Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEI&B)

We continue to execute on our commitment to DEI&B and exhibit our commitment to gender, racial, and ethnic diversity by striving toward increased racial and ethnic diversity at the executive and senior management levels so our leadership will reflect our organization and the communities in which we operate.

• Our DEI&B statement is accessible on Kimball Electronics’ Environmental, Social and Governance Web site.
• We value and work to promote a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment. We are committed to holding ourselves accountable, to taking action to continuously improve our policies and practices, and to upholding the principles outlined in our DEI&B statement.
• We actively promote DEI&B, and incorporate DEI&B into our culture, values, and strategies. We provide a report on the diversity of our employees to the Board of Directors annually.
• We began using software to evaluate our recruitment ads to help us identify potential social bias in job postings and descriptions as another way to help attract diverse candidates.
• KE is committed to eradicating all forms of discrimination, harassment, and abuse. We do not tolerate any sort of discrimination, harassment, or abuse by anyone toward any other person, whether or not they are an employee.
• We provide our employees access to various annual trainings regarding diversity, inclusion, and unconscious bias.

Photos: 2022 marked the first in-person meetings involving all of our global leaders since the pandemic began in 2020.

In 2022, KE was honored to feature the following guest speakers during virtual events encouraging openmindedness, new insights, creating connection, and learning about others through personal stories.

• Martin Luther King Day: Dr. Talitha M. Washington, Director of the Data Science Initiative for the Atlanta University Center Consortium, the first woman to be named a fellow by both the American Mathematical Society and the Association for Women in Mathematics in the same year.
• Black History Month: Kimberly Brazwell, a trauma-informed social justice coach and consultant, Founder and CEO for KiMISTRY LLC; Indiana University professor Andy Hollinden, who talked about the history of the blues; Phil Armstrong, the interim executive director for Greenwood Rising Black History Center, who talked about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre; Andrew Aydin, co-author of the New York Times best-selling book, MARCH, about civil rights icon John Lewis.
• Asian American Pacific Islander Month: Anna Yin, acclaimed ChineseCanadian poet; historian Hanako Wakatsuki, superintendent of the Honouliuli National Historic Site, who discussed the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II; and Melissa May Borja, Ph.D., a USA Today 2022 Women of the Year Honoree, who spoke about anti-Asian racism in the U.S.
• LGBTQ+ Pride Month: Cameron Miller, a trans man, who shared his personal story of growth and change, and his journey to realizing his true self.
• Hispanic Latino Heritage Month: Lillian Casillas-Origel, Director of Indiana University’s La Casa/Latino Cultural Center, who discussed how the center provides programming, support, and opportunities to foster a sense of belonging and pride for Latino students; Indiana University student Jaffet Cruz, who discussed his personal story of growing up as a Peruvian American in southern Indiana and the challenges and successes he experienced; Marysol Quevedo, Assistant Professor of Musicology at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami (in Florida), who discussed music in Cuba and Latin America.
• Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Brit Hensel, a citizen of Cherokee Nation and an award-winning filmmaker, shared her short film, What They’ve Been Taught, an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival, and discussed the importance of using storytelling to help amplify the voices and values of her community.