IWFCT is pleased to welcome Nicole Hughey as a new member.
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Nicole Hughey is Senior Vice President, Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Social Impact at SiriusXM, the leading audio entertainment company in North America.

A trusted leader and advocate for all employees, Nicole established and leads SiriusXM’s DE&I strategy, mission, goals, and priorities and the company’s philanthropic strategy. Since joining the company in 2020, Nicole has rolled out mentoring and leadership programs for underrepresented employees, created the “Pathways Program” to create an avenue into the company for students from HBCUs, launched the initiative “Can We Talk?” to engage employees in authentic conversations about race, and created company-wide communications to ensure employees are aware of and can participate in cultural-specific music, talk, sports, and podcast programming. She has also created the company’s first holistic philanthropic strategy, SiriusXM Cares, that brings together social equity giving, employee giving, and corporate giving in alignment with the communities in which the company operates.

Before joining SiriusXM, Nicole spent over 25 years in the insurance and healthcare industries, largely focused on DE&I. During her tenures at both Mass General Brigham, New England’s largest healthcare organization, and Travelers Insurance Company, Nicole was a DE&I senior leader and played an integral part in developing and executing diversity strategies that impacted over 75,000 and 30,000 employees, respectively.

Nicole is a frequent contributor on a variety of speaking engagements where she shares her knowledge and expertise with others. Nicole has been a guest speaker on several podcasts including Black Enterprise’s Class is in Session, Diversity Pivot Podcast and Cause Talk Radio, a feature in articles including CoolstuffNYC, a presenter at several conferences and webinars, including Columbia Business School, From Day One Conference, She Runs It Multicultural Bootcamp, Fairygodboss’ Top Diversity Priorities, ANA Multicultural Marketing and Diversity Conference, and Adweek’s Challenger Brands, and is a repeat featured speaker at the Leeds School of Business University of Colorado (Boulder) Certificate of ESG Strategy Program. In Spring 2023, she was honored to be the University of Hartford Spring 2023 Undergraduate Commencement Speaker where she addressed more than 800 graduating students. Most recently, she has been recognized as Crain NY’s 2023 Top DE&I Leader, a 2023 Most Influential Executives in Diversity & Inclusion by Savoy, a 2023 Top 15 Chief Diversity Officer, a 2021 Outstanding Alum for Exceptional Professional Success at her alma mater University of Hartford, a 2021 She Runs It Changing the Game Honoree, a 2021 Top 50 Leader in Entertainment by the National Diversity Council, and a 2021 honoree of the 100 Women of Color of Connecticut.

Nicole holds a B.S. in Business from the University of Connecticut, an MBA in Organizational Behavior from the University of Hartford, and an Executive Strategic Change Management Certificate from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.

Currently, Nicole is the Board Chair for the Urban League of Greater Hartford, a member of the American Advertising Federation’s Mosaic Council, a member of the Board of Visitors for the University of Hartford’s Barney School of Business, and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
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More information about Nicole can be found at the following link.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-hughey-061639b/