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&lt;p&gt;Comcast has a new diversity chief.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The first-ever that is.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maria Arias will serve as Comcast&#39;s Executive Director of Diversity and Inclusion. According to a press release, the cable operator--approved by regulators to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal only this past January--created the position to focus on &quot;organizing Comcast&#39;s diversity program strategy.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The focus of the program: Recruitment and career development, suppliers, programming, and community investment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;em&gt;Businesswire&lt;/em&gt;, Arias will also work closely with the Comcast Internal Diversity Council and the newly-created Comcast/NBCUniversal Joint External Diversity Advisory Council &quot;to coordinate the execution of diversity and inclusion initiatives across the entire company.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As for the company&#39;s record in diversity hiring and retention: As of 2008, minorities accounted for 39 percent of its employee base while gender equity stood at 35 percent female. (See below for a glimpse of its demographic breakdown from Vault&#39;s 2009 Diversity Survey)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; vertical-align: middle;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.vault.com/VCM/blogs/Comcast_Diversity_2008_stats.png&quot; alt=&quot;Comcast&#39;s Diversity Recruitment and Retention stats&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Further, according to the company&#39;s 2010 10-K, all seven executive officers are men.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As for Arias&#39; career ladder, while she has only been a Comcast employee since 2007, she has managed to hold four positions over four years, with her most recent stint being VP of operations for the Southern Colorado systems.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now that two renowned companies are one, let&#39;s hope Arias can improve on some of these statistics.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;em&gt;Businesswire&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;

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