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A Publication of Bowles Rice Mcdavid Graff & Love Llp Fall 2011 A publication of Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love llp Fall 2011 THIS IS AN ADVERTISEMENT AN IS THIS Celebrate Diversity A Snapshot of Our Region’s Opportunities and Challenges In this issue ... Fall 2011 Thomas A. Heywood, Esquire Bishop Ronald William Gainer Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky Celebrate Diversity: A Snapshot of Our Reverend Tim Halloran Region’s Opportunities and Challenges 3 Suncrest Methodist Church Imam Dr. Ehteshamul Haque David C. Hardesty, Jr., Esquire Islamic Association of West Virginia Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP Rabbi Victor Urecki Getting the Best Outputs from Diverse Inputs 4 B’Nai Jacob Synagogue Faith and Diversity 24 Marie Foster Gnage, Ph.D. West Virginia University at Parkersburg Hazo W. Carter, Jr., Ed.D. Talking Diversity 6 West Virginia State University A Living Laboratory of Human Relations 26 Tomofumi “Tomo” Suenaga Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc. Timothy C. Wills, Esquire Right at Home … 6700 Miles Away Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP from Hino City, Japan 8 Affirmative Action: What Is It and Is It Working? 28 Keith Burdette Shari Clarke, Ph.D. West Virginia Department of Commerce Marshall University International Businesses Find a Home in West Virginia 10 “Twilight” Provides Insights to Understanding Cultural Differences 30 Patricia S. Kusimo, Ph.D. The Education Alliance Darrell W. Williams Preparing West Virginia Students for Life in Living Color 12 Williams and Associates, Inc. Recognizing and Managing Cultural Differences 32 Ron Crouch Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet Hollee Schwartz Temple, Esquire The Changing Face of America: Diversity and Longevity 14 West Virginia University College of Law Why Good Enough is the New Perfect for Me 34 Sheryll Cashin, Esquire Georgetown University Michael Lee Developing Cultural Dexterity 16 Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation What are Black, White and Red Together? 36 Pat Clark, Esquire Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP Heather French Henry Steady Progress on the Road to Full LGBT Equality 18 The Heather French Foundation for Veterans, Inc. Removing the Obstacles for Disabled Veterans 38 James P. Clements, Ph.D. West Virginia University Jennifer McIntosh Diversity Planning in West Virginia Higher Education 20 West Virginia University Chancellor Scholars Program Opens Door of Opportunity 40 Linda Carter Batiste Job Accommodation Network Including People with Disabilities in Diversity Efforts 22 Fazal A. Shere, Esquire Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP My Adventures as a Minority Lawyer 42 THIS IS AN ADVERTISEMENT Celebrate Diversity FROM OUR A Snapshot of Our Region’s Opportunities and Challenges Thomas A. Heywood MANAGING Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love llp PARTNER Tom Heywood is Managing History teaches us that great civilizations We each can tell our own stories of encountering Partner of Bowles Rice and arise and prosper as they become crossroads and experiencing diversity. I recall well the a former chief of staff to the Honorable Gaston Caperton, of commercial and cultural exchange. Think quarter I spent abroad my junior year in college, Governor of the State of West Ancient Persia, Egypt and China, the Roman studying in France and traveling across Europe. Virginia. He has significant Empire, Renaissance Italy, the British Empire, I spent time with a French family, played on experience in health care, and certainly today the United States. As a French basketball team, and had the chance corporate, finance and commercial law, and leads people from villages, towns, cities, states and to immerse myself in a completely different the firm’s government countries interact with those with different culture. I never learned as much about my relations team. practices, customs and experiences, they own culture – language, customs, assumptions, He was appointed by West are stimulated to greater growth, success strengths and weaknesses – as during those Virginia’s Governor to the and vitality. several months in France. That is part of the Independent Commission on power of stepping outside of the familiar, and Judicial Reform in 2009. Today, we inhabit a global village. Whether seeing new and different ways to think and act. Mr. Heywood is active in the the world is truly or completely flat is subject community and in various West to debate, but the world is certainly smaller As each of us considers the challenges and Virginia business and trade than it was even a century or two ago. Each opportunities facing our communities and associations. He serves on the boards of many charitable of us regularly interacts with people who are organizations, it is important to consider organizations, including Vision different from those in our immediate family. how to harness the power of diversity. I hope Shared, Imagine West Virginia, If the lessons of history hold true, this means that the articles that follow will help you in Discover the Real West Virginia that each of us lives in a time of unbounded this regard. They have done this for me, and I Foundation, Thomas Memorial Hospital, West Virginia University opportunity. want to thank each of our authors for taking the Hospitals, the Clay Center time to share their thoughts and observations. and the Kanawha County In this issue of Views & Visions we explore the Happy reading! Library Foundation. many dimensions of diversity. While we may Mr. Heywood was recognized tend to think of diversity as an issue involving for his many contributions to the racial, gender or ethnic mix of a given the legal profession and the population, a moment’s reflection suggests community by being named that diversity is a much broader and more a Fellow of the American Bar Association and a recipient of powerful concept. the 2010 “Who’s Who in West Virginia Business” award. Think about successful teams of which you He has been recognized have been a member. I’ll bet that the team by the leading peer review you are thinking of had people with different organizations including talents, temperaments and convictions. A Best Lawyers in America, high school football team with eleven good Chambers USA and Super Lawyers. quarterbacks on the offense, or all defensive players, would be an utter failure. An ensemble of talented musicians who all play the violin could not perform even the simplest orchestral work. Clearly, having people of different talents, abilities, experiences and perspectives is key to the success of any team or organization. THIS IS AN ADVERTISEMENT Fall 2011 3 Getting the Best Outputs from Diverse Inputs David C. Hardesty, Jr., Of Counsel Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP David C. Hardesty, Jr. was There is widespread awareness of the clear asked Professor Jack Byrd, Carl Hadsell and others president of West Virginia advantages to any organization of diversity from the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and University from 1995 to 2007. He is now president emeritus and inclusiveness. Development (CESD) at the College of Engineering and professor of law at West and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University Virginia University. Prior to The concept of diversity involves broad based (WVU) to teach our attorneys and management joining West Virginia University, participation in decision making by everyone team a host of facilitation skills − skills related he was a Bowles Rice partner from 1973 to 1995. He is now in the organization, respecting each individual’s to how leaders can get the best out of meetings of Of Counsel to the firm. unique perspective, and learning to value the teams, clients and any other firm-related groups. diversity dimensions such as race, ethnicity, Recently, we asked Professor Byrd to reprise his Mr. Hardesty served as West socio-economic status, age and physical abilities. top 10 tips for a facilitated meeting, which he Virginia Tax Commissioner from 1977 to 1980. He is a founding Diversity also includes the individual learning taught us at the time. Here they are: director of the Blanchette and leadership styles of persons with whom we Rockefeller Neurosciences work. Some of us are highly analytical in our 1 We will build on one person’s thought before Institute in Morgantown, approach to problem solving and want data we move to another person’s thoughts. West Virginia, and maintains numerous professional and and factual support before acting. Others of 2 We will explore before we criticize. business affiliations. us are willing to take a risk, act on a hunch and try a new approach when the result cannot be 3 When we do criticize, we will offer an alternative. He holds degrees from West predicted with certainty. Many of those we think Virginia University, Oxford 4 University (where he was of as the natural born leaders among us value We will wait to be recognized by the a Rhodes Scholar) and emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills facilitator before we speak. Harvard Law School. above all else. And, there are those who love to 5 We will focus on the concept before we dream and imagine a future for the organization. become involved in the details It is now commonly understood that organizations 6 We will listen first and then respond to are likely to advance toward their ultimate goals what was said. faster if they embrace, practice and foster diversity within their ranks. 7 We will keep our perspective on our “reason for being,” not on our narrow interests. Our firm seeks to attract lawyers and staff that are 8 We will respect each other as persons. diverse, in every way, and tries to further diversity 9 We will protect what others say and not in the organizations of which we are a part. This repeat their comments outside of the meeting. issue of Views & Visions evidences our efforts. 10 Typically, Bowles Rice meetings are full of rich We will view a meeting as being successful when we have truly learned from others and discussions, in part because of our diversity.
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