> as she said, "the type of people on the other side of the table from us are different than they used to be, and they don't want to be dealing with a bunch of 65-year-old white guys. So those aren't the type of people we're looking for." That's pretty much a direct quote.

Not to defend the quote, but I wonder how else would you characterize “non-diversity” in this context? Specifically, if their current workforce composition is indeed “bunch of 60 something old white males” then how else would you express your desire to be diverse without referring to the current reality?