Deepa Purushothaman challenges and redefines the status quo of leadership success and power, centering the needs and experiences of women of color and unveiling inclusion biases in corporate structures.
Why you should listen
Deepa Purushothaman is a cofounder of nFormation, which provides brave, safe, new space for professional women of color professionals. She's the author of The First, The Few, The Only: How Women of Color Can Redefine Power in Corporate America, published by HarperCollins, and she's a Women and Public Policy Program Leader in Practice at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Purushothaman spent more than twenty years at Deloitte and was one of the first Indian-American women to make partner. She served as a national managing partner of inclusion and was also the US managing partner of WIN (Women's Initiative), Deloitte's renowned program to recruit, retain and advance women.
Purushothaman spent more than twenty years at Deloitte and was one of the first Indian-American women to make partner. She served as a national managing partner of inclusion and was also the US managing partner of WIN (Women's Initiative), Deloitte's renowned program to recruit, retain and advance women.
