Authors Ellyn Shook Julie Sweet Chief Leadership & Chief Executive Officer – Human Resources North America, Accenture Officer, Accenture Ellyn is responsible for helping the company’s 469,000 people succeed both Julie leads Accenture’s business in the United States—the company’s largest professionally and personally. Her global team of HR leaders and experts is market—and Canada. She is also a member of Accenture’s Global reimagining leadership and talent practices—including innovative uses of Management Committee. technology to unlock people’s potential—to create the most truly human A leader on issues including innovation, technology’s impact on business, work environment in the digital age. These help fuel the organization’s and inclusion and diversity, Julie serves on the board of the Business differentiation in the market and ability to improve the way the world works Roundtable and chairs its Technology Committee. She also serves on the and lives. She frequently advises clients who seek to learn from the large- Catalyst board of directors, is a member of the TechNet Executive Council, scale talent transformation she’s led within Accenture. and is co-chair of the Canada-United States Council for Advancement of A member of the company’s Global Management Committee and Investment Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders. In 2018, she was named to Committee, Ellyn is a strong advocate for inclusion and diversity. She serves FORTUNE’s list of “Most Powerful Women” for the third consecutive year. on the board of trustees at Harvey Mudd College, the Women’s Leadership Prior to assuming her current position in 2015, Julie served as Accenture’s Board of the Women and Public Policy program at Harvard’s Kennedy School, general counsel, secretary and chief compliance officer. Before joining and the steering committee of Paradigm for Parity. She is active in Women in Accenture in 2010, she was a partner in the Corporate department of the law America and Ellevate Women’s Network and is also a member of the HR50 firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. division of World50. A 2015 article in Forbes.com named Ellyn one of the top 10 CHROs. She is a Julie holds a Bachelor of Arts from Claremont McKenna College and a Juris recognized thought leader, author and frequent speaker on the topics of Doctor from Columbia Law School. She is married and has two daughters. future workforce and inclusion and diversity. Ellyn holds a Bachelor of Science from Purdue University. 34 GETTING TO EQUAL 2019: CREATING A CULTURE THAT DRIVES INNOVATION