
Making an Impact on Juneteenth
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Originally recorded: June 14, 2022, 1:00 PM Eastern Time
Panelists: Edward Cook, Julia Smith, Tammie L. Wiley
Moderator: Debbie Smith Rayford
How are you making an impact on Juneteenth? Each year, Juneteenth commemorates and celebrates the emancipation of African-Americans enslaved in the United States. As the oldest nationally recognized commemoration, the importance of Juneteenth lives on and continues to grow in 2022. We’re proud to bring you a panel of leaders from Northwestern Mutual’s African-American Employee Resource Group (AA-ERG) to discuss the significance of Juneteenth to them and the African-American community today.
We will also discuss:
- How Northwestern Mutual’s AA-ERG will observe Juneteenth this year.
- Their plans to collaborate with and educate other ERGs at Northwestern Mutual about Juneteenth.
- The impact of Juneteenth on their ERG and others.
- How leadership at Northwestern Mutual is acknowledging this very important holiday.
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Making an Impact on Juneteenth Panelists

Edward Cook
Co-Vice Chair of the African American ERG (AA-ERG)
Ed has been with Northwestern Mutual for seven years. He is currently an Assistant Director of Operations Integration. In his role he handles all aspects of internal operations as well as creating synergies and integrations between Sales Support and any other departments they touch and impact.

Julia Smith
Chair of the African American ERG (AA-ERG)
Julia Smith has been with Northwestern Mutual for nearly 10 years. She is currently an Assistant Director of Learning Experience. In this role Julia empowers leaders to build the skills, mindsets and habits to develop high-performing teams.

Tammie L Wiley, MBA
Co-Vice Chair of the African American ERG (AA-ERG)
Tammie Wiley is a Business Strategy Consultant with Northwestern Mutual. She has consulted in areas of practice management, O. Al Granum guiding principles, staffing and infrastructure, mission, vision values, activity management, goals and CRM.
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