Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
CUNA Mutual Group
Angela Russell is Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Vice President of the CUNA Mutual Foundation at CUNA Mutual Group. Angela is responsible for leading the development, direction and implementation of short and long-term strategies and programs that support Diversity and Inclusion and overseeing CUNA Mutual’s Corporate Social Responsibility program.
In 2018, Angela was named as one of the nation’s most powerful diversity executives by Black Enterprise magazine.
Ms. Russell has nearly 20 years of professional experience involving diversity and inclusion, external relations and outreach, communications, policy development, and research and evaluation.
Prior to joining CUNA Mutual she worked in various roles in public health including serving as a Health Equity Coordinator for Public Health Madison Dane County. She was also the Community Engagement Lead for the National County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Program at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
Angela has also worked in a variety of roles in Wisconsin state government including Division Administrator for the Division of Early Care and Education; Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Department of Children and Families; and Policy Advisor to Governor Jim Doyle. She was formerly an epidemiologist with Wisconsin AIDS/HIV and Hepatitis C Program at the Department of Health Services.
Angela holds a master’s degree in Population Health from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from Beloit College.
Angela serves on the Board of Madison Urban Ministry, Edgewood College Board of Trustees, and Wisconsin School of Business Advisory Board.