AdvaMed PRIDE Leadership Network
The AdvaMed PRIDE Leadership Network seeks to build community, enhance visibility, and elevate professionals in the LGBTQ community.
About the Network
AdvaMed PRIDE Leadership Network is an inclusion and diversity initiative with a mission focused on developing a more diverse future for the medical technology and diagnostics industries. Together, we will engage and elevate a community of LGBTQ+ executives, employees and allies to create a more diverse and welcoming professional environment.
AdvaMed PRIDE is part of the broader AdvaMed Advance initiative – an industry convener aimed at unlocking the power and potential of all talent and driving innovation in medical technology through achievement of the best inclusion and diversity practices.
Medtech LGBTQ+ executives, employees and allies are all welcome to join!
Strategic Pillars of the Network
Community
We seek to build and foster an open, welcoming community for LGBTQ employees and allies.
Visibility
We seek to enhance the visibility of LGBTQ employees and allies in the global medtech industry.
Resources
We seek to provide resources and tools that support medtech companies’ efforts to build a pipeline for LGBTQ employees.
Executive Leadership
We seek to elevate more LGBTQ leaders into executive positions in the global medtech industry.
Meet Our Steering Committee
Building the Path for Your Ally Journey
Roughly half of people who identify as LGBTQ+ are still in the closet at work, and nearly two-thirds fear they won’t be promoted due to their sexual orientation. For teams that would like to demonstrate their commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access having visible, vocal, and engaged allies is at the heart of the solution. But becoming an engaged and active ally isn’t always easy.
Learn more about who allies are, why they’re needed, and how you can become (or help others become) an ally that is ready to take action.
LGBTQ+ Resources
- Harvard Business School. Research: It Pays To Be Yourself (2020)
- Harvard Business Review. How Sharing Our Stories Builds Inclusion (2021)
- Gaingels – Meet 100 incredible and inspiring LGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs from all over the globe
- Out Leadership – Helping Out Leaders and companies connect with talent and transform organizations
Previous PRIDE Leadership Network Events
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
Building the Path for Your Ally Journey
Roughly half of people who identify as LGBTQ+ are still in the closet at work, and nearly two-thirds fear they won’t be promoted due to their sexual orientation. For teams that would like to demonstrate their commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access having visible, vocal, and engaged allies is at the heart of the solution. But becoming an engaged and active ally isn’t always easy.
You’re invited to learn more about who allies are, why they’re needed, and how you can become (or help others become) an ally that is ready to take action.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 | 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EST
You’ve Started an ERG, Now What?
In celebration of Pride Month, AdvaMed’s Pride Leadership network brought together experienced Employee Resource Group (ERG) leaders and participants to share firsthand accounts of experiencing the lifepath of an ERG.