Don’t you just love it when someone puts her money where it counts? This Houston Chronicle story tells about that & more:
"Cathy Lamboley‘s epiphany changed both her wardrobe and the way some Houston law firms do business.
"Lamboley, who last week announced her upcoming retirement as general counsel of Shell Oil Co., used to wear corporate-issue business suits with those ubiquitous pouffy bow ties.
"Now she leans toward expressive buttery-soft leather jackets adorned with carefully chosen Mexican and Southwestern jewelry.
"Law firms in Houston that wanted lucrative legal work from Shell used to have to agree with the goal of diversity.
"Now they have to prove they are using more and more minority and female lawyers on Shell’s multimillion-dollar legal business."
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"Carolyn Benton Aiman, a lawyer at Shell, said Lamboley’s work at the company made it the kind of place she wanted to come to work. Aiman, an African-American, said it mattered to her that she could see people like her who were successful at the company.
"’Cathy changed the landscape here,’ Aiman said. ‘She opened opportunities, opened eyes and challenged presumptions.’"