Meet the DIRC21 Presenters
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Homa Bahrami
(she/her)
Faculty Director Haas School of Business
Jill Finlayson
(she/her)
EDGE in Tech Initiative at the University of California
Ravi S. Kudesia
(he/him)
Fox School of Business, Temple University
Jennifer Thorpe-Moscon
(she/her)
Vice President, Research and Chair, Catalyst Award
Sreyoshi Bhaduri
(she/her)
Research Scientist Amazon
Paolo Gaudiano
(he/him)
Co-founder & Chief Scientist, Aleria, ARC, QSDI
Marcus Lambert
(he/him)
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Romy Newman
(she/her)
President and Co-founder of Fairygodboss
Inga Carboni
(she/her)
Associate Professor College of William & Mary
Kelsey Kaul
(she/her)
Northeastern University College of Engineering
Caeul Lim
(she/her)
Scientific Editor/Inclusion & Diversity Officer, Cell Press
Laura Paglione
(she/her)
Partner, Spherical Cow Group
Srikant Iyer
(he/him)
Associate Director at New York Academy of Sciences
James Felton Keith
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CEO Inclusion Corporation
Stela Lupushor
(she/her)
Founder Reframe.Work inc.
Alison Taylor
(she/her)
ED of Ethical Systems, NYU Stern Adjunct Professor
Pascale Thorre
(she/her)
Head of Global Inclusion & Diversity, HEINEKEN
Deborah N. Archer
(she/her)
President, ACLU; Professor of Clinical Law & Co-Faculty Director; Center on Race
Sara Hart Weir
(she/her)
Senior Associate, Workplace Skills & Innovation
Dionna Smith
(she/her)
Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Thumbtack
Allison Scott
(she/her)
CEO, Kapor Center
Fay Cobb Payton
(she/her)
Director, National Science Foundation & Professor, North Carolina University
Daniel Taylor
(he/him)
Co-Founder and CEO, AMP
Gilda Barabino
(she/her)
Ph.D, President; Olin College of Engineering & Professor Chemical Engineering.
Guy Berger
(he/him)
Principal Economist at LinkedIn
Jessica Chin Foo
(she/her)
SPEll Manager
Lisa Russell
(she/her)
Co-Founder & CEO, Aleria
Lisa Coleman
(she/her)
Sr. VP, Global Inclusion & Strategic Innovation
Andrea Hoffman
(she/her/hers)
Founder & CEO, Culture Shift Labs
Dana Peterson
(she/her/hers)
Chief Economist at The Conference Board
Jack Murtha
(he/him/his)
Independent Brand Strategy Consultant
Karen Jackson-Weaver
(she/her)
PhD, Senior Associate VP of Global Faculty Engagement
Mia Ricci
(she/her)
Publisher, Wiley
Mark Wilkins
(he/him)
Managing Director, Wealth Management
Lola Banjo
(she/her)
Sr. Strategy Leader + BOLDforce Global PresidentSalesforce
Megan Dalaya
(she/her)
Associate Director, Global External Funding Operations, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Nathan Hall
(he/him/his)
Founder & CEO, Culture Check
Jason Forrest
(he/him)
Director of Interactives data visualization for McKinsey
Banu Özkazanç-Pan
(she/her)
Associate Professor and Director of VC Inclusion Lab
Brown University
Pauline Mosley
(she/her)
Professor & Assoc. Chair of Info. Tech, Pace University
Vanessa Vreeland
(she/her)
Head of Truist Ventures
Monroe France
(he/him)
Sr. Associate VP for Global Engagement & Inclusive Leadership, NYU
Darrell Burrell
(he/him)
Associate Professor + Academic Site Director
Florida Inst. of Technology
Thomas Woodson’s
(he/him)
Associate Professor, Stony Brook University
William Crowder
(he/him)
Managing Partner, Aperture VC
Heather Hiles
(they/them)
Managing Partner
Black Ops
Geeta Nayyar
(she/her)
SVP, Executive Medical Director, Salesforce
Meet The DIRC21 Spotlight Speakers
Janeya Griffin
(She/her)
ConCreates
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Isak Nti Asare
(he/him)
Indiana University
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Jason Thompson
(he/him)
Western Governors University
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Byron Slosar
(he/him)
HIVE DIVERSITY
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Chibin Zhang
(she/her)
Research Associate of Aleria
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Amna Al Abri
(She/her)
Associate Director at New York Academy of Sciences
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Kenneth L. Johnson
(he/him)
President, East Coast Executives
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Lily Jampol, PhD
(She/her)
Head of People science and Consulting at ReadySet DEI Solutions Firm