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The National Association of Black Accountants is hoping to expand its partnerships with accounting firms and corporate America to bring more diversity to the accounting profession.

Unconscious bias can impact an organization’s hiring practices and overall company culture — and unfair habits may be intensifying under the isolation of quarantine.

No matter how bleak things may look right now, you can still help your employees plot a path back to being financially well. Here are four steps to help restore your employees’ financial confidence.

Suzanne Schmitt is a vice president, Financial Wellness at Prudential Financial, where she focuses on the firm’s strategy around financial wellness outcomes. Prudential Financial is a financial wellness leader and premier active global investment manager with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management as of June 30, 2020.

Digital mental health services are key tools in addressing and supporting the wellbeing of employees in a way that promotes self-care, increases engagement and promises reliable, remote and private accessibility.

Ken Cahill is the CEO and co-founder of SilverCloud Health. With offices in Boston, Dublin, and London, SilverCloud is the world’s leading digital mental health platform. It enables the delivery of clinically validated digital therapeutic programs that are proven to significantly improve mental health outcomes, increase access and scale while reducing costs of care delivery.

Prior to founding SilverCloud Health, Ken held senior positions in several multinationals including, Dell, HP, and Gateway. Ken received the 2018 MedTech Boston 40 under 40 award. He holds a BSc. in computing, and a diploma in new business and certificate in company direction from the Institute of Directions in London. Visit Ken on LinkedIn or Twitter at @SilverCloudH.

The final stretch of the race for the White House between Donald Trump and Joe Biden has been fraught with dramatic twists — yet none of it appears to have altered the course of the race that was set months ago.

Nigel Morris is the co-founder and managing partner of QED Investors, a fintech venture capital platform focused on disruptive, high-growth financial services companies.

Nigel is the chairman of ClearScore and Mission Lane, serves on the boards of Remitly, Bitso, Current and Amount, and is a board observer for QuintoAndar. Additionally, he works in an advisory capacity with Oliver Wyman.

Prior to QED, Nigel co-founded Capital One Financial Services in 1994.

There's a balance between allowing an employee's freedom to express themselves in conversations with their co-workers while still performing their jobs, says labor and employment attorney Aaron Holt.

Rene Paradis, CPA, is chief operating officer at National Philanthropic Trust, a national, independent donor-advised fund sponsor. She is responsible for investment management, grants, accounting and financial reporting at the organization and has more than 25 years of experience in the finance and nonprofit sectors.