DEI Career Conversations
Enjoy live events and pre-recorded videos where DEI professionals and champions share their journeys, their successes, and advice about “doing the work.”
DEI Career Conversations with Rich Robles - Published: Mar 16, 2024
Rich Robles, the VP & Chief Diversity Officer at Boston Children's Hospital, leverages his experiences in various aspects of organizational development, leadership development, and talent management to drive meaningful change and results. His mission is to foster a culture of inclusion, equity, and belonging for all staff, patients, and families at BCH, one of the world's leading pediatric hospitals and research centers.
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DEI Career Conversations with Laura Snow Benoit - Published: Feb 3, 2024
Laura Snow Benoit (she/hers) is a life-long student of social justice and DEI practitioner. Currently, she is the director of DEI Initiatives for the MBA Career Management Group (CMG) at the UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business. Laura has spent the past 10+ years in the BView Transcript and Full Bioay Area helping MBAs navigate their career choices by harnessing their diverse identities and experiences to find meaningful work.
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DEI Career Conversations with Jessie Spellman - Published: Oct 28, 2023
Jessie Spellman is a fourth generation New Yorker, the daughter of a yellow cab taxi driver and fashion designer. She is an empathetic and transformational business leader and community organizer. Jessie currently leads Walmart’s Global DEI Talent team, creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive candidate and associate experience.
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DEI Career Conversations with Nick Rettenmyer - Published: Aug 5, 2023
Nick Rettenmyer is an executive advisor and pay strategist skilled at transforming compensation and benefits programs, with experience spanning startups to some of the world’s most recognizable brands including Microsoft, Nike, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Tableau Software. A frequent presenter, Nick is now the founding partner of Pay Simplicity, a human capital consulting firm focused on taking employee pay strategy, design, and communications from routine to compelling.
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DEI Career Conversations with Cornell Verdeja-Woodson - Published: April 22, 2022
Cornell Verdeja-Woodson is the Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Headspace and the Founder/CEO of a boutique consulting firm, Brave Trainings. He has worked in the DEIB space for over 10 years helping senior leaders and organizations use data to improve their DEIB efforts.
DEI Career Conversations with Leisan Smith - Published: Jun 3, 2022
Leisan Smith is a mom, a wife and a lifelong educator. She was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, but is a proud Bearcat, earning her B.A., Masters and a graduate certificate from the University of Cincinnati.
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DEI Career Conversations with Aubrey Blance - Published: Mar 11, 2022
Aubrey Blanche is The Mathpath (Math Nerd + Empath), Senior Director of Equitable Design, Product & People at Culture Amp, and a startup investor, advisor, and non-profit board member. She questions, reimagines, and redesigns the systems that surround us to ensure that all people access equitable opportunities.
DEI Career Conversations with Stacée Barkely - Published: Feb. 11, 2022
In this inaugural 1:1 DEI Career Conversation, listen in as Andrea and special guest Stacée Barkley, get real about working in DEI. Stacée Barkley is the Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader at DPR Construction. In this role, Stacée leads the DEI strategy for the organization, working to embed the principles and practices of DEI into business strategies, with an emphasis on the employee experience and lifecycle.
DEI Career Conversations with Michael Gamez - Published: Sept 23, 2023
Michael supports Equity, Inclusion & Diversity for VCA Animal Hospitals. He has the privilege of working with our Diversity Resource Groups, supporting Employee Engagement initiatives, and serving as a connector between veterinary sponsorship organizations and VCA. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his husband and their 4-year old French Bulldog, Hamburger.
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DEI Career Conversations with Oliver W. Colbert - Published: Jul 7, 2022
Oliver W. Colbert is a speaker, spoken word artist, and experienced higher education administrator with a focus on diversity, equity, inclusion and true anti-racism work. He's devoted to challenging traditions that have been adopted as cultural policies in spaces of education and employment. * His thoughts and beliefs are not reflective of those of his employer.
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DEI Career Conversations with Dr. Danette Buie - Published: Aug 13, 2022
Dr. Danette Buie is a passionate, strategic, and impact-oriented leader with over 10 years of experience in education and people operations. She currently serves as a Diversity Business Partner at Coursera, an EdTech company committed to providing universal access to world-class learning.
DEI Career Conversations with Sellyna Ehlers - Published: Sept 9, 2022
Sellyna Ehlers is a Human Resource Administrator and DEI professional with more than twenty years of experience linking academic and research communities in creative partnerships. Diverse skills in human resources, policy and research, monitoring, and evaluation.
DEI Career Conversations with Sacha Thompson - Published: March 25, 2023
Sacha Thompson is the founder of The Equity Equation, LLC, a boutique inclusive culture consulting and coaching firm based in the Washington, DC area. With 20+ years of experience within the education, non-profit and tech industries, Sacha’s work is about removing barriers or providing support to achieve equity.
DEI Career Conversations with Enrico Manalo - Published: June 9, 2023
Enrico E. Manalo is a practitioner of Conflict Management, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, & Anti-Oppression. His interest in anti-oppression stems from his background in the arts and time spent teaching English in Vietnam. Enrico believes that peace is participatory; the only peace we can achieve is peace we intentionally create.
DEI Career Conversations with Leena Kulkarni - Published: April 22, 2023
Leena is a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging leader with ten years of experience focused primarily on using data and measurement to drive insights, accountability, and action. She's worked in education, research, non-profit, and finance sectors, most recently as Head of DEIB at Array.
DEI Career Conversations with Ruchika Tulshyan - Published: July 14, 2023
Ruchika Tulshyan is the best-selling author of Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work (MIT Press). The book was described as “transformative” by Dr. Brené Brown. Ruchika is also the founder of Candour, an inclusion strategy practice. A former international business journalist, Ruchika is a regular contributor to The New York Times and Harvard Business Review and a recognized media commentator on workplace culture.
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