Brown Edwards strives to foster a safe work environment where diversity is welcome and to find ways to attract, develop, and retain exceptional individuals representing the diverse communities where we work and live. Our firm believes we are strongest when we genuinely listen to, and act upon, thoughts and opinions from individuals from all walks of life with different life experiences. Brown Edwards believes this openness leads to a stronger, more vibrant, workplace that will lead to even greater success for the firm and for our associates. Our firm is taking steps to increase workforce diversity in a number of ways, including recruiting at historically black colleges and universities and on other major university campuses. We also sponsor student visas to allow foreign students the opportunity to work in the public accounting profession in the United States. In addition, Brown Edwards has formed an internal committee to evaluate and ensure that our firm does all we can to facilitate a diverse work environment. Our goal is to foster an environment where employees from all backgrounds have equal career development and advancement opportunities. We believe that focusing on DEI will create positive work environments, will create a more diverse and inclusive workforce at BE where we can build stronger internal and external relationships and help us grow and evolve into an even more desirable firm to work at and to partner with.