President & CEO
Atrium Health
Mayor
City of Chicago
Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Principal Financial Group
CEO & Author
Diversity Learning Solutions
General Counsel & Chief Diversity Equity Officer
American Board of Surgery
Wealth Relationship Manager
Citi
VP, Strategic Engagement & Inclusion
The Manufacturing Institute
Associate Director
Connecting D&I
Executive Director
Gamaliel Foundation
Vice President, Community Engagement & Chief Diversity Officer
Froedtert Health & Medical Center
Chief Client Engagement Officer
Diversity MBA Media & Diversity Learning Solutions
Founder & CEO
Shanti – Safer Routes
Chief Procurement Officer
Allstate
SVP, Publishing & Executive Editor
Senior Director for Engagement and Inclusion
UPMC
Author, DEI & Mental Health Consultant
Re-Link Consulting
Director, Global HR & EEO Program Policy, Programs and Audit
Boston Scientific
CEO
Bold Business
VP Global Diversity & Inclusion
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Vice President & Enterprise-Wide Chief Diversity Officer
Atrium Health
Chief Diversity Officer
PNC
Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion & Head of Talent Acquisition
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Head of Talent & DEI
Bold Business
CEO
Fearless Futures
Wealth Group Executive
Citi
Social Impact Strategy Leader
Duke Energy
CEO
National Kidney Foundation of Illinois
VP, Head of DIEB
Zurich North America
Vice President, Center for Professional Services
National Institute of Minority Economic Development
SVP, MMG, Merchandising
Fanatics Commerce
DEI Executive Director, Head of Employee Engagement for Advancing Hispanics & Latinos
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
CEO
LSB Unlimited
Founder and Creative Director
ET OCHS
SVP, Sales
Echo Logistics
Chief People Officer & Board Director
Former Twitter, Microsoft
CEO
Springboard Consulting
CEO
Springboard Enterprises
Vice President, Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
McCormick & Co
Senior Manager, Community Relations
Clorox Company
Residency Director of Social Stimulation and Projects
Advocate Christ
Regional Chief Diversity Officer
Atrium Health
Global Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
McDonalds
President
RIM Logistics
Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Echo Global Logistics
VP Global Sales
RIM Logistics
Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
Regeneron
VP, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
LOREAL USA
CEO CTR Factor & Chief Learning Officer
Diversity Learning Solutions
Managing and Digital Editor & Director, Learning and Curriculum Design
Diversity MBA Media
Business Strategist & Serial Entrepreneur
YO PRO GLOBAL
Our Separate Ways: Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity
Our Separate Ways: Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity
Book: Life On The Grocery Line
Author of Reconstructing Inclusion: Making Diversity,
Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Accessible, Actionable, and Sustainable.”
High – Impact Mentoring: A Practical Guide to Creating Value in Other People’s Lives.
Book: What’s Your Zip Code: Understanding Class Bias
Intentioning: Sex, Power, Pandemics, and How Women Will Take The Lead for (Everyone’s) Good
Book: My Blood Divides & Unites
Book: Message Received
SkiNy on Diversity Recruiting
Co Author – High – Impact Mentoring: A Practical Guide to Creating Value in Other People’s Lives.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion For Dummies
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Diversity, Human Resources and Business leaders are responsible for moving the needle for creating an inclusive and engaging workplace while remaining relevant with the changing landscape of finding diverse talent.
In this session, leaders will learn how to effectively analyze their strategy for DE&I (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) impact and then determine what performance tools and arsenals are necessary for being an executive leader with actionable results.
Program Objectives:
(For middle managers & professionals)
This program invites emerging women leaders to attend interactive online sessions designed to foster leadership, professional growth, and gender equity in the workplace. Although women are entering the workforce at a higher rate than men, they’re significantly under-represented in the upper tiers of organizations.
Research is clear that more diverse executive teams drive better performance. By identifying current and future high-potential women leaders and coaching them to leverage strengths and develop new capabilities, your organization will see dramatic results. Discover the keys to unlocking leadership doors by exploring our development in this Women’s Leadership Series.
Join us as we explore 8 key critical areas for professional growth.
(Emerging Leaders)
(For Talent Acquisition Leaders)
Ntosake is the leadership development training program of the Gamaliel Foundation for women by women. The Gamaliel network is a faith-based community justice organization that trains leaders from all over the country. The network includes 43 affiliates in 14 states and has trained leaders for over 35 years. Ntosake was birthed in 1993 when it was realized that women needed to be developed to become powerful leaders in their local communities and in the wider region.
Individuals participating in this session will receive an integrated, multi-level, curriculum-based course intended to develop powerful leaders in the public square. It utilizes faith as the moral agency to propel women to address social and systemic injustices in their communities and in the nation. Ntosake is poised to challenge and train women to acknowledge the intersectionality that threatens their voice and diminishes their participation as equal citizens in our country. Ntosake trains women to confront the dynamics that work against their opportunities for economic, educational, health, and political well-being, while urging women to create a vision for themselves while acknowledging the heroine within.
Participants in this session can expect to identify their fears and passions concerning public issues, the basic means of establishing connections, and the beginnings for developing their sense of power.
(Gamaliel Foundation partners with DMBA Foundation)
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INTERACTIVE MARKETPLACE & NETWORKING
(Includes: Tweeting, Facebook Live, Real-time video chats and more)
EXECUTIVE CONNECT – INVITATION ONLY
Non-profit spotlights (10)
Sponsor Exhibit Booths Open (Live Video Connections)
Opening Day Program Welcome with Board Chair & Presenting Sponsor(s)
Track 1 – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Authors will address various topics related to recruiting best practices, courageous conversations, demystifying diversity and respect.
Track 2 – Leadership
Authors will provide insights on how to build your leadership competency effective strategies for women and understanding your leadership signature.
Track 3 – Race Relations
Authors will share insights on race and racism, discrimination in America, white supremacy and Latinx immigrants.
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Introducing Keynote Speaker and Afternoon sessions:
HEALTHCARE
Healthcare leaders discuss how DE&I, more than ever before, became center stage during the pandemic. In this track, hear how access to healthcare, and health and safety education were necessary for achieving equity and learn best practices for supporting people with disabilities.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Hear from executives as they discuss how to financially support diverse business and individuals. In this session, learn how to accumulate wealth and develop financial literacy.
TECHNOLOGY
We are living in a progressively more digital age, from virtual reality universes to cryptocurrency and NFTs. But as we continue to move forward into more technological era, how do we avoid leaving behind those without the technological infrastructure to keep up? This conversation considers how to bridge the divide. In this session, learn how to make technology accessible on a global scale and how to create technology that caters to everyone’s needs
COMMUNITY
ENERGY
Creating effective DE&I business strategies with leadership accountable has it challenges but in this session, hear from leaders that figured out how to create a culture of inclusion and established talent equity in a male dominated industry.
TRANSPORTATION
Leaders will discuss how overcoming the pandemic only made workplace strategies stronger. In this session, learn how to accelerate innovation for driving change for a more inclusive culture.
STRETCH BREAK
CONSUMER SERVICES
With the recent Covid- 19 pandemics, retail companies especially have had to find imaginative ways to ensure quality service while keeping team members safe. Hear from experts as they discuss best practices for ensuring employee wellness in a pandemic and how to retain employees by ensuring their safety during a health crisis.
GLOBAL
Coming out of a global pandemic and with countries at war, companies are learning how to navigate international crises every day. The expertise of these panelists highlights how companies are continuing to make a global impact despite these tragedies. In this session, learn how corporations can leverage their power amidst international crises.
MANUFACTURING
Learn the challenges faced in the manufacturing industry with developing solutions to address a shortage of talent in the pipeline and the continued impact social justice issues can have on productivity. In this session, learn how to ensure the inclusive development and retention of talent, and how to gain management and employee buy-in for inclusion.
SUPPLIER DIVERSITY
In 2020 many companies declared their dedication to utilizing diverse suppliers. Hear from a panel of leader how companies are ensuring women led business and business leaders of color are receiving opportunities. In this session, learn how to employ and utilize diverse suppliers.
Presents Diversity & Inclusion (Documentary with Denis Quaid (5min) DMBA Champion Awards)
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INTERACTIVE MARKETPLACE & NETWORKING
(Includes: Tweeting, Facebook Live, Real-time video chats and more)
EXECUTIVE CONNECT – INVITATION ONLY 50 Out Front & Top 100 HONOREES
Dialogue on Accelerating Corporate Accountability and Board Diversity:
Business Leaders are faced with choosing to play offense or defense with BIG social justice issues becoming more prevalent than ever before. Deciding whether it is worth it to take a public stance or not is daunting. With the rise of political and social justice issues, will staying silent keep you stagnant. This c-suite discussion will look at corporate accountability priorities in these changing times. We will also discuss how we are managing corporate governance while tackling critical stakeholder conversations. What does Inclusive Leadership look like in a changing environment?
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WELLNESS STRETCH BREAK: Digital Wellness
C-suite representation and VC backing has long been a challenge for women. What advice do successful women have for those who want to accelerate their careers, assume leadership roles and open up capital opportunities? Join Bold Business CEO and author Ed Kopko as he leads a discussion with three accomplished and successful women CEOs and found out!
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We will hear from Diversity MBA’s Top 10 Companies for inclusive leadership. They will share strategies on how they created award winning workplaces by thinking outside the box. In this session, you will gain a better understanding of what best practices work and what doesn’t work when addressing issues of equity in the workplace and learn effective ways managers can influence performance and culture that creates positive change.
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Fireside Chat:
WELLNESS STRETCH BREAK
Bold Conversations
Leading the Change to Full Equity in the Workplace
Corporations believe they have answered the call for creating equitable organizations by requiring unconscious bias training, creating safe spaces for unapologetic sharing, as well as CEO’s declaring DE&I pledges to publicly show their commitment; however, the data tells a different story. We know that diversity and inclusion can’t stand alone and the journey to equity is still far off, with no clear line of sight to transforming your organization to an inclusive and equitable culture. What’s next for sustainability when race relations continue to permeate our communities and spill over into the workplace? What do we need to do to reconstruct the impact of DE&I? Is it even possible in our lifetime? In this discussion, executive leaders will dialogue about the chess moves they have championed to show value to business leaders and why it’s imperative not to do the same thing if expecting a different outcome. Hear the executives’ call to action for achieving the next level of sustainability.
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