Valerie Portillo
Strategist, Legal Department and Law Firm Integration at Diversity Lab - Los Angeles, CA, US
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Diversity Lab creates and experiments with innovative initiatives that boost inclusion and cultivate diversity in elite law firms, and legal departments. The Lab's team of highly-regarded talent experts, data scientists, and psychologists, profiles high performers through data techniques such as Moneyball analyses. That intel is used to identify, develop, test, measure, and re-test new recruitment, advancement, and retention initiatives that cultivate diversity at the leadership level. Data, behavioral science, and design-thinking are at the core of everything the Lab does. Current projects include:OnRamp Fellowship – Matching experienced women returning to the legal and banking professions after an extended hiatus with 30 of the world's top organizations in the U.S., Australia, England, and Canada (www.OnRampFellowship.com)Women in Leadership Hackathon — Facilitating a series of Shark-Tank style pitch competitions with more than 50 companies and firms across the legal, energy, financial services, and consulting fields to generate innovative ideas for retaining and advancing women in leadership rolesTakeALittleAction.com – Highlighting individuals and initiatives that advance women in law, tech, science, finance, and other industries to encourage support of their effortsCulture Analysis – Facilitating the first empirical study with law firms, legal departments, and financial services firms to better understand organizations' overall cultures as well as the micro-cultures that exist in each practice/division.The Judicial Diversity Initiative – Providing diverse lawyers with details on how to apply for and get appointed to state judgeshipsWomenLegalExperts.com – Promoting successful women lawyers across the country who have been identified as experts in their field by Chambers and BTI TalentThinkTank.com – Publishing the first collaborative talent blog with 25+ experts in talent management