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Deborah DeHaas
Deborah "Deb" DeHaas is the Vice Chairman, Chief Inclusion Officer & National Managing Partner of Deloitte, and the first woman to be named Midwest managing partner of Deloitte. She was the first woman Chairman of the Board of Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, and she serves as a trustee of Northwestern University and the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago). DeHaas is known for her efforts toward diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Personal life DeHaas grew up in Washington, Pennsylvania. Her mother was the only woman from the accounting program to graduate from University of Pittsburgh in 1951, and worked in Gulf Oil's accounting department while DeHaas's father went to medical school. After DeHaas's father became an Obstetrics, obstetrician, her mother left accounting but became involved in local affairs. She started the Head Start (program), Head Start program in Washington, and was the first woman on the local city council. DeHaas considers her mother to be a great in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deloitte
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (), commonly referred to as Deloitte, is an international professional services network headquartered in London, England. Deloitte is the largest professional services network by revenue and number of professionals in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms along with EY (Ernst & Young), KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). The firm was founded by William Welch Deloitte in London in 1845 and expanded into the United States in 1890. It merged with Haskins & Sells to form Deloitte Haskins & Sells in 1972 and with Touche Ross in the US to form Deloitte & Touche in 1989. In 1993, the international firm was renamed Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, later abbreviated to Deloitte. In 2002, Arthur Andersen's practice in the UK as well as several of that firm's practices in Europe and North and South America agreed to merge with Deloitte. Subsequent acquisitions have included Monitor Group, a large strategy consulting business, in Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
