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Alexander Alonso, PhD, SHRM-SCP

Chief Knowledge Officer
SHRM

James Atkinson

VP, Thought Leadership
SHRM

Joey Aviles

Keynote Speaker, Author, Lead Researcher
MJA & CO LLC

Joseph Beachboard

Chief Concierge Employment Attorney
Beachboard Consulting Group

Jay Burkey

Independent HR Consultant
Industry Expert

David Cohen

CEO
DCI Consulting Group, Inc.

Michael Cohen

Partner
Duane Morris, LLP

Joanna Colosimo

VP, Workforce Analytics and Compliance Strategy
DCI Consulting Group, Inc.

Njsane Courtney

Vice President, Human Resources SHRM-SCP, GPHR
American Bureau Of Shipping

Stephanie Creary

Assistant Professor of Management
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Miranda R. Dalton, MBA

Program Officer
Golden LEAF Foundation

Dennis Davis

President
Ogletree Deakins

Valerie Davis-Howard

Senior Consultant
The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc.

Cary Dawson

Director of Strategic Partnerships, United for ALICE at Work
United Way of Northern New Jersey

Julie DeLuca

Recruitment Manager
SAG-AFTRA

Dr. Krystal Duarte

Research Associate
Rutgers Business School

Mark Fowler

Chief Executive Officer
Tanenbaum Center For Interreligious Understanding

David Glasgow

Executive Director
Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

Jim Harper

Interim Associate Provost & Dean
The School of Graduate Studies at North Carolina Central University

Lissiah Taylor Hundley

Global Head of Inclusion
UCB Inc.

Niki Inclan

Senior Learning and Development Manager
Out & Equal

Carolynn Johnson

President, SHRM Center for Inclusion & Diversity
Acting CEO, SHRM Linkage

James H. Johnson, Jr., Ph.D.

William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor
Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Joy Johnson-Carruthers

Founder and CEO
JTraining Solutions

Terrence Jones

Founder
C Burns Consulting

Armond Kinsey

Vice President, Chief Talent & Diversity Officer
Atlantic Health System

Jim Link

CHRO
SHRM

Derede McAlpin

Founder and CEO
Mitchell + Mintner

Fred Miller

CEO
The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group Inc

Camille Olson

Partner
Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Allison Pepin

Founder & Principal Consultant
Diversified Transformations, LLC

David Powell

Partner
Garnett Powell Maximon Barlow & Farbes

David Rice

Disability Policy and Employment Manager
CEO Commission for Disability Employment

Avonia Richardson-Miller

Senior Vice President, Chief Opportunity, Belonging & Impact Officer
Hackensack Meridian Health

Dr. Steve Robbins

Founder
S.L. Robbins & Associates

Megan Rose

CEO
Better Together

Howard Ross

Founder
Udarta Consulting LLC

Jennifer Shaw

President
Shaw Law Group, PC

Beth Sirull

President & CEO
National Organization On Disability

Rob Snow

Executive Director
CEO Commission for Disability Employment

Richard Tafel

CEO
Public Squared

Kenji Yoshino

Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law
Director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging