State Dept’s departing diversity chief expects DEIA programs to outlast rollback attempts

Summary: The State Department put a spotlight on one of the Biden administration’s top federal workforce priorities, when it named its first chief diversity and inclusion officer. The department since then has launched new fellowships, and made changes to how it screens applicants joining the Foreign Service. Now State’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer is stepping down after more than two years on the job. For a retrospective, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices