2022 INAUGURAL VIRTUAL
DEI INDUSTRY DESIGN THINKING SUMMIT

Fastest Way to Validate Success

May 4th, 2022

Diversity, Human Resource and Business Leaders will learn how to effectively analyze their strategy for DE&I (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) impact and determine what performance tools and arsenals are necessary for being an executive leader with actionable results.

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

Fastest Way to Validate Success

May 4, 2022

7:30 am CST – Networking Engagement Opens

Includes: Tweeting, Facebook Live, Real-time video chats and more

 

8:15 am – 8:30 am CST -Welcome & Overview of Day

Welcome & Overview of Day

Larissa Williams, Assistant Vice President of Programs & Diversity, DiversityMBA Media & Diversity Learning Solutions
Neddy Perez, Vice President, Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, McCormick & Co

9:25 am – 10:25 am CST – Design Thinking Module II

Thinking Module II Retrocast Sprint

Reverse Engineer Your DEI Business Strategy
Dr. Suri Surinder, CEO CTR Factor
& Chief Learning Officer, Diversity
Learning Solutions

10:30 am -10:40 am CST – BREAK

STRETCH BREAK

10:45 am -11:40 am CST – Keynote Sprint

Keynote Sprint – Lean into Ideation to Foster Innovation for High Performance

George Halvorson,
Chairman & CEO,
Intergroup Understanding

11:45 am 12:20 pm CST – BREAK

LUNCH to REFUEL

Ed Kopko,
CEO Bold Business
Author Project Bold Life

1:15 pm – 2:15 pm CST – DESIGN THINKING INDUSTRY LAB SPRINTS

Industry Lab– Financial Services Design Sprints

Moderator

Miriam Lewis, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Principal Financial Group
Marsha Jones, Retired, EVP & Chief Diversity Officer, PNC Financial Services
DA Abrams, Managing Director, CFP, Center for Financial Planning
Iliana Levy, Head of Wealth Management, Citi
Cynthia Hardy, Author, Crossing Meridians

Industry Lab– Municipalities’ Design Sprints

Moderator

Marquis Miller, Chief Diversity Officer, City of Chicago
Nefertiri Sickout, Chief Diversity Officer, City of Philadelphia
Qaadirah Abdur-Rahm, Chief Diversity Officer, City of Atlanta
Capri Maddox, Executive Director, LA Civil Rights Department, City of Los Angeles

Industry Lab – HealthCare Design Sprints

Moderator

Andres Gonzalez, VP & Chief Diversity Officer, Froedtert Health & Medical Center
Fernando Little, Enterprise-wide Chief Diversity Officer, Atrium Health
Stephanie Browne, VP & Chief Diversity Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield, MA
George Halvorson, Chairman & CEO,
Intergroup Understanding

Industry Lab – Manufacturing Design Sprints

Moderator

Tim Thomason, Global Director, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Action (IDEA), VF Corporation
Keith Wyche, Author, Book: Diversity is Not Enough
Sally Bartas, Vice President, HR Staff Executive, Stanley Black & Decker
Karl Binns, Director of Diversity & Inclusion, The Manufacturing Institute