Aida Sabo

Aida Sabo joined Parexel as Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion in 2014. In this role, she is responsible for the Global Diversity & Inclusion Strategy and for finding creative ways to execute this strategy. The strategy consists on building D/I awareness and launching a culture change to ensure D/I is part of Paraxel’s DNA. Sabo’s work extends to global initiatives in India, Germany, UK, Japan, Argentina and other regions. Additionally, she launched a Leadership and Inclusion Forums to enable diversity and inclusion thought-provoking discussions with not only internal Paraxel leaders but also the local community — this has been extended to all the external community in Boston, Berlin, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Tokyo, and Uxbridge- focusing on the larger hubs in the company.

A daughter of Mexican immigrants, Sabo along with her parents moved to the United States when she was three years old. With a passion for learning, she excelled and earned a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Davis. She then completed engineering graduate work at the University of California at Berkeley and at Georgia Tech. She also has participated in programs in Executive Education at Harvard’s JFK School, Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and UCLA.

Sabo serves on various boards, including the Partnership Inc., the Howard University College of Pharmacy Board of Visitors, the Harvard JFK School’s Women’s Leadership Board. She is a member of Catalyst’s Expert Community and a task force member of the Center for Talent Innovation (Sylvia Ann Hewlett’s organization).