To further advance Gould & Ratner’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, Managing Partner Amy Blumenthal has been named Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer. In this role, she will oversee the D&I efforts for the firm, including providing operational leadership of all D&I efforts and driving awareness, commitment and accountability.
A longtime advocate for the advancement of women in the workplace, Blumenthal currently serves on the inaugural Distinguished and Notable Advisory Board of CREW Chicago, after serving as a Board member and President of CREW Chicago, a chapter of CREW Network, an organization of over 12,000 women engaged in all sectors of the commercial real estate industry.
She also helps lead the firm’s attorney mentoring program and was a founder of GROW – Gould & Ratner Opportunities for Women – a program designed to support our women attorneys and provide opportunities for the firm’s many women clients and contacts to meet the firm’s women attorneys and exchange ideas, socialize and establish new associations and business relationships. Blumenthal provides ongoing service as a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Erie Family Health Foundation, which supports the mission of the Erie Family Health Centers to provide high-quality, affordable health care to support healthier people, families and communities.
Gould & Ratner values and respects the strengths and differences among our employees, clients and communities. We recognize that diversity encompasses a broad range of characteristics including race, age, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, political affiliation, marital status, veteran’s status and disability. We strive to maintain a work environment where every individual is respected and rewarded on the basis of personal contributions to the organization.
