L. Simone Washington serves as Director of Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) at BSR, a mission-driven team of sustainable business experts that works with its global network of more than 250 member companies to build a just and sustainable world. Simone brings more than 15 years of experience in leading equity initiatives with some of the nation’s leading social justice organizations and mission-led corporations. In addition to her work at BSR, Simone co-directs and instructs the University of Vermont’s Breakthrough Leadership in Food Sustainability Program. Simone is a former civil rights attorney and trained conflict resolution practitioner, whose scholarship focuses on social justice and multiculturalism.