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•  United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) announced that it has hired Guillaume Bagal to be its first vice president of diversity & inclusion, charged with "leading UNFI’s commitment to be a company that promotes equity, celebrates diversity, dismantles systemic racism in its workplace, and supports justice in the communities it serves."

Bagal most recently was head of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI), where he "led BCBSRI's diversity and inclusion programming, training, and education. Supported supplier diversity, recruitment, employee engagement, community relations and health equity efforts in the community."