Why DEI Still Matters – A Conversation with Pratt Wiley
Date: June 17 Time: 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Cost: This event is being offered as a free education session.
Woburn, MA 01801
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility efforts have been the subject of major interest, concern and debate in our nation. Recent executive orders have attempted to reshape discrimination laws and eliminate practices that the current administration deems unlawful discrimination. Businesses and nonprofit organizations committed to increasing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility may be thinking about how the changing political landscape and public perception hinders or motivates these efforts.
Join us on June 17, 2025 for a networking reception and conversation on the current state of DEI in a shifting social and political climate with business executive Pratt Norton Wiley, President and CEO of The Partnership, Inc.
The Partnership, Inc. is a Boston-based organization that for nearly 30 years has partnered with successful enterprises to make them more competitive in a global economy by helping them attract, develop, and retain talented multicultural professionals at all levels of leadership and assist in creating a corporate climate that encourages diversity and helps multicultural professionals thrive.
This event, hosted by McLane Middleton’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, will feature a Q&A discussion led by Attorney Christina Krakoff, of counsel and Chair of the firm’s DEI Committee.
Presenters
Christina is Of Counsel in McLane Middleton’s Trusts and Estates Department where she advises clients in a variety of areas including estate planning, asset protection, estate, gift, income and generation skipping tax planning, and trust and estate administration. Christina works with individuals and families from across the economic spectrum to design and implement comprehensive and straight forward estate plans.
Christina also proudly serves as Chair of the firm’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee.
Christina also is co-chair of the firm’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, which focuses on increasing diversity and inclusion at all levels, monitoring firm progress and recommending actions to be taken to meet the goal of developing and maintaining an equitable and diverse workplace.
Pratt Norton Wiley is the President and CEO of The Partnership, Inc., New England’s premier organization dedicated to enhancing the competitiveness of the region by attracting, developing, retaining and convening multicultural professionals. During its 33 year history, The Partnership has collaborated with 500 corporations who have sponsored 6,500 multicultural executives and professionals in the organization’s innovative leadership development programming.
Pratt is a leader and strategic planner in fields ranging from law, politics, non-profit management and business management.