Sodexho CEO Joins Diversity Advisory Board
12 Oktober 2006 - 7:47PM
PR Newswire (US)
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP Appoints Macedonia GAITHERSBURG, Md.,
Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sodexho, Inc. (NYSE:SDX), the
nation's leading provider of food and facilities management,
recently announced the appointment of CEO Richard "Dick" Macedonia
to the external diversity advisory board of Deloitte & Touche
USA LLP, based in New York. Macedonia joins five other nationally
recognized leaders to serve as a diversity advisor of Deloitte's
Diversity & Inclusion Initiative, which was established in 2002
to ensure oversight for meeting the organization's business
objectives for growth, profitability and greater inclusion.
"Sodexho, under the leadership of Dick Macedonia, has earned a
stellar reputation as a champion for diversity," said Barry
Salzberg, managing partner, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. "He
understands the business imperative for diversity and inclusion and
brings tremendous expertise to our Diversity Advisory Board." With
Macedonia's appointment, The Diversity Advisory Board, now
comprised of six members, holds Deloitte's U.S. firms accountable
to its Diversity & Inclusion Initiative. Along with Macedonia,
board members include: * Weldon Latham, Esq., Diversity Advisory
Board chair; partner - Davis, Wright, Tremain LLP * Aida Alvarez,
former director, U.S. Small Business Administration * Jewell
Jackson McCabe, chair, National Coalition of 100 Black Women;
president, Jewell Jackson McCabe Associates * Omar Wasow, executive
director, Blackplanet.com and Harvard University doctoral candidate
* Alice Young, partner and chair of the Asia Pacific Practice at
Kaye Scholer, LLP International Law Firm Acting as a catalyst for
change, the board's advice and recommendations are used to provide
greater focus of Deloitte's efforts towards achieving work place
diversity, fostering a culture of inclusion and increasing brand
eminence in the marketplace. As President and CEO of Sodexho, Inc.,
Macedonia is responsible for overseeing the company's operating
divisions, $7 billion in annual sales, more than 125,000 employees
and more than 6,000 clients in the United States, Canada and
Mexico. Sodexho offers innovative outsourcing solutions in food
service, housekeeping, groundskeeping, plant operations and
maintenance, asset management, and laundry services to
corporations, health care, long term care and retirement centers,
schools, college campuses, government and remote sites throughout
North America. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., Sodexho proudly
serves as the official food service provider for the U.S. Marine
Corps. About Deloitte Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte
Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, its member firms, and their
respective subsidiaries and affiliates. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is
an organization of member firms around the world devoted to
excellence in providing professional services and advice, focused
on client service through a global strategy executed locally in
nearly 150 countries. With access to the deep intellectual capital
of 120,000 people worldwide, Deloitte delivers services in four
professional areas -- audit, tax, consulting, and financial
advisory services -- and serves more than one- half of the world's
largest companies, as well as large national enterprises, public
institutions, locally important clients, and successful,
fast-growing global growth companies. Services are not provided by
the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Verein, and, for regulatory and other
reasons, certain member firms do not provide services in all four
professional areas. DATASOURCE: Sodexho, Inc. CONTACT: Jaya K.
Bohlmann of Sodexho, Inc., +1-301-987-4550, Web site:
http://www.sodexhousa.com/
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