Sessions

Antoine L. Andrews, Senior Director of Diversity and Inclusion for Gap Inc. which includes Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta, Piperlime and Intermix.  Antoine is responsible for building Gap Inc.’s Global Diversity Strategy, focusing on diverse talent development, employee engagement and retention, and understanding diverse consumers.  Under his leadership, Gap Inc. has recently introduced an executive level Diversity Dashboard to help drive change, build leadership accountability throughout the company, and track the organization’s progress incorporating diversity.  His vision led to Gap Inc. designing a talent development program which has increased the number of promotion-ready diverse leaders within the field and HQ talent pipelines.  Antoine is also the Chair for the Gap Inc. Executive Diversity Council which includes leaders who are responsible for leading the diversity and inclusion efforts within each of the company’s brands and corporate functions.  

In collaboration with Gap Foundation, Antoine identifies and establishes partnerships with local non-profit organizations, creating mutually beneficial opportunities for employees to engage in skills-based volunteering while preparing the community’s youth for successful careers.  Antoine sits on the Board of Directors for Oakland based non-profit Mosaic Project.  The Mosaic Project works toward a peace­ful future by unit­ing chil­dren of diverse back­grounds, pro­vid­ing them with essen­tial com­mu­nity build­ing skills, and empow­er­ing them to become peace­mak­ers.  Antoine is also the Chairperson for Gender Equality Council which is a part of The City of San Francisco’s Department on the Status of Women.  In this role, he works with leaders from multiple Bay Area companies to introduce the Gender Equality Principles and Challenge.   The Gender Equality Challenge is a new project of the Gender Equality Principles Initiative, which is an ongoing global effort to link women’s empowerment and corporate policies.