We invite our NACRO members and network to join Tony Peebles (Director, Diversity Advancement & Corporate Relations at Case Western Reserve University) and Katheryne Rehberg (Director, Business Development, Office of Corporate Relations at the University of Illinois) in an honest dialogue around diversity and the critical role universities play in solving the challenges industry face in fostering a diverse workforce.

In this two-part episode we first welcome Edward Reynolds, Corporate & Foundations Relations Officer at Auburn University, Harbert College of Business & Auburn alum to share his career journey leading him to corporate relations, his passion for diversity, equity and inclusion, insights on corporate partnerships particularly after the events of 2020 and reflections on his first few months as a NACRO member. NACRO Co-Presidents Megan Puzey, Director, Office of Corporate Relations at the University of Illinois and Kim Jacobs, Director of Engineering Extension and Outreach, at University of Florida's Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, listen in for part-one and then give us a peak behind the curtain on the work the NACRO board of directors is leading to increase the diversity and inclusion efforts of the NACRO organization. Thank you for joining us in this important dialogue on diversity, equity and inclusion!

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Edward Reynolds | LinkedIn to connect with Edward

Megan Puzey | LinkedIn to connect with Megan

Kimberly (Field) Jacobs | LinkedIn to connect with Kim

Anthony Peebles | LinkedIn to connect with Tony

Katheryne Rehberg | LinkedIn to connect with Katheryne

The long term goal of NACRO and its membership is to engage industry in a setting that allows for open discussion while sharing best practices with peers. As corporate philanthropy and R&D evolves towards increasingly collaborative activities, NACRO will aid in defining these roles. As corporations expand globally but work locally, they seek the “front door” to an academic institution that a university corporate relations office can provide.