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Over the course of her career in tech, Alexandra Legend Siegel has been in plenty of business meetings in which she was the only woman of color. Each time, the experience was not only lonely, it was also bad for business. “Having diverse perspectives at the table is imperative to shaping our future,” she says. That’s why Siegel, the chief equality officer at Salesforce, champions building a workforce that represents our multifaceted society. With initiatives like Salesforce’s racial equality summit—called Representation Matters—Siegel has helped bring together a diverse group of leaders to elevate voices that are often underrepresented not just in tech, but in business writ large. “Looking out and seeing a room full of people of color, especially after being in so many rooms where there were often only a few, was energizing and inspiring,” Siegel says about the software company’s summit, which is one of many programs that helped Salesforce earn the No. 5 spot on Forbes’ list of: