33rd Annual Conference
March 8-12, 2021
Collaborator
INclusion ACTION
External Relations, Associate
The Learning Accelerator
Vice President
Parker Dewey
Director, Learning and Development Solutions
City of Minneapolis
Diversity & Inclusion Consultant
HealthPartners
Founder and Owner
Follow Your Heart, LLC
International HR and Corporate Sustainability Consultant
Laura Belfiore
Diversity & Inclusion Specialist
NASA
Intercultural Competence, Diversity & Inclusion Specialist
United States Peace Corps
Chief Innovation Officer and Director of Cultures and Communities
Milwaukee Film
CEO and Founder
The Moxie Exchange
CEO and Founder
PINK Consulting, LLC
Founder and CEO
Jennifer Brown Consulting
Senior Technical Assistance Consultant
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Executive Director and Co-Founder
The Centre for Civic Religious Literacy (CCRL)
Senior Vice President, Business Development and Product Innovation
Menttium Corporation
Nurse Manager – Birth Center
Regions Hospital (HealthPartners)
Supervisory Intercultural Competence, Diversity & Inclusion Training Specialist
United States Peace Corps
Senior Advisor for External Affairs
Faith in Action
Experience Strategist
Slalom
Global Executive Coach
Global Coaches Network (GCN)
Owner and Lead Consultant
Catch Your Dream Consulting
Founder and Healer-in-Residence
Centered Spaces LLC
Chief of Staff
The Learning Accelerator (TLA)
Director, Office of Equity and Diversity (OED)
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Executive Director of Growth Marketing
Shift3 Technologies
Director of Health Equity and Language Access
Regions Hospital (HealthPartners)
Managing Director
The Blue Ocean Company
Executive Director, Inclusion and Diversity
KPMG LLP
Principal and Founder
Ferdman Consulting
Principal Consultant
adriannaflax.com
Senior Equity Training & Education Coordinator
Uplift Oregon
CEO
Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Senior Consultant
The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc.
Executive Director in Human Resources & Chair of the Higher Education Research Consortium’s Governance Board
University of Texas at Arlington
Senior Workplace Program Associate
Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
President
Aleria Research Corp (ARC)
Workplace Training Specialist and Consultant
Independent Consultant
Director
The Employment Transformation Collective
Speaker, Author, Advisor
joe gerstandt
Senior D&I Program Analyst
NASA
Founder | Senior Consultant
The GenderCool Project | Jennifer Brown Consulting
Chief of Staff
Girl Scouts River Valleys
Head of Working Parents & Caregivers, Americas
Talking Talent
President
Religious Freedom & Business Foundation
Consulting Partner
The Ken Blanchard Companies
Vice President, Learning and Innovation
The Winters Group, Inc.
Vice President of Community Leadership and Effective Philanthropy; Author
Central Indiana Community Foundation
Sr. Manager, Global Learning and Development
Verizon Media Group
Founder and CEO
Culture Coach International | Diversity Dashboard
Director, Diversity and Inclusion
Trane Technologies
Change Practitioner
Slalom
CEO & Board Member, Americas
Talking Talent
Founder and CEO
Lead Inclusively, Inc., a division of RevWork, Inc.
Principal | Author
Hyun & Associates Leadership Strategy
Independent DE&I Consultant
Independent DE&I Consultant
Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer
City of Oklahoma City (OKC)
Director, Diversity Recruiting and Workforce Development
Trane Technologies
Senior Vice President, Chief Talent Officer
Hearst Magazines
Director of Nursing – Regions Birth Center
Regions Hospital (HealthPartners)
Diversity Program Management Specialist
NASA
Owner
Magnolia Detroit Consulting LLC (MDC)
Senior Researcher
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Professor of Leadership and Organization
Essex Business School
Commissioner
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Unity Fellowship of Christ Church – New York City
Human Rights Advocate and Writer
Activist and Writer
Founder/Interculturalist
Invisible Culture
President and Founder
Bridges in Organizations, Inc.
D&I Program Manager and Alternative Dispute Resolution Program Manager
NASA
Head of DEI & Talent Development
Clearway Energy Group
Senior Business Fellow
Religious Freedom & Business Foundation
Diversity Sr. Program Officer, Vice President
Bank of the West
Senior Director, Diversity & Inclusion
Wunkerkind
Vice President of Sales, North America
Talking Talent, Inc.
Head, U.S. Human Resources for RBC Capital Markets
Royal Bank of Canada
Research Manager
Youthprise
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery
Senior Director of Institutional Equity
Weill Cornell Medicine
Senior Technical Assistance Consultant
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Founder and CEO
LEAN n’ Diversity LLC
Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer
Massmart Holdings
Principal
Gwendolyn McCoy
Director, Supply Chain
Cargill
Executive Coach, DE&I Consultant, Thought Leader
Graciela Meibar Consulting
Experience Strategist
Slalom
Nurse Educator – Birth Center
Regions Hospital (HealthPartners)
Vice President, Clinical Affairs
Respicardia
VP, People and Culture
Finley Engineering
CEO and Lead Strategist
The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc.
Senior Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement
Westchester Medical Center Health Network
Managing Director and CEO
Mandate Molefi HR Consultants CC
Director of Emerging Markets, Diversity and Inclusion
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin
Manager of Learning and Innovation
The Winters Group, Inc.
Life, Business and Executive Coach, Unconscious Bias Expert and Trainer
wacekethecoach
CEO and Co-Founder
BrainSkills@Work
Vice President, Diversity, Inclusion and Talent Management
Trane Technologies
Executive Director
The Bayard Rustin Fund
Director of Learning & Inclusion
PFLAG National
CEO & Founder
Farzana Nayani | Consulting & Training
Senior Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Program Manager
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Founder and Executive Director
Convergence on Campus
Associate Partner
New Profit
Founder and Equity Consultant
Allied Folk
Chief Creative Catalyst
Collective Concepts
Youth Engagement Manager
Youthprise
Employee Relations Manager and Corporate Partnerships Lead, Best Buy disABILITIES ERG
Best Buy
VP, Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
McCormick & Company, Inc.
Executive Coach
Talking Talent, Inc.
President
Essential Conversations
Advertising Executive
Jazz Innovation
Founder and CEO
Rhodes Perry Consulting, LLC
Senior Advisor, and Director of SEA Change
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Director, Organizational Learning
The Learning Accelerator (TLA)
Principal
Connect The Dots Consultants
Diversity Advocate
Affirmity
Project Manager
Farzana Nayani | Consulting & Training
President of Disability Resource Group and Communications Lead for Enterprise Education
U.S. Bank
Program Manager, Rural Immigration
Rural Development Network
Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Circa
Founding Collaborator
Inclusion Action Collective
Co-Founder
Udarta Consulting
Managing Director of Health Equity
BCT Partners
President
Story Center Films, LLC
Interim Director of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility
Amnesty International USA
Senior Global Executive Coach
Global Coaches Network (GCN)
Founder and Principal
Shaffer Coaching, LLC
Producer/Director/Writer
Singer & Deschamps Productions, Inc.
Diversity Program Management Specialist
NASA
Diversity Strategist and Inclusive Talent Acquisition Leader
Lisa Strack Consulting
Disability Inclusion Consultant
Lifeworks Services, Inc.
Equity Audit and Strategy Manager
The Winters Group, Inc.
President and Founder
deepSEE Consulting
Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion
Royal Bank of Canada
Strengths-Based Transformation Catalyst
Spaciousness Works
Senior Director of Finance
Deans for Impact
Chief Inclusion & Strategic Innovation Officer
Amnesty International USA
Legal Consultant and Member, Past Chair of Mayo Clinic’s disABILITY MERG ERG
Mayo Clinic
CEO
Disaster Avoidance Experts
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Facilitator
Independent Consultant
Artistic Director/Founder
New Dawn Theatre Company
Philanthropy Executive & Author
Schott Foundation for Public Education
Youth Philanthropy Manager
Youthprise
Senior Director, Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Arabella Advisors
Partner
Inclusion Strategy Solutions
President
Team Dynamics LLC
President and CEO
The Winters Group, Inc.
Director, Chief of Operations, Culture and Talent / Head of Inclusion Acceleration Practice
Cisco
Consultant
Wong Leadership Consulting
CEO and Founder
Diversability
DEI Consultant and Executive Coach
Independent Consultant
EVP/Executive Director
American Institute of Architects – Minnesota
Senior Principal
Global Coaches Network (GCN)