Apple's director of inclusion and diversity hired by twitter

Twitter Inc hired a former Apple Inc employee as
its vice president of diversity and inclusion, the
micro-blogging site announced.
Jeffrey Siminoff , who was previously the director
of worldwide inclusion and diversity at Apple,
replaces Janet Van Huysse.
“ Welcome to the flock ,” Twitter’s vice president of
human resources, Brian Schipper , tweeted on
Monday.
Siminoff’s hiring comes as Twitter and other
Silicon Valley companies face pressure to diversify
their largely male, mostly white workforces. In its
most recent report on the demographics of its
workers, Twitter said 66 percent of its global
workforce was male and 59 percent of U.S.
employees were white.
Van Huysse had outlined 2016 diversity goals for
Twitter that included boosting the overall
proportion of female employees to 35 percent and
the number of women in leadership roles to 25
percent from 22 percent.
Siminoff was not available for comment, Twitter
said. He is a founder of Out Leadership, which
works to include more members of the lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender communities in
businesses.
In the tweet announcing her departure, Van Huysse
did not specify what she planned to do next
except to say, “ It’s time for my next chapter.” She
had been with Twitter for six years.