Depending on factors such as business size, this may be a paid full-time role. It could also be someone in your team who feels passionate about promoting diversity and dedicates part of their time toward those efforts. In either case, having someone in the official role of Gender Diversity Champion takes diversity initiatives from a “side-of-the-desk” or “when-I-get-some-extra-time” kind of project to a serious initiative that can be tracked and measured.