Adm. Architzel Honored at NAVAIR Diversity Training Day
NAVAIR Commander Vice Adm. David Architzel receives the Department of the Navy’s first Diversity Leadership Award from Pat Adams, right, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for civilian human resources at NAVAIR’s Diversity Training Day June 26 (U.S. Navy photo).
Approximately 300 employees across the Naval Air Systems Command learned how diversity and inclusion can propel innovation and organizational results at the command’s first national Diversity Training Day at Naval Air Station Patuxent River June 26.
The event featured a diversity roundtable discussion with four guest panelists, keynote speaker Frans Johansson, author of “The Medici Effect,” and presentations from each of NAVAIR’s three diversity advisory teams the Women’s Advisory Group, Hispanic Engagement Action Team (HEAT), and the Individuals with Disabilities (IWD) Action Team which serve as focus groups for identified areas of low participation. The advisory teams support NAVAIR’s Executive Diversity Council, a senior leadership group formed in April 2011 to provide guidance, advocacy and support in areas related to workforce diversity and inclusion.
The day ended with NAVAIR Commander Vice Adm. David Architzel, Executive Diversity Council chairman, receiving the Department of the Navy’s first Diversity Leadership Award.
To learn more about NAVAIR’s diversity initiatives, watch this video.
Source: NAVAIR Headquarters
