The Great Reemergence

When I was named President and CEO two years ago, no one could’ve imagined the forthcoming culture shift that would come. It is still hard to fathom that one month before my tenure began, the Chicago United office was already working remotely adhering to safety mandates due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the COVID crisis scorched our country and the world, bringing so many underlying issues to the surface, we could not ignore the unfiltered views of social inequities and injustices we still needed to conquer. 

In this New Reality, the pandemic’s wrath only exacerbated the disproportionate effects of issues that already existed within communities with people of color.

Out of the most challenging of times I have ever experienced in my professional life, I am truly proud to say the Chicago United team adapted, maintained—often surpassed—our standards of excellence and productivity over these past two years as we kept a laser focus on our work of driving inclusion within corporate America.  

Now like most of the country, as we return to work in-person, the Chicago United team has initiated a hybrid return to the office and this return to work, this re-emergence, has given me and the team even more resolve… with a laser focused view on the task at hand. There is much work to do.