Carol B. Tome

"Diversity, equity, inclusion is something we have been about since the beginning. "

"We've declared that we want 40% of our team to be ethnic diversity"

"We do have an obligation to attend to the needs of all stakeholders, which means we have to address social issues"

In response to George Floyd "there were a number of actions that we mentioned, including funding black organizations and committing volunteer hours and creating an equity and justice task force and a number of other things. Unconscious bias training for all of our people, lots of actions that we took. "

Q: “So what do you think you should be saying about the Georgia law or not saying? Again, you've got to deal with shareholders, customers, politicians, employees. How do you deal with a topic like this right here, right now?” A: “Well, philosophically, I've always liked to fly under the radar when it comes to politics, especially bipartisan or partisan politics, I should say. In this case, though, this is a human capital matter that faces the nation, not just the state of Georgia… So our statement is what we believe, that it should be easier to vote, not harder to vote, across the nation and across the world. And we will take those words and put them into actions. And we listed a number of things that we are doing here in this country to help voter accessibility and polling availability.”