LaFawn Davis

Chief People & Sustainability Officer

2024 - Current

Lead an integrated People & Sustainability function focused on helping all Indeed employees grow and thrive, while embedding equity and sustainability in everything Indeed does. Lead HR, talent attraction and engagement, employee enablement, learning and development and people transformation teams, in addition to DEIB+, social and environmental impact, and responsible AI and technology teams

Senior Vice President, Environmental Social & Governance

2021 - 2024

Leading teams that focus on Sustainability, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, Accessibility, Social Impact, Inclusive Hiring Products and AI Ethics. The focus of Indeed’s ESG commitments are to close the opportunity gap, break down bias and barriers, and conserve the environment.

Group Vice President of Environmental, Social & Governance

2021 - 2021

Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

2019 - 2021

Board Director

2023

The World Wellbeing Movement (WWM), is a non-profit social impact organization working at the intersection between academic experts, and decision-makers in both business and policy to translate evidence-informed wellbeing insights into real-world impact. MMW is a coalition of global leaders from business, civil society, and academia that have come together to put wellbeing at the heart of decision-making both in business, and public policy. Our approach to achieving this pivotal mission is strongly evidence-based. That’s why our academic partnership with the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford is so key. This means all of the work we do is backed by credible, robust academic research.

Executive Advisory Board Member

2017

Limited Partner

2019

Operator Collective brings brings together 100+ of tech’s most sought-after operators, investors, and founders from diverse backgrounds –– of which 90% are women and 40% people of color –– to invest in and accelerate the next generation of b2b tech.

Global Head of Culture & Inclusion

2017 - 2019

Global Head of Culture & Inclusion

2015 - 2017

Strategic leader on cultural change to bring PayPal into its next chapter as an independent publicly traded company, including driving core work around PayPal's inclusion and diversity narrative, programs and policies for 18,000+ employees in over 60 offices worldwide. Elevated core values of collaboration, innovation, wellness, and inclusion through creative methods of education, inspiration and employee engagement.

Director, Global Employee Communications

2014 - 2015

Global communications leader on the core team to separate eBay and PayPal into two independent companies. Pure communications work and strategic consulting with HR, Legal and Finance teams. Designed and delivered communications for complex, high impact global initiatives that advanced eBay Inc.'s employee value proposition. Thought partner to subject-matter experts and senior executives to lead cultural change and break-through strategies to drive engagement for 34,000 employees. eBay and PayPal separated in July 2015. Managed strategic executive and functional communication for the HR, Legal, Corporate Affairs, Social Innovation and Comms/Brand teams for PayPal for four months. Built communications and engagement strategies for critical strategic initiatives; Consulted with insights to influence and evolve content creation -- all with the employees in mind.

Senior Manager, Employee Engagement & Experience

2013 - 2014

Communications partner to business leaders and senior executives to lead employee-focused cultural change and break-through strategies to drive engagement. Executed the design, development and implementation of global engagement and experience programs; tracked success metrics to address each program's impact. Designed and delivered strategic communications for complex, high impact global HR initiatives for 12,000+ Yahoos globally. Provided best practice and proven tools to support Yahoo initiatives such people manager effectiveness, performance management, recruitment, diversity, career development and process/system change.

HR Business Partner, Diversity & Inclusion

2009 - 2013

Served as a strategic business partner to senior leadership focused on a broad-based and transformational talent agenda designed to recruit, develop and retain the very best innovative talent in the business. Directed in-depth research into diversity best practices/initiatives; utilized the same to craft HR strategic planning. Built strong cross-functional teams and continually explored new avenues for growth. Oversaw initiatives from start to finish (including concept, design, launch, and reporting)—tracked progress and utilize findings to strengthen policies. Managed strategic efforts to ensure Google’s workforce of 37,000+ accurately reflected the diverse nature of its global user base.

Program Manager, Talent & Outreach Programs

2007 - 2009

Led recruitment, pipeline development, and partnership-building campaigns at leading educational, civil rights, and public interest organizations, including 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Consulted closely with academic institutions to set goals and create dynamic curriculum tailored to Google’s recruitment needs. Served as a public facing diversity point-of-contact for Google; spoke at numerous high-level conferences and strategic planning events. Advocated advancement of ethnicity/gender/LGBT diversity inclusion within talent outreach. Met regularly with stakeholders to assess needs and craft mutually beneficial strategies.

Programs Specialist, University Alumni Relations

2005 - 2007

Headed comprehensive outreach programs, targeting alumni organizations throughout the country. Drove the use of Google platforms to organize/mobilize membership bases. Met with clients to analyze goals; identified best practices to achieve those goals and managed implementation of the same. Individualized plans to best meet the needs of disparate organizations. Established benchmarks and reported on ROI to senior management. Created processes that identified and recruited outstanding alumni candidates for employment at Google. Oversaw full lifecycle of multiple high-level programs concurrently.

Chief of Staff, Office of the Vice President

2002 - 2005

Recruited, trained, and supervised employees. Led training programs in new technologies. Managed day-to-day operations. Generated in-depth Business Sensing report, thoroughly analyzing competition throughout Silicon Valley and examining business drivers. Oversaw over 6,500 employees.