Doug Duncan’s name is recognizable to anyone who lived in the D.C. region during the ‘80s and ‘90s.
At the age of 26, Duncan was elected to the Rockville City Council. He went on to be mayor in 1987, and served as Montgomery County Executive from 1994 to 2006.
Even then, he was focused on diversity, equity and inclusion by creating Rockville’s first Pride Day and starting one of the first Juneteenth celebrations in the country.
Now, as CEO and president of Leadership Greater Washington, a leadership development nonprofit in D.C., Duncan continues to advocate for greater diversity, equity and inclusion. As part of that mission, Duncan helped establish LGW’s Anti-Racist Leadership Series, a six-month program where participants discuss race through education, group interaction and personal sharing. The goal is for participants to introduce similar difficult conversations at their own companies. To date, more than 600 people and nearly 300 organizations have participated in…
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