CANCELED: Inclusion in Chemical Sciences Annual Lecture
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Lady Idos, MPA – Deputy Director, Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility – U.S. Department of Energy; Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer – Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Advancing Strategies to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEM
Inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability (IDEA) are four important attributes of Berkeley Lab’s organizational culture. Lady Idos, the Lab’s Chief Diversity Officer and currently on assignment as Deputy Director and head of the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility at the U.S. Department of Energy, will explain how IDEA defines how we work together to support the Lab's mission of "bringing science solutions to the world." Lady will share the IDEA strategic framework and initiatives, the Lab's approach to operationalizing IDEA within talent and business processes, and the integration of psychological safety as a critical component of Team Science.

Lady Idos (she/her) is the Deputy Director and head of the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (ODEIA) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), located within the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity. Lady’s role is to develop and lead DOE’s strategy to strengthen and integrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) within talent processes and culture, in alignment with DEIA-related Presidential directives. She currently serves as DOE’s senior designee or agency co-lead for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders; Executive Order (EO) 14035 on DEIA with the White House Domestic Policy Council; and EO 14031 on gender equity with the White House Gender Policy Council.

Lady previously served as the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), a DOE laboratory managed by the University of California (UC). She was responsible for guiding LBNL to develop and execute a comprehensive DEIA strategy that is embedded in the organizational culture and aligns with the Lab’s research mission.

Some of Lady’s accomplishments include establishing and implementing DOE’s and LBNL’s first DEIA strategic plan; launching the Lab’s first Employee Resource Groups (ERGs); creating the first set of Workplace Gender Identity and Transition Guidelines within the national laboratory and UC system; spearheading an internship program for individuals with disabilities and veterans; and chairing the Lab’s first DEIA Senior Leadership Council. Lady is also experienced in equal employment opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action (AA) compliance and served as an investigator for Title IX and sexual harassment cases, as well as discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

Lady serves as co-chair for Bay Area Council's Diversity & Inclusion Committee and Chief Diversity Officers group; and advisor for UC Berkeley's startup accelerator SkyDeck. Lady was the 2016 recipient of the UC Kevin McCauley Memorial Award for Outstanding Staff for her work in DEI. Lady holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of San Francisco; B.A. in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz; and earned her Diversity and Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University.