#CBCTECH2025

The lack of African American representation in tech means that many of our best and brightest – the problem solvers, critical thinkers, and those that challenge conventional thinking – are not included, and America’s global competitiveness suffers as a result.

Overview

In May 2015, the Congressional Black Caucus launched CBC TECH2020 to bring together the best minds in the tech, non-profit, education and public sectors to chart a path forward to increase African American inclusion at all levels of the technology industry. The lack of African American representation in tech means that many of our best and brightest – the problem solvers, critical thinkers, and those that challenge conventional thinking – are not included, and America’s global competitiveness suffers as a result. As these issues continue, the CBC will continue its work from the past five years and will respectively continue its initiative as CBC TECH2025

Principles

Focus Areas

CBC TECH2025 5-Year Review

S.M.A.R.T. Investment Principles

Tech Board Diversity

Since the launch of CBC TECH2025 in May 2015, the following companies have added African Americans to their board of directors:

Accenture – Tracy T. Travis	Former EVP and CFO, Estee Lauder Companies
Accenture –Paula A. Price	Former CFO, Macy's
AirBNB – Kenneth I. Chenault	Former Chairman & CEO, American Express
Amazon – Rosalind G. Brewer	Former President and CEO, Sam's Club
Apple, Inc. – James A. Bell	Former Executive Vice President & CFO of Boeing Co
Autodesk Dr. Ayanna D. Howard	Founder and CTO, Zyrobotics
Cognizant – Archena "Archie" Deskus	SVP and CIO, Intel
Cognizant – Leo S. Mackey, Jr.	SVP, Ethics and Enterprise Assurance, Lockhead Martin
Corning, Inc. – Leslie A. Brun	Former Board Director, Hewlett Packard
Dropbox – Condoleeza Rice	Former U.S. Secretary of State
eBay – Adriane M. Brown	Former SVP, Honeywell
Etsy – Edith Cooper	Former EVP and Global Head of Human Capital, Goldman Sachs
Facebook, Inc. – Peggy Alford	Former EVP, Paypal
Facebook, Inc. – Tracy T. Travis	Former EVP and CFO, Estee Lauder Companies
Google (Alphabet, Inc.) – Robin L. Washington	EVP and CFO, Gilead Sciences, Inc.
HP, Inc. – Stacey Mobley	Former Senior Vice President, DuPont
HP, Inc. – Stacy Brown- Philpot	CEO, TaskRabbit
IBM – Michelle Howard	Retired Admiral, U.S. Navy
Intel – Lisa Lavizzo-Mourey	Former CEO, Robert Wood Foundation
Logitech – Neela Montgomery	CEO, Crate and Barrel
Lyft – Valerie Jarrett	Former Sr. Advisor, U.S President Barack Obama
Motorola Solutions – Kenneth D. Denman	Former President and CEO, Emotient, Inc.
NCR, Corp. – Georgette Kaiser	Operating Executive, The Carlyle Group
Netflix – Susan Rice	Former U.S. National Security Advisor
PayPal – Rodney C. Adkins	Former SVP, IBM
Rapid7 – Marc Brown	Managing Director, Microsoft
SAP SE – Aicha Evans	Former SVP and CSO, Intel
Survey Monkey – Serena Williams	Multi-Tennis Grand Slam Winner
Survey Monkey – Erika H. James	Dean, Emory Univ. Goizueta Business School
Twitter – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala	Former Finance Minister of Nigeria
Uber – Ursula Burns	Former Chairwoman & CEO, Xerox, Corp
eBay – Adriane Brown	Advisor with Intellectual Ventures, LLC
Slack – Edith Cooper	Former Executive Vice President & Global Head of Human Capital, Goldman Sachs

Updated as of July 2020

Diversity

The CBC understands that each company/organization requires a unique approach to diversity inclusion. With this in mind, we are working with companies and organizations to adopt an inclusion plan that would outline specific, measurable steps that the company would take to increase recruitment and retention of African Americans in the industry. Below are plans that companies/organizations have adopted.

American Association for Access, Equity & Diversity (AAED)
Blacks in Technology
Beeker
Career Communications Group, Inc.
Global Leadership Forum
Information Technology Senior Management Forum
Task Rabbit, Inc.

Inclusion plan template can be found HERE.

African American Diversity Plans

The CBC understands that each organization requires a unique approach to increasing African American inclusion. With this in mind, we are working with companies and organizations to adopt an African American Inclusion Plan that would outline specific, measurable steps that the company would take to increase recruitment and retention of African Americans in the industry. Below is a link to plans that organizations have adopted.