Part 2: Q&A with Shundrawn Thomas: Effective Mentoring The president of Northern Trust Asset Management discusses creating productive mentoring relationships to advance racial and gender diversity. Shundrawn Thomas Shundrawn Thomas, president of $1.1 trillion Northern Trust Asset Management, has been writing letters to the industry calling for more accountability in diversity and leadership. In Part 1 of this series, taken from an edited interview with Thomas, he explained his reasons for writing them and called for more empathy. In Part 2, we discuss how minorities have a mantle of responsibility on their shoulders when they come into positions of power, and how women and minorities can create positive mentoring relationships.