Arin has worked with diversity and inclusion in organizations for over fifteen years.  She received her Juris Doctorate from University of Southern California and her Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern University where she led several comprehensive research projects on diversity and inclusion in the workplace.  In her consulting practice, she has worked with over one hundred law firms, almost 50 Fortune 500 companies, dozens of universities and law schools, as well as various bar associations/trade organizations. 

"I truly believe that diversity and inclusion are not only choices that we make in how we organize our lives, communities and workplaces, but they are indeed responsibilities we must undertake in order to move forwards together in a global community that grows more integrated and seamless by the day." 

Prior to founding The Athens Group, Arin gained valuable experience in the areas of discrimination, conflict resolution, and organizational effectiveness as an attorney practicing in the state of Illinois.  Arin’s work with The Athens Group focuses primarily on diversity and inclusion issues within the legal profession, corporations and educational institutions.  She has developed and implemented strategic plans and programming (including lectures, presentations, trainings, and dialogue facilitations) on recruitment, retention, attrition, promotion, mentoring, marketing and client development issues in these various arenas, and she has also researched and written on these issues extensively.  Arin has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University for several years where she taught classes on law and society.

Arin currently serves on the ABA Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity, the umbrella organization for all of the ABA’s racial and ethnic diversity entities.  She has also served as a Council Member on the ABA Presidential Advisory Council on Diversity (dealing with diversity in the talent pipeline), and she was a Commissioner on the ABA Commission on Women (2003-2006) where she co-chaired the Women of Color Research Initiative.   She has been featured on NPR for her work on women of color in the legal profession and is cited often in online and traditional media as an expert in diversity and inclusion in workplaces. 

Arin is a Fellow of Leadership Greater Chicago (class of 2003).  She was recognized as a Rising Star by the Anti-Defamation League in 2010, and her column “Diversity in Practice” was recognized by the Herman Kogan Media Awards for excellence in journalism.  She resides in Chicago where she serves on the Boards of Directors for various community and civic organizations.

Once we choose diversity as an opportunity and a responsibility, our collective commitment, knowledge, determination and research are synergized to forever change what was once thought to be unchangeable."

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