Danice Woodley To Head Participant’s New Folks and Tradition Division

Participant has fashioned a individuals and tradition division that can function with Danice Woodley on the helm of continued efforts to facilitate an inclusive office and produce equitable content material.

The brand new division is a product of merging Participant’s former human assets and tradition and values departments, which Woodley is being promoted to guide as government vice chairman. Woodley will now report back to Participant COO Gabriel Brakin.

“Participant is a wonderful firm to work for, with an unflagging dedication to impression and fairness as central to our work and a real, core tenet of our mission and objective,” Woodley mentioned. “With the creation of this new division, we are going to powerfully reaffirm this dedication to our core rules, as we construct a group that empowers and helps a various, inclusive, equitable workforce that continues to provide a few of the most profitable, impactful, and galvanizing content material within the trade at this time.”

Woodley’s tenure at Participant exceeds eight years. Since December 2020, she has served as senior vice chairman of organizational tradition and inclusion, for which she was liable for overseeing the corporate’s implementation of variety initiatives in all areas from worker recruitment to vendor variety. Previous to that, the Harvard Regulation College alumna operated as Participant’s senior vice chairman of enterprise and authorized affairs.

“Danice’s dedication to this very important work has been a driving inspiration for everybody at Participant, from the individuals who work on the firm to our companions in each storytelling and impression campaigning,” mentioned Participant CEO David Linde. “It’s a pleasure to see her assume this new position and tremendously thrilling for everybody on the firm to proceed to work and develop along with her and the group.”

The worldwide media firm is liable for titles like director Laura Poitras’ upcoming documentary “All of the Magnificence and the Bloodshed” and the Netflix docuseries “Maintain Candy: Pray and Obey.” Participant has beforehand collaborated with Steven Spielberg, Alfonso Cuarón, George Clooney and different award-winning expertise.