National African American/Black History Month recognizes the accomplishments of African Americans who have made a difference in our society.Many notable African American physicians，工程师、科学家和护士为医学和科学的突破做出了贡献，并继续成为对STEM（科学、技术、工程和数学）领域职业感兴趣的有色人种学生的榜样。
正如我们庆祝过去的成就，我们也从拉布洛尔普企业中的一位同事们来了解今天的成就。我们最近采访了Covance的技术支持主任Annie Harris，了解她的职业之旅，了解制药业赋予制药行业妇女的职业之旅以及妇女在Labcorp Enterprise上赋予妇女。
在格鲁吉亚成长，安妮哈里斯将自己描述为“不是墙花”的人。
“我有人说的那个怪物，'如果它会回复你，你会和一棵树交谈！”“她笑了。
不做壁花对安妮来说是有好处的，她发现自己的自我激励和外向的性格帮助她建立了社区，形成了新的关系，因为她努力实现自己的个人和职业目标，同时帮助其他人一路提升自己的职业生涯。
寻找一个舒适的职业谈话
从1993年的科文斯开始，甚至在该组织被正式称为科文斯（Covance）或Labcorp enterprise的一部分之前，安妮发现自己是公司里几十个有色人种中的一员，而且在参加信息技术（IT）小组的会议时，她常常是唯一的女性。
“这只是1993年公司的现实，”她解释道。“我们刚刚拥有少数黑人，我们有点像拇指一样困惑，所以我们最终结束了。”
安妮的早期职业社区建设开始与妇女在彼此住宅中遇到的非正式的聚会，将他们的专业人士进行了“Pharma Divas”。
“If someone wanted to go for a promotion or was having an issue with their team, we’d have discussions and help plan together while enjoying some wine and cheese,” said Annie. “We’d share ideas on how to handle different situations. It was great to be with people you felt comfortable with.”
Forming Women of Color in Pharma (WOCIP)
Fast forward to 2015 when Annie, who was then Director, Clinical Trial Management Systems for our drug development business, received a call from Patricia Cornet, who was then the Associate Director, Diversity & Patient Engagement, at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and is now the Group Director and Lead Community Partnerships.
“Patricia called me and said, ‘remember Pharma Divas?’ Let’s form an organization where we can be comfortable and really help promote each other with our personal goals and career aspirations. Are you in?” she said.
Patricia与Charlotte Jones Burton博士合作，后者曾在BMS担任医疗主管，心血管医学研究主管医疗事务，现任大冢制药公司副总裁。两位女性共同制定了下一步的战略，将最初的“制药女星”理念转变为创造Pharma的妇女（Wocip）2015年。
成长网络成为一个组织
“作为Wocip，我们开始做蛋糕和香槟事件，”安妮解释说。这些非正式的聚会是一个集体风暴的地方，并讨论职业运动和个人发展。无论您是董事还是管理员，我们都不关心 - 我们是角色不可知论者。“
随着口碑网络化组织，组织者更多的时间将他们的使命和愿景融为一体。2017年11月，本集团成为501（c）（6）个非营利组织，并正式启动他们的第一次会议，主题“启发！有赋权！“
The group had approximately 100 women in attendance at the first conference in a space that was donated by Novo Nordisk and then over 200 at the next year’s conference, where they had to move to the Westin in order to accommodate everyone.
2019年，WOCIP在大西洋城的硬石赌场召开会议，代表65家公司的300多名女性参加了会议。沃西普扯平了特色福布斯magazine。
“We are pinching ourselves at how successful it’s been,” Annie said.
将灵感带回我们的企业
被其他鼓舞人心的女性周围给了安妮对导师的热情，帮助其他人。她了解到，Wocip的许多参与者也有妇女在自己的制药公司中的赋权团体。从第一年开始，Cocance一直是一家赞助人的赞助商，但当时没有员工资源集团（ERG）致力于赋予各级妇女权力。
“Covance有一个妇女在领导团队中，但我想要一些东西任何woman, like a CRA [clinical research associate] or an admin,” she said. “I met with four other women and we decided to go out on a limb and start a new ERG.”
他们汇集了使命和愿景，并将其提交给人力资源。
“我必须用自己谦卑的方式说 - 人力资源被吹走了，”她笑了。
随着妇女赋权网络（WEN）的旗舰ERG于2019年成立，需求非常旺盛，自那时以来，Labcorp企业又成立了13个分会。
Looking ahead and owning her career
WOCIP’s next theme is “The Power of You,” which resonates strongly with Annie, who is finishing the last half of an MBA program in addition to taking international trips to women’s empowerment retreats and performing community service work with a business women’s sorority.
“Being a part of these groups energized me to be more of my natural self and pushed me to go for more – and it is contagious,” admitted Annie. “I also like helping people come out of their shell and focus on their own development, but you can’t expect things just to happen. Sometimes I’m so lucky with who I meet through WOCIP and WEN and it’s just kismet, but you also have to control your destiny, your career and your own development.”
她补充说：“请记住，我们是女性的自然项目规划者，我们需要继续自我促进和重视自己。即使每个人都有自己的“一袋岩石”的自我怀疑，我认为你可以为自己和强大的同时感到骄傲。“
Learn more about our strength through diversity:https://jobs.labcorp.com/inclusion-andiversity.和https://careers.covance.com/global/en/Belong.
