Investing in Equity: Building an Inclusive Business Community 2023

The NKY Chamber and St. Elizabeth Healthcare are partnering for Investing in Equity: Building an Inclusive Business Community, the second annual DEI summit, powered by Fifth Third Bank.

This event attracts more than 300 people for discussions around diversity, equity, inclusion and advancement in the Northern Kentucky Metro business community.

Lillian Dukes, Senior Vice President of Technical Operations for Atlas Air, will serve as this year’s keynote speaker. Dukes has more than 30 years of global experience delivering strategic organizational improvements in start-up, turnaround and mature manufacturing environments. She has driven development and change initiatives from concept through realized growth and profitability in companies such as Spirit AeroSystems, Beechcraft Corporation, American Airlines, American Eagle Airlines and GE. Dukes is an advisory board member for AWESOME, an organization that focuses on advancing women leaders in supply chain leadership, and she received the Legendary Leadership Award in 2021. In 2022, she was honored as one of Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America.

Following the keynote presentation, a panel discussion and breakout sessions will tackle topics such as recruiting and retaining top talent, supplier diversity, hiring persons with disabilities and hiring and supporting veterans.