Photography credit: Louis Venne Photography, Naples, Florida
Anise D. Wiley-Little is a human resource, diversity, equity, inclusion and work-life strategist, life coach, corporate executive, higher education executive, sought after speaker, writer, former chief diversity officer and chief human resource officer, having spent more than 30 years in a Fortune 100 organization, higher education, consulting and serving the community. She lives in north suburban Chicago with her husband and two children.
Find me:
Diversity Is The Smart Thing To Do. But How To Do It?
Talkzone: Profitable Diversity
How Economic Inclusion Can Lead to Success – The Atlantic
Sample Featured:
The Chicago Tribune, Workforce Management, Investor’s Business Daily, Wall Street Journal, Diversity Woman, Diversity Journal, PR Week and HR Magazine. She and her family were also featured in the PBS documentary Fathers and Daughters: Journeys of the Heart.
Sample Personal Awards and Recognition
2006 Leadership Award from the People’s Voice – Freedom Award | 2007 Most Influential African American | 2006 CareerFOCUS Eagle Award for Outstanding Leadership Achievement by The National Eagle Leadership Institute® (NELI) and CareerFOCUS Magazine™ | One of Chicago’s most influential in Who’s Who in Black Chicago, 2009/10 | Two time winner of Allstate’s Chairman’s Award | 2007 Peak Performer Award – National Eagle Leadership Institute | 2008 First Lady of Supplier Diversity – WBENC conference issue of Women’s Enterprise USA | 2008 Diversity MBA – 50 under 50| 2010 YWCA Women of Achievement in Business | 2017 Community Leadership Award from the Chicago People’s Voice | Recognized by SHRM as one of the Top 100 Global Thought Leaders for Diversity | Boardroom BoundÒ BoardologyÔ Institute Governance Graduate. IDI Intercultural Development Inventory®, Qualified Administrator, a statistically reliable, cross-culturally valid measure of intercultural competence. Paving the Way to Excellence: Recognized by the Editors of HRO Today as a top leader in the HR Industry – December, 2017. Diversity MBA – Impact Award for Marketplace, September, 2018.
SAMPLE OF THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AND RECENT PUBLISHED WORK
Supplier and Board Diversity: One Path to Economic Inclusion, October 2012 | Harnessing Opportunity: The New ROI, June 2013 | Diversity’s Positive Impact on the Bottom Line, June 2013 | Adding ‘External Heat’: The Value of a Diversity Advisory Board, September 2013 | Book – Profitable Diversity: How Economic Inclusion Can Lead to Success, Two Harbors Press, March 13, 2013 | Inclusion Magazine Cover Story, Winter 2017 | Leading Organizations as Social Justice Moves from the Streets to the Boardroom, May 2017 | Aspiring Business Leaders: Driving Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace, October, 2017| Interviewed for Diversity MBA and Diversity Woman’s Magazine – published, January 2018 | Women Supporting Women: Brave Leaders are Inclusive – published, May 2018 | A New Journey: Modernizing Our Approach to Talent as the First Wave of Generation Z Graduates and Enters the Workforce to be published March, 2019.Contributing writer and Board Member to Insight into Diversity, Diversity MBA and Diversity Woman Magazines.