Monterey Bay Aquarium Creating a Diversity and Inclusion Program from Scratch

How does an organization go about starting a quality diversity & inclusion plan? Our Mission To Inspire Conservation of the Ocean

Who We Are

• Executive Director – Julie Packard • DIVISIONS – Conservation & Science – Culinary Team – Education – Executive Office – Exhibitions – Facilities Operations – Finance, Accounting & Information Technology – Guest Experience – Human Resources – Husbandry – Marketing and Communications – Membership and Development – Merchandising

The Culture of Inclusion creating the Diversity Advantage Purpose

“To develop and Implement strategies to assist the Aquarium in furthering its goal of becoming more relevant to the California of the future by increasing the ethnic and age diversity of our staff.” Institutional Values Principles of Diversity

• Education

Institutional Values • Understanding

• Tolerance

• Inclusivity Diversity and Inclusion Then, Now, and Beyond Diversity and Inclusion Veterans Career Fair The Deeper Dive Series Timeline (Then, Now, and Beyond) MBA Hosted Job Fair Spring/Fall EDD Recruitment PDN Recruitment CSUMB Recruitment UC Santa Cruz Recruitment MPC Recruitment Hartnell Recruitment EDD Recruitment 2017 Diversity Cinema 2016 D&I comm key areas of Center for the 2015 focus Deaf and Hard of identified: 1) AZA Presentation Hearing 2014 Recruitment

sources/reso Diversity Diversity Strategy with D&I is a standard 2013 urces, Speaker Dr. Jim Hekkers agenda item on 2)Removing Diversity Shakti Butler the Husbandry 2012 Barriers, Speaker Dr. SACNAS Conference Department 3)Fostering Hired Diversity john powell SHRM meeting agenda 2011 Inclusive Manager Diversity Diversity Speaker Tim Diversity included Culture 2010 CA Black Conference Wise Job description in strategic plan Implemented Expo template revised 2009 Added Inclusion as objectives Revised Internship Salinas High School to eliminate an institutional First Formal Diversity Program Partnerships: Career Talk hidden bias value Meeting CSUMB,UCSC

MPC Santa Cruz Community Gender Neutral

Diversity Groups Job Fair Bathroom signs

(outside Consultants)

Bilingual Program Majority of

Presenter position was candidate pools created included diversity

Diversity and Inclusion Key Strategies

2 Primary Areas of Focus

Outreach • Created Community Presence • Changed the community perception of MBA job opportunities • Established new partnerships

In-reach • Educated management on unconscious bias • Revised Job Description template • Organizational Learning via MLI • Ongoing Conversation- Deeper Dive

Diversity and Inclusion Where are we now?

D&I Committee formalized areas of focus • Recruitment Sources and Resources • Removing Barriers • Fostering and Inclusive Culture Internal and External (Grassroots) • Expanded Committee membership • Organizational understanding of D&I • Metrics of institutional change • Organizational learning and awareness of Diversity and Inclusion Diversity and Inclusion

What can you do?

• Communicating Diversity & Inclusion • Communicate and educate. Diversity work is a journey, not a destination. It takes time, patience, and perseverance • Removing Barriers • Encouraging manager to support staff engagement in Diversity Activities (not only during breaks) • Become Involved in the MBA Community • Encourage employees to participate in In-reach and Outreach opportunities • Encourage managers to be deliberate with Hiring • Active support of our diverse hiring practices • Growing a diverse work force doesn’t just happen - it requires deliberate, intentional engagement Diversity and Inclusion Committee Members

Joey Scott - Teacher Programs Adam Merry - Information Technology Julianne Farrar - Human Resources Armando Vidal - Executive Administration Katie Tungston - Guest Experience Barbara Meister- Marketing\Communications Laraine Lomax - Volunteer Engagement Brianne Fitzgerald - Husbandry Lorraine Yglesias - Marketing Chris Sanchez - Guest Support Services Mika Yoshida - Communications Edward Allen - Human Resources Misty Grijalva - Guest Experience Erika Valencia- Human Resources Sheila Bowman - Seafood Watch Jim Covel - GE Training & Interpretive Programs Teresa Merry - Human Resources Thank you.