Focus on Black Directors Has Latinos Asking: What About Us? (3)

Roel Campos has a message for the dozens of companies pledging to add a Black director: Don’t forget that corporate boards are even further behind in hiring Latino members.

Latinos make up less than 4% of Fortune 500 board seats, according to Campos, the chairman of the 208-member Latino Corporate Directors Association. That’s less than half of those held by African Americans, even though Latinos make up a larger share of the U.S. population. The Latino Voices for Boardroom Equity campaign, an initiative by the association and other groups launched Friday, aims to triple Latinos’ share of board seats by 2023. ...