Kevin A. Carter is the Director, Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) for the Campbell Soup Co, founder of Inclusion Innovates and a blogger for Inclusion to Innovation and Building the Expo.
With Campbell‘s, his current focus is D&I strategy development; managing the company’s Business Resource Affinity Networks; designing and facilitating D&I leading and learning sessions for organizational units on IDI (intercultural developmental inventory) and LIFO (Life Orientations); D&I HR integration and D&I reputation management.
With Inclusion Innovates, his “disruptive inclusion” philosophy and inclusion innovation model reflects his belief that the integration of diversity, cultural competency and social technologies leads to breakthrough innovation and business value.
Kevin is also the co-chair of the Conference Board Diversity Leadership Council and the chair of the Diversity Metrics Workgroup of the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) Diversity Standards Taskforce. These committees are developing standards and the "new normal" in the diversity and inclusion field.
Mr. Carter holds a BA, Cum Laude in Philosophy and Public Affairs from Vanderbilt University and an MBA in Finance from the Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management. He has been recognized as one of Diversity MBA Magazine’s Top 100 Executives Under 50 and Crain’s Cleveland 40 under 40 Club; received fellowships from the German Marshall Memorial Fund and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and is a recipient of the NBMBAA H. Naylor Fitzhugh Award of Excellence.
Kevin has been married to Geraldine (Gigi) Carter for nearly thirteen years. Gigi serves as the Operations Manager for Eaton Corporation's Hydraulic Systems Division - Jackson Plant and is a Six Sigma Black Belt. Kevin credits Gigi for having a significant impact on how he approaches the field of diversity. The couple has three Bull Terriers, Malcolm, Maya and Bree.
