Belonging doesn’t happen by chance — it’s built with intention. BPM is a firm with a long commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB), and now, they’re amplifying their impact to create lasting change.
In this session, attendees will discover how BPM engages leaders in advocacy, embeds accountability at the Partner level, and expands opportunities to traditionally underrepresented groups. Join this webinar to learn how BPM leverages annual engagement survey insights, empowers its eight highly engaged Colleague Resource Groups, and how BPM takes a colleague-first approach to strategic planning. Attendees will walk away with practical and tactical strategies to equip champions at all levels of any firm to amplify their belonging quotient.
Evaluate how leadership advocacy and accountability drive meaningful DEIB progress
Identify strategies for activating engagement survey results to amplify impact
Outline how to empower resource groups and colleagues to create a culture of belonging
List tactical tools to embed psychological safety and inclusive practices across your firm
BPM
Chief Transformation Officer
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As BPM’s Chief Transformation Officer, Lindsay Stevenson drives innovation, data intelligence, change management, and strategic initiatives at the Firm. She has spent the last 20+ years serving as a change agent in the accounting profession. As a consultant, she has overseen diversity equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) initiatives, cultural alignment frameworks, coaching programs, and organizational alignment plans. Her past projects range from developing and executing implicit bias discovery and transformation programs, leading teams through business combination strategies and procedures, and overseeing enterprise software selection and implementation processes.
Her passion is discovering organizational purpose and developing strategies to transform today’s firm into the Firm of the Future.
Before joining BPM, Lindsay served as Vice President of Finance and Tax for 1st Financial Bank of USA and was Founder/CEO of consulting firm Origin Evolution.
Lindsay Stevenson holds an active CPA license in South Dakota and the CGMA designation from the AICPA.
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Chief People Officer
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Katie brings over 20 years of Human Resource and organizational development experience to her role as BPM’s Chief People Officer. She is an energetic leader with extensive experience in performance management, employee relations, learning and development, engagement, compensation, and policy design/implementation.
She is recognized for her continuous commitment to excellence and dedication to exceeding employee and client needs. Her superior business acumen has developed through consistent and rapid career advancements.
Her undergraduate and graduate coursework focused primarily on industrial and organizational psychology, human resource management, and leadership/organizational behavior.
In 2019, Katie was recognized as Crain’s Notable Women in HR. She was selected by a team of Crain’s Detroit Business editors based on her career accomplishments, track record of success, contributions to her community, and mentorship of others.
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