DEI Speakers

Lori is lead strategist for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Stanford Graduate School of Business and cofounder of the new Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab, offering her a unique view at the intersection of the two organizations

Shawn is a former rapper and sound engineer, where he worked on movies like The Matrix and alongside people like Will Ferrell. He has since pivoted into software development, working with several Fortune 500 Companies, including Coca Cola.

Minda Harts is a TEDx speaker and a bestselling author. She delivers dynamic keynotes on topics that range from leadership development to managing diverse talent to to improving racial equity in the workplace.

Liz Kleinrock (she/her) is a Korean-American, queer, Jewish, antibias and antiracist educator, speaker, facilitator, and author for both children and adults.

Dethra Giles has been striving to make DEI part of the workforce DNA for over two decades. She believes every organization has what it needs for optimum performance; her job is to make what is already present work in a way it had not worked before.

Chad E. Foster is a motivational keynote speaker, sales/finance leader, and inspirational change agent who works at Red Hat/IBM. He was the first blind executive to graduate from Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development.

Jade Simmons is a creator of transformational experiences designed to activate audiences into becoming the biggest, boldest version of themselves possible.

Najwa Zebian is a 3x best-selling author of Mind Platter, The Nectar of Pain, Sparks of Phoenix – and the highly anticipated Welcome Home. She is also a creator, activist and educator. Drawing on her own experiences of displacement, discrimination,

Dr. Omékongo Dibinga, CSP, is the UPstander. His life’s mission is to inspire all across the globe to take a stand when they witness an injustice, no matter how small or large.

Dr. McElhaney is the Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Equity, Gender and Leadership (EGAL) and is on the faculty at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Mariana Atencio took the world by storm in 2017 when her TEDx talk “What Makes You Special?” went viral. To date, it has over 17 million views and has been translated into 13 languages, making it one of the top 10 most watched on YouTube. 

Keynote speaker, host, podcaster & author of the forthcoming book "Courage: To Leap & Lead,” CB is the CEO/ Founder of the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches whose mission is to support coaches in being enterprise-wide business partners

Dr Corey Yeager is a Doctoral level Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, focusing his therapeutic practice primarily serving the African American Community. Currently, is the Psychotherapist for the Detroit Pistons.

Cassandra Worthy is the world’s leading expert on Change Enthusiasm®.  She is lighting the world on fire with her refreshingly unique take on not just ‘managing’ but growing through change.

Janice Bryant Howroyd, the first African American woman to found a multi-billion dollar company, launched the ActOne Group in Los Angeles, California in 1978. She is currently #39 on Forbes list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women.

Celeste speaks about race, diversity, effective communication, increasing productivity while avoiding burnout, difficult conversations, and teamwork. She leads workshops and speaks on these topics for companies like Google, Apple, & United Airlines.

Wema Hoover is a global diversity, equity and inclusion leader, executive coach, and culture curator. Previously, she led global DEI efforts for Google, Pfizer, Sanofi, and Bristol-Myers Squibb to help inform and guide corporate leadership.

Shane and Hannah Burcaw are relationship vloggers on a mission to change the way society understands disability. In their YouTube channel, Squirmy and Grubs, the couple shares a authentic examination of what it’s like to be interabled partners.