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Delmarva Power breaks supplier diversity record

In this month’s Money Moves: Delmarva Power broke its own record for supplier diversity contracts in 2023, awarding $190 million in contracts to vendors at least 51% owed by someone in an underrepresented group, including racial and ethnic minority groups, women, veterans, people with disabilities and others. That’s $50 million more than 2022.

➡️ Read more about it in my report here.

The women leading Vanguard’s IT services

It’s still not easy to be a woman leader in IT, but Vanguard has been working to empower its female workforce. Not an empty claim — the women at the top testify to it.

“Vanguard is very unique from an employee perspective, in that we believe in the significance of balance. It is manifested in just about every aspect of what I experience on a day-to-day basis. We all produce hard and meaningful work that we’re passionate about, but the company supports us as humans, too,” said Jennifer Manry, Vanguard head of corporate systems.

➡️  Learn about Manry’s and two of her colleagues’ career journeys in this sponsored article.

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