Maura Maye belonging Maura has had a long career in HR
As an Employee Development Specialist
leading diversity training. While she’s
for Pierce County, Maura has seen an
always strived to create inclusive spaces
improvement in the inclusivity of diverse
for others, she knows what it’s like to feel
employees and works to continue focusing on
excluded and it’s not an experience she
DEI being at the forefront of hiring and training.
wishes for anyone. “I want you to come to work every day feeling “Being excluded is not just physical
good about who you are and what you do.”
isolation, it’s an isolation of ideas, creativity, and performance. No one wants to work
Maura feels a strong sense of belonging at
where they don’t feel they belong... that’s
Pierce County. When she was diagnosed
why people don’t quit their jobs, they quit
with breast cancer earlier this year she was
their bosses,” she says.
touched by the outpouring of support and love from her County family.
The greatest human need is to experience a sense of belonging 10
