TeNita Ballard
TeNita Ballard is a Lead Consultant for Diversity & Inclusion at AT&T. Currently, she leads D&I strategy for the Asian Pacific Islanders, Individuals with Disabilities and Veterans segments where she partners with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure AT&T is seen as a great place to work and their service provider of choice. TeNita joined DIRECTV in 2006 with roles as an Investigative Analyst investigating Customer Risk Management and as a Commercial Analyst where she was responsible for commercial dealer account auditing to ensure company policy compliance.
In 2013, TeNita’s dedication for relationship building and community outreach inspired her to lead the group responsible for the creation and launch of DIRECTV’s first African-American employee resource group. BAALANCE (Building African American Leaders and Navigating the Company Experience) launched in January 2014 and quickly became known for providing access to influential African-Americans at on-site networking events.
With the DIRECTV and AT&T merger, BAALANCE merged into Community NETwork, which is AT&T’s African American Employee Resource Group. She now serves as the Community NETwork Los Angeles Chapter President.
TeNita received her B.A. in Psychology from Cal State Long Beach and her Master of Business Administration from Keller Graduate School of Management. TeNita also held a full-time HR position at Coca-Cola Bottling Company Los Angeles while pursuing her BA and full-time position at DIRECTV while pursuing her MBA.
Connect with her on Twitter @TeNitaBallard.