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 TaskRabbit Names Brown-Philpot CEO, Announces Diversity Inclusion Plan

 
 
Stacy Brown-Philpot was recently named as the CEO at TaskRabbit - an online on-demand services marketplace that connects taskers with clients across a variety of categories for everyday odd jobs - after having served as the company’s COO for three years.
Since joining, she made it her personal mission to increase diversity at TaskRabbit and has grown ethnic diversity by three-fold and more than doubled the number of females, according to the company.
Before taking the operational helm at TaskRabbit, Stacy served as entrepreneur-in-residence at Google Ventures, and spent nearly a decade leading global operations for Google’s flagship products, including Search, Chrome and Google+, and served as head of online sales and operations for Google India.
While at Google, she also founded the Black Googler Network, a seminal component of diversification initiatives at Google and the larger technology industry.
As CEO of TaskRabbit she aims to continue to drive change and inclusion not only in tech, but across industries and throughout TaskRabbit’s marketplace.
Most recently, TaskRabbit announced its commitment and plan to increase diversity at the company and within the tech industry. As the first company to present its African-American Diversity Inclusion Plan in conjunction with the Congressional Black Caucus’ CBC TECH 2020 initiative, TaskRabbit is formalizing efforts to make diversity and inclusion of underrepresented individuals a priority.
In May 2015, the Congressional Black Caucus launched CBC TECH 2020 to bring together the best minds in the tech, non-profit, education and public sectors to chart a path forward to increase African-American inclusion at all levels of the technology industry. By adopting a CBC TECH African-American Inclusion Plan, TaskRabbit is able to contribute to diversity in tech.
“Building a strong, diverse and inclusive community is key to any sector’s growth, and teaming up with CBC TECH 2020 is a natural step for TaskRabbit to reconfirm our commitment to being an open, forward-thinking and innovative organization in Silicon Valley,” says Brown-Philpot.
“We’re proud of our efforts around diversity where our approach has always been to partner and build relationships with groups that can help us connect with underrepresented candidates, mentor those candidates once they join the team, and support our employees to maintain an active presence in the community. This plan recognizes TaskRabbit’s diversity as a huge asset aiming to break down barriers while shining a light on ways to expand the great talent of black individuals.”
TaskRabbit’s African-American Diversity Inclusion Plan consists of four primary initiatives focused on generating change and increasing the number of African-Americans in the technology industry:
Increase representation of African-American talent in the company from 11 percent to 13 percent by the end of 2016 to reflect the population in the U.S.
Retain African-American employees by developing a supportive, diversity-friendly culture.
Increase awareness and educate employees about the importance of diversity and understanding unconscious bias to support the recruitment and retention of African-Americans.
Strengthen awareness around the importance of increasing diversity within the technology industry by sharing the initiatives and results of its efforts with the public.
 
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