Black History Month is a time to celebrate the contributions and achievements of the Black community. At Mastercard, it’s also a time to celebrate our people, their efforts and our organizational commitments to equality and inclusion. Part of what that looks like is our In Solidarity commitment and building more partnerships with historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) – helping us attract, attain and advance Black employees. Hosted by Latoya Bennett-Johnson, the first episode of the newly-relaunched “Inside the Circles” podcast featuring Alissa ‘Dr. Jay’ Abdullah, deputy chief information security officer and Les Matthews, executive vice president, Sales and Servicing, North America, chat about the impact and influence of HBCUs. Latoya chats about her days at Hampton University and asks Les about Clark Atlanta with Dr. Jay remembering her days at Savannah State.