Jeanette Kilo-Smith

Head of Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging, Zurich North America

Jeanette Kilo-Smith is Head of Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Belonging (DIEB) at Zurich North America. She is responsible for the insurance provider’s continued progress on its DIEB strategy, ensuring alignment of efforts across its Executive Diversity and Inclusion Council (EDIC), its business/function Advisory Councils, its nine Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and its community investment efforts focused on social equity.

Specializing in Diversity and Inclusion, Kilo-Smith has more than 20 years of Human Resources experience at Fortune 500 companies. She has held senior level positions at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Walgreens, Walmart and Motorola, where she has developed successful strategies and initiatives.

Kilo-Smith holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management from DePaul University in Chicago and a Certified Diversity Professional certification from Cornell University in New York.