Joelle Murchison Hayes serves as Vice President, Enterprise Diversity & Inclusion at The Travelers Companies, Inc. (Travelers). Joelle joined Travelers in April 2007 as Director of Diversity, was promoted to Second Vice President, Diversity a year later and assumed her current role in November 2010.

In partnership with management, Joelle developed the framework of the company’s diversity focus and leads a team of 4 in support of the execution of Travelers’ diversity strategy, which includes managing both internal and external strategic relationships in order to drive and enhance the organization’s culture and achieve its business objectives.

Prior to joining Travelers, Joelle was Manager, Corporate Recruiting and Diversity Partnerships at United Technologies Corporation, and previously held positions of increasing responsibility in both the nonprofit sector, and in higher education.