Webinar: Neurodivergence in Public Service: Building a Workforce for the Future
Includes a Live Web Event on 03/20/2025 at 1:00 PM (EDT)
As many as 1 in 5 people may be neurodivergent in the workplace, yet only 1 in 10 employers indicate that their recruitment, development and retention programs are designed to support neurodivergent employees. If the government is looking for out-of-the-box thinkers ready to present creative solutions to evolving municipal challenges, then government agencies have to expand DEI and culture initiatives to include neurodivergent employees.
Please join us on March 20, 2025, as our speaker introduces attendees to the diverse spectrum of neurodivergent conditions that likely already exist in their workforce. From giftedness to autism, ADHD to dyslexia, neurodiversity encompasses a wide range of perspectives and abilities that can enhance public service. Neurodivergent employees already exist in your workforce. When employers better understand what neurodiversity looks like in the workforce, they can adapt working conditions to maximize benefits to the employee and employer.
Attendees will explore why employers should actively seek out neurodivergent talent, highlighting the benefits of neurodiversity in fostering innovation, problem-solving, and creativity. Additionally, the presentation will offer practical tools and strategies that employers can implement to support neurodivergent employees in the workplace.
Speakers: Cathie Chavez, CEO and Founder of Equidad Group
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Cathie Chavez
CEO and Founder
Equidad Group
Cathie Chavez-Morris is the CEO and Founder of Equidad Group where she works with clients to address emerging diversity, equity, inclusion and justice issues in the workplace, workforce and marketplace. She has worked for over twenty years in local, state and federal government on a variety of public facing and employee centered programs. Her extensive experience includes managing a municipal DEI division and serving on various DEI commissions for public and private entities.
Mrs. Chavez-Morris graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Geological Sciences from California Polytechnic University, Pomona and a Master of Science in Environmental Studies from California State University, Fullerton. She is a Senior Fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program, Duke University's Water Innovation Leadership Development Program and the Transformative Justice Infrastructure fellowship. She holds certificates in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Public Policy and Clean Equitable Energy Development from Cornell University, Harvard University, and Yale University.