Sara Jones - Leading DEI With a Unified Voice and Purpose

Sara Jones, CEO InclusionPro, presentation at Utah's Business Diversity Summit. In this session, she shares how more executive leaders are rising to the challenge of integrating diversity, equity and inclusion into their core business strategy. Unity feels increasingly hard to achieve right now, but with alignment on mission and vision, leaders can achieve remarkable transformation. Sara Jones will share case studies on how executives are approaching and using transformative strategies to achieve a unified approach to DEI.

About Sara Jones
Sara Jones is CEO of InclusionPro® (www.inclusionpro.com). Her approach to diversity stands out from traditional models, in that her programs strongly engage all leaders as stakeholders in the conversation, guiding thoughtful and strategic leaders in the art of inclusive leadership across industries.

Sara, who was adopted from South Korea at age three, grew up as one of few Asians in a predominantly white community, and in her professional life, has often been one of few women leaders in male-dominated industries. These experiences helped her develop a profound and personal understanding of the value of diverse perspectives.

She has advocated throughout her career for the benefits of greater diversity in our companies, boardrooms and circles of power. Jones is a Founder of Women Tech Council (WTC), a national organization focused on the economic impact of women in driving high growth for the technology sector. She also serves on the Utah State Workforce Development Board, Board of Trustees for Intermountain Healthcare Salt Lake Valley Hospitals and co-chair of the Inclusion and Equity Opportunity committee of the Salt Lake Chamber.

Jones was honored as a Distinguished Alumni from the University of Utah (2021), a Utah Business Magazine CEO of the Year (2019), received a Distinguished Alumni award from the University of Utah College of Engineering (2017) and was a Utah Innovation Awardee.