Denise Young Smith is Now Apple's VP of Inclusion and Diversity

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Posted May 23, 2017 at 7:21pm by iClarified

Denise Young Smith, previously Apple's VP of Worldwide Human Resources, is now VP of Inclusion and Diversity.

Since joining Apple in 1997, Denise has served in several key HR roles. Most recently as Vice President of Worldwide Human Resources and Talent. For over 10 years, she sat on the leadership team that built Apple’s retail organization, which now welcomes more than one million people every day. Apple stores have redefined the retail experience and their talented employees have become the face of Apple for customers around the world. Before retail, Denise ran HR for Apple’s Worldwide Operations and Corporate Employee Relations teams.

Her change of position was first noticed on LinkedIn by 9to5Mac. Apple has since confirmed the news with the following statement...

“Our inclusion and diversity efforts are critically important to Apple’s future. Denise’s years of experience, expertise and passion will help us make an even greater impact in this area.”

The company has yet to update its leadership webpage. SVP and CFO Luca Maestri will step in to temporarily fill the role until a replacement for Smith is found.

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Denise Young Smith is Now Apple's VP of Inclusion and Diversity

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Sushi - May 27, 2017 at 2:16pm

All I wonder is where you guys get your news. Pretty sure I know where that is and I'm not talking about this site.

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thepoor - May 24, 2017 at 5:52pm

What is inclusion and diversity?

JSON - May 24, 2017 at 2:04pm

Denise used to be a white male ....

Pizza - May 24, 2017 at 1:30pm

100% agreed

Pizza - May 24, 2017 at 1:28pm

Why does this position exist this is stupid

The Dude - May 24, 2017 at 1:01am

@ Yo.....this job position would never be in existence in the 70's, 80's, 90's and all the way up to 2008...Statistically speaking....During Reagan, Bush Sr, Clinton, and Bush Jr. years, race relations was on a climb in the United States. it wasn't until Obama Admin came in thats when the drop occurred. BLM was very popular and active at the end of Obama regime and during the election. they practically vanished after Trump got elected. point is simple: how much of the racial issues is "manufactured" vs "actual" racism? BTW.....private sector and capitalism is what allows Apple to have a budget to allow such a silly position to even exist.