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Seconde Nimenya is a five-time author and speaker renowned for her inspiring insights on inclusive leadership, focusing on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. She has written five books, including her latest, “Unlocking Diversity: Your Guide to Becoming an Inclusive Leader Beyond Surface Level.” This timely and thought-provoking book provides best practices to help organizational leaders build inclusive workplace and community cultures. Seconde has also delivered a TEDx talk titled "We Are Not All That Different," which continues to make a meaningful impact worldwide. For more information about her work, visit https://www.bechangegroup.com/home
More than $10,000
"Who I was is no longer who I am, however, who I was, has made me the man I am today. From behind bars and homeless, God managed to lift me out of the depths, and has given me an opportunity to make an impact on this planet. It’s an opportunity I take seriously." Glenn is a husband to 1, a father to 7, and the host of the wildly popular Facebook Live show #RiseandGrind. He's been seen at places like Hustle and Grind Con, Grow Your Business For God's Sake! and many more stages across the country. Glenn has been spotlighted on ABC, NBC, and CBS, and is an expert in automotive dealership culture development, and leadership training. With 20 years experience in the automotive industry, Glenn lead a dealership from 120 cars a month, to an 800% increase in sales in five years, becoming the 2nd largest used car franchise in the country. His unique style makes him one of the most coveted experts in the business. Glenn has the unique ability to help identify the areas for growth in your business and your life, and teaches creative ways to invoke both you, and your peoples spirits. With a background in sales, and finance, he uses his skill sets to create growth, as well as tapping into the mental side of human development.
$5,001 - $10,000
Katie is a leadership coach, keynote speaker and team culture expert helping leaders grow personally and professionally through her company, Team Awesome. She has led leadership, organizational development and HR best practices for more than a decade, including serving as Vice President of Human Resources for a nearly $4 billion publicly traded company. Katie is a TEDx and Disrupt speaker alumna and author of the best-selling book, Hidden Brilliance: A High-Achieving Introvert’s Guide to Self-Discovery, Leadership and Playing Big. She believes that high-achieving introverts are way too awesome to be playing small, meant for bigger things than a slow death by conference calls. Katie also co-hosts The Life and Leadership Podcast as a platform of conversations for powerful people to level up. Katie is a mom of two tiny humans, a proud advocate for her awesome hometown of Milwaukee and macaroni & cheese aficionado. Find her full body of work at www.katierasoul.com and www.teamawesomecoaching.com.
$5,001 - $10,000
Yaron is a retired IDF Lieutenant Colonel who continues to serve in the reserves. Over the course of his distinguished military career, he held every command position—from combat soldier to Deputy Brigade Commander. He also served as a Special Operations Officer, was wounded three times in the line of duty, and was honored with the 2017 Presidential Award for Excellence. Today, Yaron serves as Vice President of IDSF – National Security Experts Defending Israel, a frequent military analyst and commentator on Israeli and international media outlets, and a columnist for various publications, including the international magazine EPOCH. He is also an organizational consultant for start-up companies and a senior advisor to the Israel-Africa Chamber of Commerce.
$1,501 - $5,000
Jack Knoxville is an award winning, multi-racial, Disabled, Trans Activist & Digital Strategist whose work focuses on building power for marginalized communities. In 2015, Jack became the first trans-man to run for political office in the Southern United States and since founded a non-profit known as Trans Empowerment Project. Trans Empowerment Project is one of the largest providers of direct aid for the Queer, Trans, and Intersex communities nationwide. Jack has also worked for the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, as a digital organizer, and is the current Distributed Organizing Technology and Digital Communities Manager for Sierra Club. When they're not working on swatting down white supremacy, Jack can be found watching Doctor Who, experimenting with art and music, or spending time with his family.
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If you have the courage to PLAY at work and in life, then my highly interactive experiential training sessions are exactly what you have been looking for! What is the courage to PLAY? P.L.A.Y. is an acronym that means: Practice. Learn. Adapt. Yield. My blend of learning styles to facilitate a message that sticks is key to why my clients book me over and over and specifically after lunch. I have topics like: "In-Credible to Incredible Communication". Why communication is important and all levels, and understanding how people communicate, create better collaboration, empathy competence, and promotes active listening that helps to remove internal noise/bias. This session is a fan favorite packed with experiential moments that make the content stick. It's good for all levels of leadership and with my credential in Family Studies, this would also be a great family session as well.
$5,001 - $10,000
Janine Hamner Holman is an internationally recognized speaker, bestselling author, and expert on what it takes to attract and retain world-class talent, organizational culture change and development, conscious leadership, leading in a virtual workplace, diversity equity inclusion & belonging (DEI&B), psychological safety at work, and emotional intelligence. As CEO of the J&J Consulting Group, Janine brings more than 30 years’ experience to the stage for her consulting, workshops, keynote speaking, and trainings. Janine uses scientifically validated strategies and tools to build high performance teams, enhance organizational functioning, and develop organizations and leaders with whom everyone wants to work. Janine spent 20 years in nonprofit leadership and then almost another decade working for a Fortune 200 company, where she had an opportunity to work closely with the public sector. This combination of nonprofit, for profit and public sector work conferred Janine with unique insights into how to effectively motivate people, their teams, and organizational leaders. After completing school at NYU where she double majored in English and Political Science, Janine has gone on to earn a Certification from Cornell University in the Psychology of Leadership, is a SHRM-CP and SHRM certified in Inclusive Cultures, is a Certified Partnership Practitioner, a Certified Practitioner in Emotional Intelligence, a Certified Coach, and a Certified Partner with Culture Talk. She is the author of the newly released book, Mind the Gap: Lessons in 21st Century Conscious Leadership, as well as a contributing author to the bestselling books Mission Matters: World's Leading Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Top Tips To Success (Business Leaders Vol. 8, Edition 7) and On the Shoulders of Mighty Women. She is also host of the podcast, The Cost of Not Paying Attention.
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Michael Wader is an award-winning international speaker and best-selling author who is an inspirational catalyst, teaching corporate leaders and entrepreneurial owners skills to lead their teams into the future successfully. He is Power-Walking himself into his 4th Quarter Century of enjoying life and passing that energy and passion to his audiences. His mantra is “Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude!” Michael Wader is the President and Founder of Leadership Excellence International, USA. He served 26 years in the United States Air Force and is a Viet Nam War Veteran. Michael was selected as the Best Senior Enlisted Leader in the Pacific Air Force in 1986 and nominated for the Air Force’s Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award four years in a row. His leadership experience has enabled him to write six books, including his Best Seller, “Lead Yourself First,” which was endorsed by Brian Tracy. For the last 25 years, Michael’s experience in training and coaching leaders to improve their skills in 15 countries has produced success in small companies of 40 people to large corporations with 80,000 employees worldwide. His simple but straightforward message has helped hundreds of managers to reinvent themselves using his Dynamic Leadership and Lead Yourself First programs. He is a Toastmaster in four different clubs in four countries and an active member of the Malaysian Association of Professional Speakers and the Virtual Speakers Association International. Michael is satisfied in knowing that he helps people of all nationalities. He believes that we don’t need more things in this world to divide people. Instead, dynamic leaders must unite people and contribute to a prosperous-for-all international economy and, ultimately, global well-being.
$251 - $1,500
HR Consultant |Speaker | People Analytics | Data Geek | I have worked in employee engagement and people analytics for over 20 years helping organizations to leverage data to make more informed HR and business decisions. My goal is to help companies move from data to action. I'm passionate about giving employees a voice and helping companies become great places to work by leveraging data. I have experience working with Fortune 500 organizations across a variety of industries including manufacturing, retail, logistics, transportation, healthcare and pharmaceuticals.
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I am a cis (she/hers) het BIPOC woman. I am the daughter of an immigrant and am also a clinical psychologist. In the field of trauma and PTSD. I am an experienced speaker on the topics of evidence-based treatment for PTSD, program development, trauma-informed care, social justice and advocacy as it relates to trauma, and special issues and considerations for traumatized individuals. I have been a practicing clinician for over 10 years in the VA and DoD and am trained in numerous evidence-based and evidence-informed therapies for the treatment of trauma. I am a dedicated and passionate advocate for mental health services for traumatized populations and underserved and historically marginalized individuals. My work has afforded me the privilege of working with multidisciplinary staff to coordinate treatment and implement programming and I have built and maintained positive and collaborative relationships with leadership, providers, and staff from all disciplines. At the VA, I championed the formation of comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy services and coordinated this service and managed a team of 10 clinicians. I built this service from the ground up, advocating for its implementation, collecting data on its effectiveness, and presenting these findings to leadership and to VA hospitals in multiple states. I have also spoken at international trauma conferences and conferences on third-wave therapies as well as at APA. I was also fortunate to serve as my clinic's training coordinator and am passionate about supervision, mentoring, and consultation. In addition to my work in the VA/DoD, I am a founding co-owner of a collective of psychologists who provide trauma treatment in the community. The Trauma Resilience and Education Center (TREC), DC will be soon available to provide expert care to individuals impacted by trauma. In addition to clinical treatment we are also dedicated to outreach and raising awareness of trauma-related issues and enhancing training opportunities for clinicians. I have also taught in psychology doctoral programs on the topics of supervision and consultation. Please see my profile for highlighted panel discussions and presentations I have given.
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Dr. Roberta J. Wilburn is an award-winning diversity and inclusion expert who champions diversity, equity, and inclusion while inviting people to enhance their intercultural skills and build authentic relationships with people from diverse backgrounds to promote cross-cultural understanding. She is a bestselling author, motivational speaker, diversity trainer, cultural coach, and racial justice advocate that works with people who are serious about uncovering their hidden biases and doing the necessary work to become culturally sensitive and responsive advocates and allies. Using her R.E.A.L. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Framework she teaches and encourages others how to embrace cultural differences, disrupt racist practice, and foster collaborative relationships with people from diverse backgrounds using an Afro-centric and faith-based perspective so they can excel in a diverse and inclusive world. Dr. Wilburn is also the President and Co-founder of Wilburn & Associates, LLC a consulting organization that focuses on diversity training, intercultural coaching and assessment, courageous conversations, and cultural events. Dr. Wilburn has more than thirty years of experience in higher education including majority institutions, HBCUs, secular and religious affiliated colleges; at both the graduate and undergraduate level. Dr. Wilburn was asked to return to Whitworth as the Interim Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Vice President of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, after retiring following fourteen years of service. She is now Associate Dean Emerita following her encore retirement. As a transformational servant-leader, she has always tried to have her hands on the pulse of local and national concerns, and it has been recognized by others locally and nationally. In 2023 she was selected to be included in the 125th edition of the Marquis Who’s Who in America for Excellence Diversity and Inclusion Training. In November 2022, she received the Grassroots Project Award for Cultural Leadership in her community. She is also the recipient of the designation of a Lilac City Legend and Strong Woman Achieving Greatness for Women’s History Month in March 2021. In the fall of 2016, her diversity work was validated when she became the recipient of the YWCA Women of Achievement Carl Maxey Racial and Social Justice Award and the following year, she received the 2017 Insight Into Diversity Giving Back Award for Administrators in Higher Education. She had conducted numerous workshops and professional presentations locally, nationally and internationally, on various topics related to diversity. Her research has led her to pursue and acquire two international grants spanning Africa, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic; receive two invitations to present her research on women of color at the Oxford Round Table in England. She is the author of numerous publications. She is married to James Wilburn, Jr. and they have 3 adult children and three grandsons.
$5,001 - $10,000
Big Chief Talking Bull has over thirty years of public speaking experience, using a variety of traditional and contemporary stories to help make the world a better place. After five years of corporate experience, for the past three decades Peter has run Not The Bored Room, a strategic storytelling consultancy which specialises in storytelling for leadership, change and transformation and creative corporate communication purposes. With a master's degree in industrial psychology, he is the author of seven books on storytelling in organisations and has worked with hundreds of corporate clients, from large-scale multinationals to small family-owned businesses. The Big Chief was a lead faciltitator at the first global Storytelling in Organisations workshop, run in 1997 at the International School of Storytelling, in Forest Row, Sussex, England. Peter is a popular charismatic communicator, with his Storytelling in Organisations MBA elective at Wits Business School, one of the best in South Africa, still among the most popular and enduring electives on the MBA program since it's inception a quarter-of-a-century ago. His approach to keynote speaking is to ensure that they are crackling with energy and possibility. Among current favourite topics is 'Skeleton Woman - Addressing Toxic Masculinity in the Workplace,' 'Jumping Mouse - Engendering Change and Transformation in the Workplace,' 'Why there are no Tigers in Borneo - Corporate Culture in Crisis,' and 'The Blackamoor - Overcoming Racial Prejudice and Stereotyping in the Workplace.' Big Chief Talking Bull sends warm smoke signals your way. He would love to speak at your next event, being comfortable with crowds numbering in the tens, hundreds or thousands.
$5,001 - $10,000