Our Commitment to An Inclusive Community
Chief was created to shape a better world for women leaders. We want our community to reflect the representation we hope to see across all levels of the workforce. We’re doing that by cultivating a community that welcomes a range of identities, and is rich with a diversity of ideas, perspectives, identities, and experiences.
We believe the diversity of our community makes us exponentially more impactful, and our vision is a future where one's identity is not a barrier to leadership.
Our Community
Expanding Access to the Chief Membership
Chief’s Grant Program was developed to reduce the financial barrier for executives and those employed in the non-profit sector. In 2024, we gave over $3 million in grants.
Programming
Our greatest strength is the thousands of intersecting identities represented across our community. We want to celebrate those identities and experiences by creating space for our members to connect and learn across their differences. We do this through co-building with communities to ensure identity is represented throughout the Chief experience:
- Intersectional identity groups
- Heritage and History Month celebrations
- Representation in the speakers and thought leaders in our Chief-led programming and events represented
Thought Leadership
We publish hundreds of articles intended to inspire executives to build a more equitable future for all.
Our editorial content provides executives with the knowledge and tools they need to create more inclusive workplaces, policies, and decisions.
Our Guidelines
Chief’s mission is to maximize the impact of women executives, and our community guidelines are grounded in our values — powerful, inclusive, real, curious, time travel. They inform the behaviors we expect members to embody and uphold and are part of our effort to create in-person and virtual environments that foster dignity, safety, and respect.
We have a zero-tolerance policy for any hateful or illegal behavior, including harassment, discriminatory, derogatory, or racist behaviors that threaten the sense of dignity, well-being, and safety of our members.
Accessibility Statement
Our Commitment
At Chief, we believe in the principles of inclusion and belonging, and strive to ensure that everyone, including those with disabilities, can meaningfully engage in our activities and services. We are committed to creating an accessible environment for all members. Our efforts to promote accessibility are guided by the principles of equal access across the member experience and continuously improving our accessibility initiatives.
Our Accessibility Initiatives
Technology and Digital Accessibility
We are committed to developing our digital platforms and technologies to be accessible, following best practices for web accessibility standards (WCAG).
Event and Program Accessibility
We strive to make all events and programs inclusive and accessible. This may involve providing sign language interpreters, ensuring venues are wheelchair-accessible, and accommodating dietary restrictions.
Physical Accessibility
We work to ensure that our physical spaces are accessible to individuals with mobility challenges. This includes ramps, alternative routes of ingress and egress, elevators, and designated restrooms.
Communication and Information
We are committed to providing accessible information and communications. We are working to ensure that alternative formats are offered for digital materials and captioning for videos.
Impact Beyond Chief
Through our varied partnerships and events, we aim to support career opportunities for leaders across the spectrum of diversity including girls and young people. We’re also proud to have worked with signature partner Girls Inc’s National Project Accelerate program, which focuses on accelerating young women’s trajectories through college and career entry.
We also have a number of member-led groups intended to mobilize those interested in social impact. One example is our Moving the Needle group which has more than 1,000 members and meets regularly to organize and support senior women leaders in making a greater social and environmental impact. We’re also proud to host events within our clubhouses that connect our members to pressing issues that impact both their leadership and the wider community.Since Chief launched in 2019, we’ve donated to critical causes where Chief has a voice in the conversation on leadership and gender. Over the past five years we have:
- Donated over $500,000 to causes aimed to address women and people of color having power and agency, including donating to support intersectional reproductive rights, affirmative action, and LGBTQ rights.
- Donated $50,000 to support Global Fund for Women’s Crisis Fund, which supports crises through grassroots gender justice movements around the world, to transform power and privilege for a few into equity and equality for all.
Leveraging Our Voice
At Chief, we know our voice is best used on issues at the intersection of leadership and gender. When world events happen that are important to or impact our members, we will do what we do best: convene and gather in community to support our members and/or create content to help them hone their own leadership skills to lead through these moments as well. We’ve honed in on where we — our voice and resources — can have the greatest impact as an organization.
Our Team
Since Chief was founded, we have been intentional about our leadership team representing the communities where we work and live. We believe it is imperative to have diverse perspectives at the decision-making table. Our team is our differentiator and strength. We are brought together by a shared belief in our mission to maximize the impact of women executives. Our team members' diverse lived experiences, knowledge, and perspectives bring an empathetic approach to help build and support our network of executives.
Chief Collectives
We’re building a culture where everyone is heard and everyone is valued. Our equitable culture is supported by our ERGs, which we call The Chief Collectives.
Our Collectives include:
API Collective, Black Collective, Early in Career Collective, First Gen Collective, Global Collective, Jewish Collective, Latinx Collective, LGBTQIA+ Collective, and Neurodiverse Collective.
We were proud to be named a Diversity Hiring Leader by Canvas and strive to ensure Chief continues to be an inclusive and supportive place to work for all of our employees.