Kelli McLoud-Schingen

Kelli McLoud-Schingen, president of KMS Intercultural Consulting, LLC, specializes in global diversity and inclusion, storytelling, cultural competence, social justice and healing racism. She has facilitated development workshops, trainings and storytelling presentations for educational, nonprofit, government and corporate institutions in 15 different countries on four different continents.

A certified professional mediator, Kelli holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication from Aurora University and a Master of Arts in cross-cultural studies from the University of Houston–Clear Lake. Additionally, she is co-author of Cultural Detective: African American®.

Kelli has extensive training and leadership experience in the intercultural and diversity fields. She is a member of the Diversity Collegium, a think tank of diversity practitioners, and has served on the board of directors for the premier intercultural organization, the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR USA), since 2002 as well as served on the organizing committee for the Global Community Dialogue (GCD) on Leadership, Diversity and Change since 2003.