Monya Bunch, the firm’s Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), has been honored with Diversity Journal’s 2022 Black Leadership award, which recognizes trailblazers in their fields who mentor others and advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace and community.
Profiles in Diversity Journal is a quarterly magazine that spotlights, promotes and supports individuals in underrepresented groups for their contributions to their respective fields. In this issue, Diversity Journal profiled 53 individuals to recognize and celebrate the achievements of its third group of Black Leaders.
As director, Bunch leads and guides the firm’s Executive Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the local office Diversity Committees. She is responsible for partnering with senior management to provide thought leadership, guide organizational structure, develop programming and instill the culture to support DEI and business objectives. In her tenure, Bunch has fostered an environment that embraces everyone’s unique background, experience and perspective.
“I love my current role and consider it a privilege to be able to support attorneys of color and other underrepresented groups as they navigate the challenging but rewarding aspects of Big Law,” Bunch says in her profile.