I, Jon Kreucher, personally commit to the following:

Personal Commitment

• Proactively develop a culture where all employees feel included and empowered as individuals;
• Continue to increase personal sensitivity to issues surrounding Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, including with respect to implicit bias;
• Actively consider diverse candidates for leadership roles within the firm, including Howard & Howard’s leadership committee and practice group chair and co-chair positions;
• Encourage diverse slates for each recruited position and regularly reinforce the importance of diverse talent within our firm;
• Regularly attend Howard & Howard’s DE&I meetings;
• Annually meet with each of Howard & Howard’s affinity groups to hear concerns and provide for accountability;
• Meet semi-annually with Howard & Howard’s LCLD Fellow to discuss experiences and recommendations for advancing DE&I within our firm;
• Reinvent our mentorship programs to drive proactive engagement with all associates, and to ensure that diverse associates have career support fostering their success;
• Create clear expectations related to necessary qualifications for leadership positions;
• Ensure availability and utilization of DE&I training resources by all Howard & Howard attorneys.

Organizational Commitment

• Identify practice area opportunities and coordinate with Howard & Howard’s DE&I committee in the recruitment of diverse candidates to fill such practice areas;
• Involve Howard & Howard’s DE&I committee in a review of the firm’s interview process and evaluation forms and review criteria in an effort to eliminate conscious and implicit bias;
• Coordinate Howard & Howard’s Community Reinvestment Fund and DE&I initiatives so Howard & Howard demonstrates its commitment to DE&I both through our internal actions and through our financial resources.
• Engage in our local communities to facilitate exposure to the legal profession from a young age and continue the firm’s support of the Damon J. Keith Scholarship at Wayne State University.
• Promote diverse attorneys within the firm and ensure equitable division of work assignments and business development.