Charlene Ripley, Goldcorp Inc.
As executive and General Counsel, Charlene Ripley’s
contributions to community, company and legal profession
are profound. Charlene is responsible for Goldcorp’s human
resources function and a member of its diversity committee.
She is a key contributor in setting policy and process and
enhancing diversity awareness across the company. She has
mandated that high-potential employee selection and hiring
process all require gender diversity in candidate selection; all
language used in job postings be gender-neutral; and that
a diverse candidate pool be presented for final selection.
She has mandated diversity within succession planning and
helped Goldcorp craft an ethics and compliance function. She
restructured the legal function, including a “make versus buy”
project to determine what legal work should be managed
internally versus externally. Charlene is Chair of the Heart and
Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon.
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