Ameren Corporation Making a d i f f e r e n c e Brian Leonard, Director, Corporate Contributions, Ameren Services, presented a $ 20,000 donation from Ameren to Michael McMillan, President and CEO, Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, at the Salute to Women in Leadership Gala, June 17. The contribution will be used to fund a scholarship for minority women in honor of Ida Woolfolk, a former St. Louis civic icon.
A meren’ s workforce is dedicated to keeping the lights on and the gas flowing- 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
We focus that same kind of dedication on building a diverse culture where opinions are shared and the best solutions are put into action. Ameren’ s commitment to diversity and inclusion works to welcome everyone’ s full participation— allowing space for maximum creativity which drives innovation and keeps our company relevant.
Our customers and communities are highly diverse, and our workforce commitment reflects that. Diversity Inc CEO Luke Visconti has called ours“ a model of an inclusive workplace.”
When it comes to our current workforce, we have successfully increased diversity in leadership at the highest levels of the company over the past several years. From our team of senior leaders to Ameren’ s board of directors, the demographics are shifting to further reflect the communities we serve. To diversify the future talent pipeline, Ameren offers school outreach programs, internship and co-op opportunities, as well as avenues for entry into the company through non-traditional routes.
Ameren employees also give handson support by serving as teachers in the Urban League’ s Save Our Sons program and by serving as board members / trustees to Concordance Academy of Leadership, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and the University of Missouri- St. Louis.