Dr. Cindy Pace Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Global Head of the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Center of Excellence(CoE) at MetLife. Responsible for leading the company's global diversity, equity & inclusion strategy in alignment with the business, human capital and sustainability strategies. Partner with executive group, senior leaders, managers and colleagues to cultivate a purpose-driven and inclusive culture in a way that drives cross-cultural collaboration, innovation and a focus on customers in the communities we serve around the world.

New York, Ny, Us

Global Diversity & Inclusion Center of Expertise (CoE) practice leader responsible for strategy, design, and successful execution of specialized initiatives to attract, develop, promote, and retain diverse talent – women in the organization worldwide along with ethnically and racially diverse associates within the US.►Strategic consultation, coaching and advisement to senior leaders, people managers, HR professionals, and associates on inclusive leader behaviors, motivational leadership styles and competencies, inclusive talent development, and cultural fluency. ► Leads MetLife’s first Global Women’s Initiative focused on increasing women in leadership roles and strengthening readiness and capabilities of emerging women leaders in the talent pipeline. ► Executive produces Global Women’s Leadership Forum, doubling senior leader participation with 90% satisfaction score.► Pioneered, implemented and currently oversees first-ever 14 month global women’s leader development program leading to promotion rates of women into VP positions 2x more than corporate average.► Functions as Subject Matter Expert on development of inclusive talent practices for leadership development throughout various HQ Centers of Excellence. Efforts positively impacted 6000+ people managers and their team members.

New York, Ny, Us

Teaching in the Masters degree program in Human Capital Management and the Advanced Business Certificate Program at the School of Professional Studies.

Riverdale, Ny, Us

Taught courses for the Master of Science in Organizational Leadership degree program designed to provide working professionals with knowledge and skills essential for successful leadership across diverse industries, professions, organizations, and market sectors. ► Leading Across Cultural & Global Boundaries (core course)► Global Talent & Performance Management

New York, New York, Us

Designed and strategically implemented enterprise-wide change management strategy to build a change-agile organization, including delivery of field-ready change management tools, assessments, best practices, and bench marking. ► Led strategic effort to embed creative problem solving and collaborative innovation processes to deliver value-added projects across the organization’s entire portfolio of programs, systems, processes, and procedures.► Continued innovative contributions as valued member of the Executive Development and High-Potential Leadership Development (Next-Generation Development Center) through facilitation of observer training, leadership assessment and coaching.

New York, New York, Us

Appointed by Chief Talent Officer to lead new innovation initiative that enabled Center of Excellence to deliver an integrated talent strategy – tech-savvy programming, experiences, and tools to build high-performance and adaptive capabilities in Pfizer’s senior leaders, managers, and colleagues. Promoted to Global Director, Change Management & Talent Strategy.► Orchestrated roll-out of creative problem-solving framework and introduced collaboration techniques to expand talent team’s capabilities and foster a culture of creativity, innovation, thought leadership, and excellence. ► Appointed by top-level leadership to Executive Development & High-Potential Program Design Team (Next-Generation Development Center) that crafted and implemented digital observation reporting tool and training to assess talent capabilities incorporating senior leadership competencies in a simulated business environment. Facilitated innovation sessions for high potential leaders to incorporate CPS framework into their action learning projects.

New York, New York, Us

Internal global talent & diversity consulting role for Chief Medical Office/Medical Affairs and Specialty Care & Oncology operations at Pfizer HQ. ► Consulted and advised C-level executives, HR leaders, and other stakeholders on strategies to embed diversity competencies into core business strategies, people processes, programs, and initiatives across Pfizer. ► Conceptualized, developed, implemented, and directed series of Diversity External Relations & Communications programs, partnerships, and memberships that again positioned Pfizer as an “employer of choice” with numerous organizations. ►Led cross-cultural initiative across the organization by re-launching Cultural Navigator digital portal for broader use to strengthen Pfizer’s employees cultural awareness and capabilities. ► Continued as thought leader on Colleague Capability, Career Management, and Talent Advisory Boards with particular emphasis on launching online on-boarding tools and adding social media capabilities to expand outreach.

New York, New York, Us

Conceptualized, developed, implemented, and managed diversity programs including the Global Women’s Initiative, Global Colleague Resource Groups, and Diversity External Relations & Communications. Advised C-level executives, HR leaders, and others on strategies to embed diversity & inclusion into core business processes.► Positioned Pfizer as an “employer of choice for women” via partnerships and memberships with Catalyst, Center for Talent Innovation, Global Women’s Summit, Healthcare Business Women’s Association, and Simmons School of Business. ► Spearheaded diversity and inclusion programs that landed Pfizer on “best in class” lists with Working Mother, NAFE, Profiles in Diversity, and the Human Rights Campaign.► Provided thought leadership on the Colleague Capability Career Management and Mentoring Talent Advisory Boards, and launched first online global mentoring tool and first career resource center.

New York, New York, Us

Selected for groundbreaking new leadership position by the VP, Head of Global Diversity & Inclusion. Tasked with leading Pfizer’s first-ever Global Women’s Initiative to recruit, advance, engage, and retain women leaders.►Launched first Global Women's Council comprised of senior women leaders across the enterprise.► Actively engaged women leaders through the design & deliver of regional conferences and councils in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Middle East.► Designed and launched first leadership development pilot for multicultural women executives, which was recognized by “100 Best Companies for Working Mothers.”

New York, New York, Us

►Clinical leader for large SUTENT® cancer trial in 20 countries. Led multi-functional team consisting of clinical study management, pharmaceutical supply, regulatory an data management.

New York, New York, Us

►Managed Phase IV clinical trials for Viagra®. Launched first trials that used innovative technology tools and platforms, including electronic data capture. Developed web-based collaboration, facilitated online meetings and training programs, and co-authored 6 peer-reviewed scientific papers published in Men’s Health/Urology. Promoted from Clinical Study Manager.

►Consulted on clinical life science projects for Pfizer-US, Bayer-US, and GSK-UK. Most notable project was development of change management communication strategies for Pfizer’s Global Drug Safety Implementation Program.

►Managed Phase IIIb- IV clinical research studies on women's health/hormone replacement therapy- from protocol development to study management to final data analysis and reporting. Published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at key scientific data on women's health portfolio at national scientific meetings.

Doctorate, Organizational Learning And Leadership

Hr Leadership Excellence Program

Ma, Business Education

Bs, Biology