Diversity & Inclusion 2023

Last year CliftonLarsonAllen, the eighth-largest accounting firm in the United States, launched an outside assessment of its diversity and inclusion efforts, added nine full-time roles focused on diversity and inclusion, and provided a $1 million grant to the National Association of Black Accountants.

CEO Jen Leary has taken the CEO Action Pledge, a chief executive-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. In 2021 the company published its first DEI transparency report, providing data on gender diversity at the firm, the representation of people of color and annual turnover.

Its most recent transparency report, for 2022, the company said it had increased the representation of Black, Indigenous and people of color 68% in the past five years and these groups now account for about 19% of the company’s workforce.

“I don’t know another accounting firm that has named 10 people of color as firm-wide leaders, including three female people of color leading offices," said Guylaine Saint Juste, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Black Accountants, in a quote that was included in the company report. “And I’m excited to see where CLA grows from there.”