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  <body><![CDATA[<p>Join us for a virtual Impact session on Wednesday, March 31&nbsp;from 5 pm to 6 pm. Impact presents a conversation with&nbsp;Kevin Edwards moderated by Net Impact.</p>

<p>Kevin&nbsp;is responsible for developing a vision, strategic Diversity, Equity&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Inclusion (DE&amp;I)&nbsp;roadmap, and enterprise plan to implement key&nbsp;program&nbsp;actions to support progress in our&nbsp;DE&amp;I efforts.&nbsp; This often includes programs to advance diverse talent within leadership roles; talent acquisition process updates to drive intentional and deliberate actions to improve opportunities for&nbsp;existing and new early career&nbsp;diverse talent;&nbsp;and&nbsp;cultivating work or learning environments that encourage and support diversity&nbsp;and inclusive practices.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The overall objective of the DE&amp;I efforts is to ensure each employee can&nbsp;show up&nbsp;to work&nbsp;as they are, have hope and continuous opportunities to advance within our organization, regardless of their race, gender, age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, or disability. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Before leading diversity and inclusion, Kevin led the&nbsp;Quality and Six Sigma&nbsp;Infrastructure functional&nbsp;team&nbsp;and other Corporate EPC quality roles.&nbsp;&nbsp;Prior to his quality assignments, Kevin was field engineering manager&nbsp;(PFE)&nbsp;for the Dulles Corridor Metrorail project in Virginia. Kevin has also served in roles including lead field engineer,&nbsp;lead resident engineer&nbsp;and project engineering.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Kevin has a Master of Engineering in environmental engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from Rutgers University. &nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>The 2020/21 series will feature conversations on race, social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.</strong></p>
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