Tracey Walker CCD-AP

As an owner and principal within the $3B RSM enterprise, Tracey Walker serves as Chief Culture Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) Officer. Tracey designs RSM's enterprise inclusion programming, policy and enterprise-wide strategy for the 15,000 domestic employees across 90+ offices in the US, Canada, South America, India; as well as supporting the cultural effectiveness efforts of RSM International. She leads the firms C-suite Inclusion Council and Employee Network Councils and programs. She defines enterprise level inclusion and equity strategy, principles of action with focus on organizational behavior, inclusive learning and professional development. She develops inclusive behavior KPIs in talent experience for all, and programming for underrepresented minorities, gender equity and supplier diversity. She is the solutions leader for complex DE&I client service delivery and is a sought-after thought leader, speaker, lecturer and instructor on inclusion method and innovation for business schools and trade organizations globally. Tracey is responsible for the firm's enterprise equity objectives. These include workplace, workforce, marketplace and community programming. She designs the firm's inclusive Learning and Professional Development (LPD) with over 15 original courses such as Unconscious Bias, Managing Bias, Inclusive Leadership and Leadership Dexterity. She leads the ENG Council governing 12 Employee Network Groups (ENGs), as well as, organization sponsorships and the CDI Impact Fund for charitable partnerships. Tracey is a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) subject-matter expert and leads D&I advisory services for RSM clients delivering inclusion compliance, D&I implementation and infrastructure. She presents lecture for business schools and trade organizations such as Indiana University Kelley School of Business, UMass Isenberg among others; American Apparel and Fashion Association (AAFA), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) as well as RSM International conferences in Berlin and Beijing. She is certified in Diversity and Inclusion as an Advanced Practitioner from the Cornell University School of Industrial and labor Relations (ILR) and completed her graduate work with honors at the Harvard Business School in Organizational Behavior. Tracey was named the 100 Most Influential Women in Diversity and Inclusion (2020) by Diversity MBA. She was appointed Founding Chair of the Council for the Advancement of Women by the AGA, Association of Government Accountants (2020). She was named to the Top 50 Elite Executives in Diversity and Inclusion (2018). She received the Women Leaders in Consulting award from Consulting Magazine (2017). She serves on the Inclusion Task Force for the Greater Washington Board of Trade, the board of Howard University Center for Accounting Education (CAE) and is Past Chair of the Urban League Board of Directors, Tracey has received and numerous honors and recognitions for distinguished Leadership and charitable board service throughout her career. Previously, as the firm's Federal Financial Services Sector Leader, Tracey led specialized financial advisory teams of experts to address the complex technical needs of federal agency clients in lending, compliance, financial management and reporting, risk and technology. Tracey has 20 years of federal and state government solution and legislative affairs experience. She is the firm's registered corporate representative before state legislatures, federal agencies and Congressional lawmaking officials. She began her career as corporate representative before the Illinois and New York State legislatures on Intellectual Property, Franchise Law and Education matters.