Driven by data and empathy, Mari Kemp puts people — not just employees — first.
Kemp serves as the senior vice president of human resources at Ease, which helps health insurance agencies reimagine benefits enrollment.
Unsatisfied by how diversity is treated in the executive space, Kemp also developed the newly-launched Diversity with Initiative program, which reshaped Ease’s recruitment and promotions methodologies. Kemp knows that certain demographics are disproportionately suggested for promotions. So when there’s a role available, she’ll work with managers to understand exactly why a candidate was suggested and make sure that diverse candidates are also being given fair consideration. “Diversity is not something that you do with one big event and then move on,” Kemp says. “It becomes part of how we think and move forward.”
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