Startup Grind could not be more ecstatic to team up with M&T Bank, Ignite Buffalo, and the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus to host a truly exciting guest on July 24th, Glenn Jackson. We will be sitting down with Glenn to do a deep dive with M&T Bank's recently appointed Chief Diversity Officer. 

Glenn Jackson is the Chief Diversity Officer of Diversity & Inclusion for Human Resources at M&T. As Chief Diversity Officer, Glenn is responsible for advancing M&T’s efforts in promoting diversity, inclusion and belonging for all colleagues across the company. Please join us for a fireside chat with Glenn on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus sponsored by the BNMC, Ignite Buffalo, and M&T Bank. 

Glenn joined M&T in 1999 as a participant in the Management Development Program. He held positions in Finance, Treasury and Retail divisions before joining Buffalo Promise Neighborhood as the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Director of Programs of Buffalo Promise Neighborhood, a comprehensive school-based initiative led by M&T Bank.  

Glenn chairs the board of the National Federation for Just Communities, is chair-elect of Teach for America and is a board member of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and Project Play WNY. Glenn was also elected to the Lancaster Central School District Board of Education and hosts a bi-weekly radio show highlighting the key partnership between M&T Bank and the Western New York Community.