Data: Demand for chief diversity officers grew in 2020

C-suite hiring declined in 2020 from 2019, but chief diversity officer had the biggest increase in hiring relative to peer positions, according to a LinkedIn analysis. “While I have the formal title, and it’s something where I have a high degree of ownership and accountability, the truth of the matter is for any diversity and inclusion initiative to be successful, it has to live in the business, it has to be integrated into everything that we do,” says Victor Terry, hired as State Farm’s first chief diversity officer last year.