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Erie Insurance earns four 2023 Diversity Impact Awards™ from Global ERG Network
ERIE's Dignity and Respect Affinity Network, Women's Affinity Network, Veterans Affinity Network and VP & Wisconsin Branch Manager Fred Johnson honored ERIE,
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[{"type":"text","content":"ERIE's Dignity and Respect Affinity Network, Women's Affinity Network, Veterans Affinity Network and VP & Wisconsin Branch Manager Fred Johnson honored \nERIE, Pa., Oct. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Erie Insurance (ERIE) has earned four 2023 Diversity Impact Awards™ from the Global ERG Network, the world's largest network of employee resource groups (ERGs), business resource groups (BRGs) and diversity councils dedicated to making measurable progress on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThe organization named ERIE's Dignity & Respect Affinity Network, Women's Affinity Network and Veterans Affinity Network as Top 25 ERG Diversity Impact Award recipients. \nFred Johnson, vice president and Wisconsin branch manager, was one of six recipients of the Diversity Impact Executive Sponsor of the Year award. Johnson has served as the executive sponsor of ERIE's African American Affinity Network and was honored with this leadership recognition for a third-straight year.\nJohnson and ERIE affinity network leaders will be honored Oct. 13 at an awards ceremony held in Washington, D.C., during the 2023 Global ERG Summit.\n\"We are pleased ERIE's Affinity Networks are among the organizations being honored for their work and dedication in leading with an equity lens and creating a sense and a space of belonging for all here at ERIE Insurance and in our communities,\" said Gwendolyn White, ERIE's vice president for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. \"It truly enriches our workplace.\"\nAccording to Chris Marsh, ERIE's chief diversity and community development officer, Erie Insurance has had a formal commitment to DEI for more than 10 years. \"As we strive to foster an inclusive and equitable workplace for every employee, I'm delighted to see this well-deserved national recognition for our affinity network leaders and their teams, especially given how much each volunteers their time and talent in this way. We need many hands helping to move our work forward across our business,\" said Marsh.\nThe 2023 Diversity Impact Awards leverages a data driven and scientifically validated model called The Impact Model™, developed by Dr. Theresa Welbourne, senior affiliate research scientist at the USC Marshall School of Business Center for Effective Organizations and CEO of eePulse. In addition to the recognition, organizations that p...