{"id":10180,"date":"2023-02-13T14:49:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T19:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=10180"},"modified":"2023-03-01T15:02:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T20:02:26","slug":"tawanda-starms","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/profile\/tawanda-starms\/","title":{"rendered":"Tawanda Starms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Tawanda D. Starms is Vice President of Restaurant Support Center People Experience and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at Chipotle Mexican Grill. Ms. Starms brings over 20 years of experience to the leadership team, creating strategies that develop, empower and engage Chipotle\u2019s workforce. She is passionate about cultivating an inclusive culture where employees are supported to thrive and pursue their passion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Prior to joining Chipotle, Ms. Starms served as Human Resources Director at Thales Avionics. \u00a0She has also held various roles with Ingram Micro, Best Buy and Yum! Brands, Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Ms. Starms holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business from California State University, Fullerton, as well as professional certifications with the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM-CP) and HR Certification Institute (HRCI-PHR).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Boston Hospitality Review Articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/2023\/03\/01\/chipotle\/\">Chipotle \u2013 Hiring criteria and benefits to maintain talent \u2014 March-April 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/2023\/03\/01\/what-are-leading-restaurant-companies-doing-to-keep-talent\/\">What are leading restaurant companies doing to keep talent? \u2014 March-April 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Connect on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tdstarms\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22001,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22001"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10285,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10180\/revisions\/10285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}