Team Up for SB'24 San Diego With Our Special 4 for 3 Rate!

Press Release
Humana’s Maria Hughes named to BLACK ENTERPRISE’s 2018 Top Executives in Corporate Diversity List

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is proud to announce that Maria Hughes, Senior Vice President and Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, has been named to BLACK ENTERPRISE’s 2018 Top Executives in Corporate Diversity List.

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is proud to announce that Maria Hughes, Senior Vice President and Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, has been named to BLACK ENTERPRISE’s 2018 Top Executives in Corporate Diversity List.

The list includes “leading professionals who drive innovation, productivity, and profitability by ensuring across-the-board diversity that includes the workforce, leadership, corporate governance and supply chain,” the magazine said. A special report appeared in the magazine’s latest issue, highlighting the critical role played by Hughes and her peers “in bolstering the global competitiveness of corporate America.”

“I’m honored to be on this list, because it reflects the important work we do at Humana to ensure that inclusion and diversity helps create a culture that drives innovation, improves quality and sustains growth,” Hughes said. “Health care is a varied and intensely personal marketplace, and cultivating the uniqueness of our team helps us leverage a broad array of insights and understanding as we guide our members toward their best health.”

To select the Top Executives in Corporate Diversity, BLACK ENTERPRISE editors consulted major corporations and identified the leading corporate executives charged with driving corporate diversity efforts within some of the nation’s largest entities. They selected leaders who drive diversity initiatives vital to their business objectives.

Communicating complex, unfamiliar sustainability claims on CPG packaging

Join us as Applegate and HowGood share insights into marketing lessons, consumer response and understanding, and marketplace data on the expression and communication of new categories of sustainability claims on CPG packaging - as well as tips for avoiding consumer and industry backlash and controversy - Wed, Oct. 16, at SB'24 San Diego.

The magazine’s goal is to honor businesses and leaders who create and maintain a diverse and inclusive environment and help it become ingrained in the fabric of their companies.

This year’s roster represents leaders who design and implement corporate policies and programs that promote advancement of African Americans, Latinos and other ethnic minorities, as well as women, the disabled, and the LGBT (lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender) community throughout the rank-and-file, senior management teams, and the supply chain.

“Your stellar accomplishment and powerful example will inspire legions of executives in their pursuit of professional excellence while seeking to use their positions to make a tangible difference,” said Derek T. Dingle, SVP & Chief Content Officer of BLACK ENTERPRISE, in a letter to Hughes.

More information regarding Humana is available to investors via the Investor Relations page of the company’s web site at www.humana.com.

Related Stories

Smallholder Voices Are Critical in Ethical Supply Chains SUPPLY CHAIN
Smallholder Voices Are Critical in Ethical Supply Chains
Avoiding Greenwashing Accusations Requires Cross-Functional Collaboration ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE
Avoiding Greenwashing Accusations Requires Cross-Functional Collaboration
Resilient Companies Remain Committed to Improvement, Regardless of Regulations REGULATION & PUBLIC POLICY
Resilient Companies Remain Committed to Improvement, Regardless of Regulations
Antonioli: Carbon Markets Must Center on Long-Term, Sustainable Development Impacts CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Antonioli: Carbon Markets Must Center on Long-Term, Sustainable Development Impacts
What Consumer Data Can Tell Us About the Future of Sustainability MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
What Consumer Data Can Tell Us About the Future of Sustainability
‘Greenhushing’ Diminishing Returns for 58% of US’s 100 Biggest Companies MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
‘Greenhushing’ Diminishing Returns for 58% of US’s 100 Biggest Companies