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Nandita is a TEDx speaker and Accessibility Product Manager at Microsoft. She has been inducted into the Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame and named Influential Woman of Manufacturing 2019 by Putman Media. She has been recognized globally through the Stevie Award as Social Change Maker of the Year for her disability advocacy. Her influence echoes beyond corporate corridors reaching pages of reputable publications and media such as Times of India, Forbes, NASDAQ, and Business Insider.

Gabby Beckford is an award-winning travel and lifestyle creator @packslight. She has over 500K+ followers and has been to more than 50 countries—many completely solo! A true multi-hyphenate, Gabby has worked with huge brands including Delta Airlines, Sony, and Marriott and given a TEDx Talk on Delusional Confidence. Through Packs Light she’s dispensed more than $30,000 in travel grants. Her next goal? Hosting her own TV show to continue her mission of inspiring BIPOC women to skip “why?” ask “why NOT?”, and to transform their lives through travel.

Agency: McCann Detroit
Client: U.S. Bank

Last year, U.S. Bank was expanding in California, which is 40% Hispanic. To earn our way into the lives of these consumers, we needed to understand their lived experience. Which led us to something a lot of us take for granted: language.This inspired Asistente Inteligente – the first and only Spanish language voice assistant for banking. Only 23% of immigrants from Spanish speaking countries speak proficient English. But that number jumps to 94% for their grandchildren’s generation. Because of that, millions of first-generation kids become their family’s translators. It’s one of the most American stories that had never been told.

As a proud, neurodiverse Latina, Sonia Bisono has dedicated herself to creating a more equitable workplace and industry—all a testament to how she wants to see the world.

Throughout her 19-year career at Wieden+Kennedy, she has grown and evolved the agency’s trafficking practices and ADA compliance. Prior to Wieden+Kennedy, she spent five years at the Spanish-language television network Univision, where she worked in everything from ad sales to field producing and editing.

As a single mother who lost a child to gun violence, she is continuously making space to help others and give a voice to the voiceless.

Judith Harrison leads global diversity, equity and inclusion at Weber Shandwick, which she has guided to recognition as a champion of DEI with honors including an unparalleled four PRWeek/PR Council Diversity Distinction in PR Awards. Her open forums for employees, Time to Connect, which bring people together for transparent conversations about sensitive cultural issues, including racism, anti-Semitism, misogyny and violence, were recognized as a best practice by Harvard Business Review. Judith is past president of the PRSA Foundation and two-term president of New York Women in Communications. She is the only individual to hold both positions simultaneously.

As a globally touring recording artist, writer and award-winning social entrepreneur, Lachi—born legally blind—has dedicated her career and craft to amplifying disability, neurodivergence and mental health within mainstream discussion. As Founder/CEO of the U.N.-recognized platform RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities), Lachi has collaborated with the GRAMMYs, Netflix, Tidal, Live Nation and more on disability-inclusive programs and solutions. From speaking on accessibility at the White House to the BBC to PBS to TEDx, Lachi’s work has been lauded in NYTimes, Billboard, Essence, Good Morning America and USA Today, where she was named a 2024 Woman of the Year.

This is the story of how a partnership, between the Canadian Down Syndrome Society (CDSS) and FCB Canada, became many partnerships. About how partnering with Google, the United Nations, GoogleAI, Fitbit, and LinkedIn, has allowed this partnership to tackle a new challenge the Down syndrome community faces every year. We answered questions for expectant parents, we changed Google’s voice algorithm to better serve the 78 million people around the world living with atypical speech, we led a global research study to prove the link between fitness and cognition, and finally, we made the Down syndrome community visible to employers.

Ivan Delgado, Cincinnati-based Designer at Landor, brings four years of experience building transformative brands for global clients. Passionate and articulate, he challenges cultural conventions while championing inclusivity and student outreach. Ivan’s thought leadership promotes a competitive advantage for businesses and inspires industry-wide conversations on creative excellence. With his expertise in brand strategy, visual identity, and cultural transformation, Ivan has shaped brands like The Human Rights Campaign, The Coca-Cola Company, and SC Johnson. Ivan’s versatile talent has been featured in Communication Arts Magazine and recognized at Graphis International, Graphic Design USA, and the Transform Awards in North America and Europe.

Named on the 2024 Campaign Magazine UK A-list and one of their 2023 Trailblazers of the Year, Chloë Davies is an award-winning founder, creative, passionate social impact consultant, chef, and entrepreneur who has dedicated much of her 20+ year career campaigning for inclusion and equality in all spaces, whether in-house at agency level, corporate organizations, or through wider community engagement. With over 15 years of experience in retail, artist management, and PR, Chloë has honed her expertise in leadership, social impact, and inclusive representation. Her work centers around authentic storytelling, creating spaces of belonging, mental health & well-being, self-empowerment, culture change, and workplace advocacy. Simply put, she is trying to change the world for the better.

In April 2023, she founded ‘It Takes A Village Collective’—a global hub for Black women in advertising, media, marketing, and comms whose mission is to ensure that 1 in 5 people in adland will be a Black woman by 2028. By celebrating and championing them, for their talents to be seen, heard, and amplified, and together shaping the collective industries into a space where Black women can have agency and thrive.

She is also one of the 8 Co-founders of ‘Join Our Table’—a community platform created with a purpose to use their collective power to amplify the amazing work of Black female talent in the UK advertising, marketing, and media industries and build an uplifting space for Black women to be visible, feel supported, and succeed.

She is a member of ForbesBLK, WACL, MEFA, and BLOOM UK. Alongside volunteer roles for UK Black Pride and The London Queer Fashion Show, she is an Ambassador for Mental Health First Aid England, Founding Ambassador (Community Engagement) for LBTQWomen, and a Trustee for The London LGBTQ+ Community Centre Charity.

In 2024, Chloë will take on the role of Chair of Judges for Campaign UK’s ‘40 over 40’ Awards, is a member of the D&AD24 Impact Jury, a Judge for the Pros Awards, and a returning judge for the Creative Circle and Prolific North Creative Awards.