Deena Fidas
Manager, Workplace Project
Deena Fidas works with employers to implement inclusive policies and benefits related to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. She works one-on-one with company representatives to help them identify areas of potential improvement and how to work with their key stakeholders to effect change within their organization. Fidas manages the Corporate Equality Index survey administration and is co-author of the 2009 and 2010 Corporate Equality Index reports. In addition, Fidas has been one of the leaders of Degrees of Equality, a multi-year research project on defining and assessing an organization’s workplace climate with respect to LGBT inclusion, overseeing the development of the research. Formerly working in political fundraising, she joined the Workplace Project staff in 2007. Fidas holds a master’s degree in sociology from American University in Washington, D.C.