Here’s what former White Sox VP Kenny Williams is up to after South Side originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
In August 2023, the White Sox fired then-general manager Rick Hahn and Vice President of Baseball Operations Kenny Williams, marking the first time neither of them was to run the team since 2000.
Williams, 60, is up to new things during his post-White Sox career. He’s attempting to become a trailblazer in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion space, according to a report from Bob Nightengale.
“Kenny Williams, the former Chicago White Sox vice president of baseball operations who was baseball’s highest-ranking Black executive among clubs, is now using his expertise to help open doors for minorities in the business world. … He helped develop a tool called CLARA, hoping to pave more inclusive hiring practices among corporations,” Nightengale recently wrote.
Williams told Nightengale the move to the DEI space was one that came out of frustration and anger.
“This was really born out of frustration, fatigue and angst,” Williams told Nightengale. “I’ve been in board rooms for 30-plus years, and the board rooms lacked diversity. I’ve been championing the reasons for diversity and the need for it, but I did not see it coming of age, and reflecting of society. … So, I got tired of hearing myself complain and fight for it. … Instead of talking about it, I decided to start doing something about it.”
“CLARA is a clear, consistent screening platform that produces more equitable outcomes and puts the best-match and highest-potential candidates in front of teams faster,” their LinkedIn page reads in its biography.
