management, organizational design and development, and recruitment. Ms. Cooper has been selected as a 2009 Black Achiever in Industry by the YMCA of Greater New York. She is also a 2006 honoree of the Network Journal’s 25 Influential Black Women in Business Awards. She has been featured as Diversity Journal’s “Front- Runners†in Diversity Leadership Series 2006 and honored as one of Diversity Journal’s Women Worth Watching in 2007. Ms. Cooper is a featured speaker for the World Diversity Leadership Summit, and has spoken at Conference Board events and a series of Diversity Profit Generations teleseminars. She has also been quoted in Diversity Spectrum, Diversity Best Practices’ Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) Insights and was recently interviewed regarding the glass ceiling for women on ABC radio in San Francisco. Ms. Cooper received her BA from American University in Washington, D.C and her MBA from Baruch College in New York City. Adecco respects, values and practices effective diversity management to capitalize on the strengths of a diverse workforce and continue to be a human resource industry leader. Working with a diverse group of employees with various backgrounds and perspectives creates a competitive advantage, and ultimately, global success. |
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