Find Cleared Opportunities and Your Community at Battelle

Storm Woods serves as the Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Battelle Memorial Institute. Hear why Battelle was the right career move for Storm, and possibly for you too.

I come from a family that’s really passionate about doing the best thing for the people around you. My father served in the United States Army and my mother was a teacher. Growing up, they instilled in me ideas around social justice, not making assumptions about other people, language or food, and not passing judgment on customs or things people value.

I studied theater at the Ohio State University, and later got my Master’s in Human Resource Management, really focusing on DEI and how those things drive business and a business’s strategy. I got myself a mentor, a great job in the retail space, and then this opportunity at Battelle came along.

It was the right time to make a move, not because I was unhappy in my current role – I was actually quite content. I told myself I wasn’t going to take a leap until the right company really spoke to me.

I want to believe people when they tell me this work is important to them. I want them to have a great reputation for corporate social responsibility. I want them to be involved in the community. I want to be able to be proud of where I’m working. And this opportunity came about at Battelle. So here I am, loving it, and having a wonderful time learning something brand new every single day from incredibly brilliant people.

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