NTRA Partners With Ed Brown Society To Promote Future Employee Diversity

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) has formed a multi-year partnership with the Ed Brown Society to assist young people of color pursue careers in the racing industry, the NTRA said via a Wednesday release.

“The NTRA is thrilled to partner with the Ed Brown Society to help encourage diversity in the Thoroughbred racing industry,” said NTRA President and CEO Tom Rooney. “We look forward to mentoring the Ed Brown Scholars as they get their start in this amazing industry.”

Together with NTRA and its other partners, the Ed Brown Society works to provide exposures, experiences, resources and professional development to talented and focused young people of color who wish to pursue careers in the industry.

“We are delighted to embark upon this work with the NTRA,” said L. Clark Williams, President of the Ed Brown Society. “This partnership will undoubtedly afford Ed Brown Scholars and Fellows with remarkable opportunities to gain invaluable industry exposure, by assisting with the critical and wide-ranging initiatives of the NTRA.”