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Worcester’s chief diversity officer role was the lowest-paid chief position in the City cabinet in 2020, making a salary roughly $74,000 lower than the average c-suite city employee, according to 2020 data on Worcester’s website.
With a population so diverse, we now only have one person of color in the leadership of the administration and no Black women.
Stephanie Williams announced she was leaving the position after less than a year and a half on the job.
"We have gone backwards. With a population so diverse we now only have one person of color in the leadership of the administration and no Black women," wrote Fred Taylor, president of Worcester’s NAACP Unit, in a letter.