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Google appoints Danielle Brown Diversity head

Google has appointed Danielle Brown the company’s new vice president of Diversity. Ms. Brown was vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer at Intel for the past several years and, most recently, group chief human resources officer. T

Ms. Brown will be responsible for managing Google’s diversity and inclusion strategy, said the Search giant in a blog post.

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