Building Redgate’s Diverse Future

When Cathy Culpepper began her career, she found herself excluded from conversations and decisions based on her gender or race. That experience has informed how she shows up for her Redgate colleagues today. “It’s important to be the person in the room who advocates for a more accepting and welcoming future for all,” she said. One part of building that future is creating mentorship pathways to support growth. According to Culpepper, “If we aren’t hiring diverse team members, we don’t have the ability to promote and create mentors to whom future team members can look up.”

Every day, Josh Byus strives to fulfill his personal philosophy: “Infinite diversity in infinite combinations.” Star Trek fans may recognize the quote — the foundation of Vulcan belief in the beauty and possibility of celebrating difference. And according to Byus, Redgate found a way to do exactly that at the recent Level Up internal conference by highlighting a panel of some of the newest and youngest Redgaters. “They came from different cultures and locations around the world,” he said. “Their presentation offered new ideas to tangibly lift up those climbing ahead in their careers.”