Role and Company
Senior Director, Diversity & Inclusion, CBS
Expertise
10 years experience in marketing, advertising, & communications
Location
New York, NY
About Anthony
Anthony D. Izzo serves as Senior Director, Diversity & Inclusion in the development and implementation of CBS's talent & inclusion strategies. In this role he partners with Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, and business leadership to execute D&I strategies across the enterprise. Reporting to the EVP, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Izzo works with key stakeholders to identify and address employee culture needs in a collaborative approach to ensure that diversity, employee engagement & culture remains a priority and is closely linked to the overall business strategy.
Izzo most recently served as Manager, Talent, Culture & Researcher at NBCUniversal. He acted as a culture champion to maximize employee engagement through strategic ad sales investments. He served as subject matter expert on building diverse pipelines for hard to fill roles, managed full cycle recruitment and talent sourcing for media ad sales and marketing positions and organized diversity recruitment events. He also acted as advisor for the company’s early-in-career ad sales pipeline programs. He developed strong partnerships with hiring managers and partnered with communications to help drive employee culture narrative across the enterprise.
Previously, Izzo was Manager, Corporate Diversity & Inclusion at NBCUniversal. In this role he was responsible for the assistance and activation of NBCUniversal’s community investment partnerships, employee resource group marketing and diversity communications. He implemented symphony HR strategies to support of the company’s commitment to diversity & inclusion; with a specific focus on the attraction and retention of talent, professional development and networking. He activated corporate sponsorship and deliverables, acting as a liaison to the company’s business units and brands as it relates to recruitment, film festival activations, and learning and development vendor activations. He also supported community engagement through Employee Resource Groups and advises ways to leverage ERGs as talent incubators by identifying nonprofits to help drive commerce initiatives. He additionally launched NBCUniversal’s Young Professional Network, overseeing the first early-in-career employee led resource group geared towards technology driven innovations.
Prior to working at NBCUniversal, Izzo was the Assistant Director, Annual Giving at Marist College. In this role, he was responsible for the management and execution of the institution’s annual fundraising campaign, managed a team of 40 associates and served as a board member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals responsible for their monthly development events. Under his campaign leadership he received the highest upgrade and new donor acquisition in College history. His background also includes working in student affairs and leadership advisor for 350+ enrolled college students.
Izzo holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and a Masters in Organizational Leadership & Communications from Marist College. He also received his bachelor’s degree in Broadcasting and Mass Communications at the State University of New York at Oswego. He volunteers and engages with New York on Tech as their annual judge to the Innovators & Disruptors Awards. A Bronx native and raised in the Hudson Valley, he currently resides in Astoria, N.Y.