Adrienne Trimble, Diversity Leader on Owning Your Place at the Table [Color Forward]
Adrienne Trimble, President & CEO, The National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc
Adrienne is a known thought leader for advancing corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. She was formerly General Manager, Diversity & Inclusion at Toyota, where she was the second Black woman in an executive position at the (Japanese, male-led) company.
She talks to us on Color Forward podcast about owning your seat at the table, using your voice boldly because you earned that right, and being okay making others uncomfortable in the process.
Quotes from Adrienne:
“If you’ve been invited to those rooms, it’s because someone thought what you had to say was important. Don’t miss that opportunity once it’s been given.”
“Many times that I've walked into a room, I'm the only woman, I'm the only Black, I'm the only Black woman. So there's a lot of “onlys” that I feel I've walked into the room with. And, what I would say that when it comes to those cultural norms that you just feel and you have to, have to manage through, the one that probably gets me the most is making sure that my voice is heard.”
“You have to be okay with making people feel uncomfortable. I have no problem with people feeling a little bit uncomfortable if it's going to be a teachable moment for them.”
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About Color Forward
Color Forward highlights multicultural women through their journeys as powerful pioneers, change-makers, and rule-breakers. We understand that now, more than ever is the time to inspire and enable women to fully own their voice and power. We know that Black, Latina and Asian women are ready to take their careers to the next level. Through the storytelling of those who have gone before us, quite often off the beaten path of traditional career trajectories, our goal is to have our listeners hear versions of themselves in the narratives, inspired to live out their own dreams.
About The National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc
The NMSDC advances business opportunities for certified minority business enterprises (MBEs) and connects them to corporate members. To meet the growing need for supplier diversity, NMSDC matches its more than 12,000 certified minority-owned businesses to our network of more than 1,750 corporate members who wish to purchase their products, services and solutions. NMSDC, a unique and specialized player in the field of minority business enterprise, is proud of its unwavering commitment to advance Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American suppliers in a globalized corporate supply chain. For more information, visit www.NMSDC.org.