Verizon recognizes the power of the diverse mind, experience, culture and perspective. Our employees possess and believe that diversity is one of our key competitive advantages. To ensure that diversity remains an integral part of our business, we have a number of diversity councils representing departments across our lines of business. These councils help those departments develop and implement customized diversity plans. These plans are designed to meet the specific requirements of that business unit and help them execute the Verizon Diversity Strategy.

The Corporate Diversity and Employee Experience group is proud to lead the company in its diversity and compliance initiatives, proud of the programs in place and prouder still of the recognition we have already received.

In our Awards and Recognition section, you can read about Verizon's recent successes. As you will see, Verizon has already established itself as corporate leader in diversity and we will continue to keep diversity at the forefront of Verizon.