Edward W. Bullock to Deliver

Keynote Address at NSU Spring Commencement

Norfolk, Va.—Edward W. Bullock, an NSU alumnus and vice president for diversity of L’Oreal USA, will deliver the keynote address at Norfolk State University’s commencement ceremony, scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, May 5, at William “Dick” Price Stadium. The procession will begin at 9:30 a.m. 

Bullock leads L’Oreal’s diversity initiatives in its workforce, vendor and community relations.  He is responsible for reviewing human resources representation, supplier diversity, multicultural advertising, philanthropy and all global diversity and inclusion training programs.  His team compiles a State of Diversity Report analyzing results in five areas and provides recommendations for improvement. 

Under his leadership, L’Oreal has won several major awards including the 2004 Diversity Best Practice Global Award for diversity efforts.  In 2006, Bullock also accepted, on behalf of the L’Oreal Group, the World Diversity Leadership Council’s Corporate Diversity Innovation Award at the World Diversity Leadership Summit in Prague. Most recently, the company also received the Diversity in Advertising Leadership Award from the Foundation for Minorities in Advertising.

Bullock has worked in employee relations, labor relations, career development, recruitment, and college and community relations while supporting the Corporate Manufacturing, Research & Development, and Finance Divisions of L'Oréal USA.  He is the recipient of numerous awards such as the National Council for Community and Justice Humanitarian Award, The Distinguished Alumni Award from Norfolk State University, the NAACP and Urban League Service Awards, the American Association for Affirmative Action Corporate Award and awards from Winston-Salem State University, Rutgers University, Seton Hall University and Young Scholars Institute.  In 2006, Mr. Bullock was selected as one of the Top 100 Blacks in Corporate America by Black Professionals Magazine.

Bullock earned a master’s degree in education from the College of New Jersey and has completed several credits toward a doctoral degree at Rutgers University.  He is married to the Rev. Joanne Boyd Bullock, and they reside in Trenton, N.J. with their three children. 

For more information about NSU’s commencement exercises, call 823-8373 or visit http://www.nsu.edu/commencement