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RTP Inititative
RTP INITIATIVE
Special to 919 Magazine
The modern workplace is changing, from where employees do their work to how they think, feel, and engage with complex societal issues. In response, the collaboration between The Diversity Movement and RTP DEI Collective was created as a powerful partnership for Research Triangle Park companies and their employees to help illuminate the true nature of the Research Triangle as a welcoming and diverse community.
With the new partnership, The Diversity Movement becomes a Preferred Diversity Resource Partner for the RTP DEI Collective and enables the organization to champion Park companies who will benefit from additional resources, events, educational opportunities, and collaborations designed to highlight the significance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts.
“Our collaboration with the RTP DEI Collective amplifies its efforts to better serve the 55,000 employees that work in RTP,” said Donald Thompson, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at The Diversity Movement. “We’ve helped more than 100 companies transform workplace culture through innovative technologies, world-class content, and superior client services that deliver real world results. This partnership extends and broadens our work across RTP, one of the most thriving innovation centers on the planet.”
Partnering with The Diversity Movement supports the mission of the Collective to amplify the DEI work already being done around the park and support and serve companies that are working to begin or scale their DEI efforts, said Tamara Terry, the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Domestic Outreach Chair at RTI International, and Chair of the RTP DEI Collective. “By strengthening companies with top-tier DEI training and resources, we are taking intentional steps to positively transform and embed DEI behaviors into the DNA of Research Triangle Park and the Triangle region.”
The Diversity Movement offers an Employee Experience application suite that personalizes DEI for an organization and delivers real-world business outcomes. Our productized DEI journey is built on digital learning tools and content, conversational AI, and analytics. A key offering is the MicroVideo library, a learning platform created to scale DEI learning across the organization.
“We power scalable and sustainable workplace excellence via a data-driven approach focused on business results,” Terry added.
For more information contact Bob Batchelor (The Diversity Movement) at bob@thediversitymovement.com, or Sarah Chick (RTP DEI Collective) at chick@rtp.org.
Our collaboration with the RTP DEI Collective amplifies its efforts to better serve the 55,000 employees that work in RTP. We’ve helped more than 100 companies transform workplace culture.
DONALD THOMPSON Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer The Diversity Movement
FREE NETWORKING
BOXYARD RTP HOSTING WOMEN’S DAY EVENT
Boxyard RTP is hosting a free in-person networking event on Tuesday, March 8, that brings together women in leadership roles in Research Triangle Park and entrepreneurs from throughout the Triangle region for a fireside chat on International Women’s Day.
Attendees can connect with and hear from the voices of women leaders who are interested in shaping the future of RTP.
The panel includes: n Earlene Gibbons – Executive
Director, Operational Technology, United Therapeutics Corp. n Valerie Jordan – Owner, Hunter
J. Group n Daisy Magnus-Aryitey – Co-
Executive Director, Code the
Dream n Kelly Pfrommer – CEO, Cloud
Giants & Co-Founder RevdUp.io
The event schedule includes complimentary coffee and pastries, plus networking (9-9:30 a.m.), followed by a welcome and introductions by Sarah Chick, Moderator and Manager of Strategic Engagement, Research Triangle Foundation. The panelists will respond to the moderator’s questions from 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., and will take questions from the audience from 10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Boxyard RTP is located at 900 Park Offices Dr. in Research Triangle Park. Register by visiting boxyard.rtp.org or by searching eventbrite.com, or facebook.com/ events.
n Merakris Therapeutics entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs to test its investigational drug product, Dermacyte Amniotic
Wound Care Liquid. The VA plans to enroll patients, ages 18-75, in a two-part Phase II clinical study, which is designed to address the frequency of administration, safety and efficacy of Dermacyte Liquid in treating non-healing venous stasis ulcers. n BioCryst Pharmaceuticals appointed North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Machelle Sanders – an accomplished pharmaceutical operations executive – to its board of directors. Sanders has more than 30 years of pharmaceutical and biotechnology experience with increasing levels of quality assurance and manufacturing operations responsibilities with Biogen, Purdue
Pharmaceuticals and AkzoNobel. n StrideBio – a developer of novel adeno-associated viral based gene therapies, appointed industry veteran Mark Velleca,
M.D., Ph.D. as Chief Executive Officer and a member of its
Board of Directors. He succeeds Sapan Shah, Ph.D., who is leaving StrideBio to pursue other opportunities after having served as Chief Executive Officer for the past three years. n North Carolina Biotechnology Center awarded 17 grants and loans totaling $1.3 million to universities, bioscience companies and non-profit organizations in the second quarter of its fiscal year. The awards will support life science research, technology commercialization and entrepreneurship throughout North Carolina. n NeoGenomics Inc. leading provider of cancer-focused genetic testing services and global oncology contract research services, added Shashikant Kulkarni, MS (Medicine), Ph.D., MBA, FACMG, to its executive team as Executive Vice President for Research &
Development and Chief Scientific Officer. n Research Triangle High – located at 3106 E. NC54 within
Research Triangle Park – plans its 2022-23 Admissions Lottery on Thursday, March 10. For more information, visit researchtrianglehighschool.org.
MOST ADMIRED IQVIA Tops Fortune Magazine’s Latest List
IQVIA Holdings Inc. was named to Fortune magazine’s "World’s Most Admired Companies" list for the fifth consecutive year.
This year, IQVIA secured the first-place ranking in the magazine’s Healthcare: Pharmacy and Other Services category, with high marks regarding efficient use of corporate assets, management quality, effectiveness in conducting business globally, and long-term investment value. "It is an honor to be named to Fortune’s list…This first place distinction reinforces and recognizes the innovation and drive of our nearly 80,000 employees globally,” said IQVIA Chairman and CEO Ari Bousbib. “Their work is critical to the advancement of innovative medical treatments that improve healthcare outcomes for patients and populations around the world,"
3/2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Hear & There: Rob Sharer, 12-2 pm; hear international instruments and grooves on the BeatBox stage – from Celtic to the blues, strings to woodwines; free. Boxyard RTP, 900 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park. Info: boxyard.rtp.org.
3/2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Game Night, 5:30-8:30 pm; board games available for free play. Boxyard RTP Pavillion, 900 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park. Info: boxyard. rtp.org.
3/3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Taking Back Thursday, 12-2 pm; live acoustic singer-songwriter on the BeatBox stage; rain or shine; free. Boxyard RTP, 900 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park. Info: boxyard.rtp.org.
3/4, 11, 18, 25
LOJO: Log Off, Jam On, 5-8 pm; weekly open jam session, led by Stephen Munoz; on the BeatBox stage, free. Boxyard RTP, 900 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park. Info: boxyard.rtp.org.
3/9
On the Menu: Public Speak-
ing, 12-1 pm; topic – cultivating a positive mindset when preparing for public speaking; free; Frontier, 800 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park. Info: frontier.rtp.org.
3/19
International Festival, 2-5 pm; Research Triangle High, 3106 East NC54, RTP. Info: researchtrianglehighschool.org.
APRIL
4/1, 8, 15, 22, 29
LOJO: Log Off, Jam On, 5-8 pm; weekly open jam session, led by Stephen Munoz; on the BeatBox stage, free. Boxyard RTP, 900 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park. Info:boxyard.rtp.org. Out of the Office “000”, 4:30-6:30 PM; free craft draft beer from Fullsteam Brewery or glass of wine from RTP Uncorked, with live music. Frontier 800 Building, 800 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park. Info: frontier.rtp.org.
4/6, 13, 20, 27
Hear & There: Rob Sharer, 12-2 pm; hear international instruments and grooves on the BeatBox stage – from Celtic to the blues, strings to woodwines; free. Boxyard RTP, 900 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park. Info: boxyard. rtp.org.
4/6, 13, 20, 27
Game Night, 5:30-8:30 pm; board games available for free play. Boxyard RTP Pavillion, 900 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park. Info: boxyard. rtp.org.
4/13
On the Menu: Burnout &
Exhaustion Prevention, 12-1 pm; topic – attendees will gain tips to efficiently control their work day and create room to focus on the things that matter most; free; Frontier, 800 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park. Info: frontier.rtp.org.
4/21, 28
Taking Back Thursday, 12-2 pm; live acoustic singer-songwriter on the BeatBox stage; rain or shine; free. Boxyard RTP, 900 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park. Info: boxyard.rtp.org.
MAY
5/5
Out of the Office “000”, 4:30-6:30 PM; free craft draft beer from Fullsteam Brewery or glass of wine from RTP Uncorked, with live music. Frontier 800 Building, 800 Park Offices Dr, Research Triangle Park. Info: frontier. rtp.org.
