Newly created role designed to further diversity, equity and inclusion at specialty grocer
Gerald Walden has been appointed vice president, deputy general counsel and head of diversity at The Fresh Market.
Walden previously served as vice president and head of legal. As head of diversity, a newly created role, he will oversee The Fresh Market’s efforts to advance and integrate diversity, equity and inclusion values and practices across the company and with business partners and customers, the Greensboro, N.C.-based specialty grocer said.
In his role as deputy general counsel, Walden (left) will continue to serve as a leader in The Fresh Market’s legal team through his deep experience in labor and employment law, the company noted. He also serves on The Fresh Market’s Diversity Action Board and, for almost a decade, has overseen the retailer’s legal internship program, which provides opportunities exclusively to minority law students.
A doula, a graduate mentor, a solar energy researcher and a career development director have received 2021 University Awards for the Advancement of Women. These women and the 2020 award recipients, whose ceremony was canceled because of the pandemic, were honored at a virtual event on March 8.
Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz presented the awards. “Carolina endeavors to build a community where everyone knows they belong and has equal access to academic, professional and personal fulfillment and success,” he said, adding that the goal aligns with the Build Our Community Together initiative from the University’s strategic plan, Carolina Next: Innovations for Public Good. “Achieving this goal means tearing down barriers to equity and elevating the work of those who bring us closer to this goal.”
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