Nationwide
Northern Trust
Established in 2006 to address the
needs of Northern Trust partners,
the Latin Heritage Leadership
Council (LHLC) mission is to create
opportunities at all levels for its
members. LHLC promotes and
develops leaders among its Latin
Heritage partners and those with
interest in Latin Heritage. LHLC
focuses on having a presence in
Hispanic communities, creating
awareness to establish and build-ing
With a mission to attract, develop, promote
and retain Latinx talent, the National Latino
Alliance (NLA) focuses on member
engagement and collaboration to nurture
professional development in the
workplace. The NLA exemplifies
Nationwide’s core values and
demonstrates their culture of inclusion and
diversity of thought to help drive business
outcomes.
new relationships while
Established in 2006 as Raising
promoting and advocating the
Northern Trust brand.
Interest in Spanish Awareness (RISA),
associates connected in a networking
group to celebrate Latinx culture. In 2012,
RISA transitioned to a formal Employee
Resource Group (ERG) structure and
relaunched as NLA, implementing an
emerging leader mentoring program, and
began holding joint celebrations and
associate development programs in
Nationwide locations across the country.
In 2016, a new board was elected,
With a membership of 400
plus in nine states, LHLC provides
a platform through its various
pillars (drivers) to create opportu-nities
for networking across
business units and teams, host
professional development
sessions, provide leadership op-portunities
outside of the daily
work functions, facilitate exposure
and the strategic framework was
evaluated to better align with the
enterprise strategy and initiatives. NLA
continued to evolve into the fully
functioning ERG it is today with a
membership of over 700 associates
across chapters in five states (Arizona,
Ohio, Texas, Iowa, Pennsylvania), and
virtual members throughout the U.S.
NLA membership is open to all
Office Depot
associates with members ranging from a
variety of demographics, business units,
and locations. NLA provides its members
with opportunities to network with
leadership and each other, develop
leadership and professional skills,
volunteer in their communities, and have
access to internal corporate functions and
external events.
to senior leaders across the
organization, and serve local
communities. Opportunities to
develop skills such as public
speaking, creativity, and collabo-ration
benefit the individual partner
as well as the team on which they
work (business benefit).
LHLC makes an impact
through participation in focus
groups across the organization.
The organization turns to LHLC
members for recommendations
and ideas on topics such as the
existing performance management
system, learning & development
opportunities, and the opening of
a new office building, just to name
a few.
Overall, the LHLC ensures
efforts align to DE&I and the overall
organization’s focus so that they
can continue to deliver on
initiatives that address what’s
important to Northern Trust.
Established in 2019, with over 160
members located across the
United States, Mexico, and Puerto
Rico, Office Depot’s ERG, SOMOS,
is committed to bringing
Latino/Hispanic associates and
allies together to encourage
positive change, strengthen the
culture, and support business and
community initiatives. The group is
engaged in business initiatives,
such as working with Multicultural
Marketing in events targeting
Hispanic customers to promote
Office Depot’s business, as well as
working with their Retail team on
translations of marketing for stores
in regions with a high concentra-tion
of Hispanic customers. The
outside the organization to speak
with the group at events and
roundtables. ERG members are
also provided opportunities to
volunteer and participate in
Community Investment programs,
giving back to the communities
Office Depot serves. SOMOS lives
the company’s 5C culture—
Customer, Commitment, Change,
Caring and Creativity.
ERG also fosters professional
development by inviting diverse
professionals from both inside and