I, Steve McManus, personally commit to the following:

Personal Commitment

• Hold leaders in my department accountable for the shared commitment to creating an inclusive workplace and advancing diversity in the legal profession.
• Model conversational opportunities built on a grassroots approach that help employees bring their full and best selves to work.
• Solicit input for key decisions from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, ensuring thoughtful and deliberate discussions and better outcomes.

Organizational Commitment

• Ensure D&I is part of the agenda of every meeting of the Law Department cross-departmental leadership group. 
• Provide access to education and awareness programming to enhance the understanding and importance of diversity and inclusion in our workplace. 
• Advance diversity pipeline efforts through our continued commitment to leadership development opportunities for internal and external attorneys and supporting law students through summer legal internships and other development opportunities. 
• Leverage our position and influence to affect positive dialogue and change amongst our external legal services providers. 
• Work to ensure our hiring efforts cast a wide net to broaden our external recruiting network.

Metrics

• Proportion of external legal spend attributable to diverse attorneys or diverse-owned law firms as well as the progress our retained counsel firms are making in the D&I space.
• Diversity among attorney and leadership team in the Law Department.