Vice President of Diversity for L’Oreal USA Speaks at HR Management Conference

 Norfolk, Va.—The Hampton Roads Society of Human Resources Management will host a diversity and legislative conference titled Waffles or Spaghetti: The Diversity Reality Mix at 8 a.m. Friday, Sept. 22 at the Scott-Dozier Dining Hall, which is located on the campus of Norfolk State University. One of the keynote speakers for this event, which is mainly for professionals in human resources management, will be NSU alumnus Edward Bullock, vice president of diversity for L’Oreal USA. 

The conference will have two breakout sessions that will focus on creating a diverse work environment. Conference sponsors include Norfolk State University, Career Connection, MilCOM Systems Corporation and Coastal Threads, Inc. NSU’s president, Dr. Carolyn Winstead Meyers will bring the welcome and greetings to the group.

Under the leadership of Bullock, L’Oreal USA has expanded its diversity efforts. Reporting to the president and CEO of L’Oreal, Bullock leads the company’s diversity initiatives in its workforce, vendor and community relations. His duties include review of human resources representation for women and people of color, supplier diversity, multicultural advertising strategy, philanthropy and all diversity and inclusion training programs. L’Oreal USA has won several awards for its diversity programs including the 2004 Diversity Best Practice Global Award.

Bullock is the recipient of numerous awards such as the National Council for Community and Justice Humanitarian Award, (formerly the National Conference of Christians and Jews), The Distinguished Alumni Award from Norfolk State University, The NAACP and Urban League Service Awards, the American Association for Affirmative Action Corporate Award and Career Development Service Awards from Rutgers University, Seton Hall University and Young Scholars Institute. He was also recently interviewed on WCBS and the Diversity Channel. He is the author of articles featured in the National Business Employment Weekly - a Wall Street Journal publication, the Black Collegian Magazine and several Diversity publications. He is a frequent presenter on such topics as “Diversity and Inclusion”, “Preparing for the World of Work,” “The Resume, the interview, and you,” and “Real Life in Corporate America”.

For more information, contact Robin Hobson, treasurer of the HRSHRM at 333-6216 or visit the Hampton Roads Society of Human Resources Management website at http://www.hrshrm.org/.