As one of the founding members of Altria’s LGBT+ Employee Resource Group, Mosaic, Wesley serves on its leadership team and is the chair of its Issues Committee, which identifies improvements to corporate culture, policies, and practices that would support and develop Altria’s LGBT+ employees. In this role, he has developed and led several initiatives that have created positive changes, including instituting a self-identification option for LGBT+ employees via their internal human resources database, securing Altria’s participation in HRC’s Corporate Equality Index, and ensuring corporate policies are inclusive of Altria’s LGBT+ employees. He has also helped expand Altria’s supplier diversity program to proactively seek out LGBT-owned businesses. Additionally, he serves on the Altria Law Department’s Diversity Committee and spearheaded an initiative to modernize how the Law Department tracks diversity metrics for all outside counsel who provide legal services to Altria. Wesley is actively involved with a number of LGBT+ organisations, and regularly speaks on LGBT+ issues, utilising both internal and external platforms. Since 2013, he has served on the Board of Directors for the National LGBT Bar Association and was a member of the inaugural class for the Stanford University LGBTQ Executive Leadership Programme. He also volunteers for a mentoring programme for diverse and LGBT+ law students.
