S2 EP 08 | Supporting the Recruitment of LGBTQ+ Talent, with Lee O. Ahlborn
In this episode, Lee and Natalia discussed the dimensions of diversity recruitment and how Lee and their team support the recruitment of LGBTQ+ talent. Listeners will be able to receive insight into how to think about diversity recruitment, especially to this extent.
S2 EP 08 Links
Links about our guest:
Their website: www.loahlborn.com
LinkedIn: Lee O. Ahlborn
iTunes/Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3enuJ4E
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4W7maUZEXzhtixdIrHmT7i
YouTube: https://youtu.be/rPSLUaoZkpw
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Featured Guest Bio
Lee O. Ahlborn (they/them) is an artist, educator, and social justice advocate living and working in the greater Boston area. A Communications graduate from Northwestern University, Lee began their career as a theatre for young audiences professional in Chicago, working as a production manager, stage manager, teaching artist, and arts administrator. They have extensive experience in the non-profit arts sector, including work with the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, Adventure Stage Chicago, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Mudlark Theater, For Youth Inquiry, and Filament Theatre, where they are currently a board member and chair of Filament’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access committee. Lee also has a background in sexual health education and sexual violence prevention work, and has worked with the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health and Northwestern University to create participatory theatre experiences for young people rooted in the Reproductive Justice framework. Transferring these skills into a corporate setting, Lee now works as a Diversity Recruiting Specialist at Bain & Company, where they help drive Bain’s undergraduate recruiting partnership strategy and execution. They are closely involved with Bain’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, including BGLAD (Bain’s LGBTQ+ affinity group) and Bain Boston’s DEI programming team.
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Natalia Eileen Villarmán
Natalia Eileen is committed to making workplaces more diverse and more inclusive. As Founder & CEO of Seen@Work, leads the firm’s efforts in providing workshops, resources, and consulting services to executives and diversity practitioners to help make companies better places to work. Natalia holds a BA from New York University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s The Wharton School.
