AWS BEN-BOLD Celebrates One Year of Global Growth and Employee Leadership Impact

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Reflections from a Employee-Led Group Leader💡About 2.5 Years Ago one of my mentors in the DEI space Shaude' Moore, EdD Candidate pitched an idea to me and some colleagues about launching a chapter of our Black Employee Network strictly dedicated to our AWS Data Center Community. Of course I immediately said yes, understanding the importance of these spaces for all employees.1-year ago we officially Launched the affiliate chapter of the Black Employee Network Building Opportunities for Leadership in Data Centers aka BEN-BOLD. A year later we have scaled across 5 AMER regions, 1 EMEA cluster, and 1000+ builder community. I’m also coming up on my first full year serving as the Global President, while as a humble leader this wasn’t my original role I accepted the challenge to continue the mission.There’s not enough time to truly express my gratitude for everyone who has embraced and supported BEN-BOLD, from executive leaders, colleagues, allies and our builders.Thank you to our Board of Directors past and present, you all helped create the foundation of this group. Honorable mention to my current Global board of directors who have to deal with all my headaches directly lol before passing it down to our Nodes. 🫡💙

Communities

• Black

Formats

• Awards & Recognition Event
• Internal Event

Goals

• Connect