An Allyship Journey As A Straight, White Man With Jeremy Sussman

Leading With Empathy & Allyship

Melinda Briana Epler, Founder & CEO of Empovia (formerly Change Catalyst), and Jeremy Sussman, Senior Product Manager at Google, explore “An Allyship Journey As A Straight, White Man.” Jeremy shared why becoming an ally is so critical to seeing real improvements in diversity, equity, and inclusion at work, and the role of allies in ERGs to actively create change.

About Jeremy

Jeremy Sussman is a Senior Product Manager at Google, working on data privacy. He sits on the Steering Committee for the NY chapters of the Women's ERG and the Allyship ERG. He is actively involved in different mentorship programs in and outside the company. Prior to Google, Jeremy worked at the IBM Watson Research Center. He has a BA in Computer Science from Princeton and a PhD in Computer Science from UCSD.

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