Following George Floyd’s murder in 2020, diversity, equity and inclusion efforts intensified in both the corporate and academic spaces. But it did not take long for many of those initiatives to falter ...

Malia Lazu grew up in Hawaii, an ideal place to be a mixed-race kid: People of color make up 75 percent of the population there. Lazu compares the culture of her childhood to the ubiquitous Hawaiian ...

Berkshire Bank regional vice president Malia Lazu has left the company, the bank announced Wednesday. Her departure comes three weeks after the bank's former CEO Richard Marotta abruptly resigned from ...

Malia C. Lazu is the author of From Intention to Impact: A Practical Guide to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She is an award-winning, tenured strategist in diversity and inclusion, and a lecturer ...

Berkshire Bank has been one of New England’s most acquisitive banks in recent years. But to Malia Lazu, the internal culture might not have kept up with the pace of the deal-making. That’s one reason ...