Jackie Glenn: Driving Innovation in Diversity and Inclusion

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Jackie Glenn is one of the most sought after leaders in diversity and inclusion for her work in reshaping companies’ organizational policies. Today, Glenn is the Vice President of Global Diversity and Inclusion at Dell. Prior to Dell, she oversaw the diversity and inclusion initiatives at EMC, where she was implementing practices for 70,000 employees. Once EMC merged with Dell, that number more than doubled.

While on the job, you can find Glenn leading discussions on why women in tech are important, on a call with one of her fellow executives, and working on diversity strategies.

“I really like seeing the company culture change,” says Glenn. “Differences are important in driving innovation.”

Her work doesn’t end there though. After learning that employees were interested in the surgery that is associated with transgender reassignment, Glenn created a program that supported the surgery and included benefits.

Glenn has also provided oversight in developing a pipeline that connected students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to internship opportunities to ensure that there were more employees of color in the workforce.

In addition, Glenn has initiated a movement to engage more women in corporate roles. Her diversity and inclusion efforts could be described as nothing less than innovative.

“It’s a privilege and honor to do this job,” says Glenn. “Diversity and inclusion are about allowing everyone to not only have a seat at the table, but also a voice that is heard.”

For Glenn, success is achieved when she is living fully and authentically in both her professional and personal life. She is able to do this by embracing who she truly is.

Some of Jackie Glenn’s honors include Champion of Diversity by The New York Urban League, Black History Leadership by Whittier Street Health Center, and Top 10 Influential Women in Diversity by Diversity Global Magazine.