Heide is the first woman of color to serve on the IPG senior management team as an elected corporate officer and is also one of the first C-Suite Chief Diversity Officers in Fortune 500 companies. Since 2003, when she joined the global holding company, Heide’s brief has included stewardship of IPG’s award-winning diversity and inclusion […]

Imani Ellis is the founder of CultureCon and The Creative Collective NYC, a community and creative agency dedicated to facilitating brave spaces for multicultural creatives. Born in Imani’s one-bedroom apartment as a means to foster meaningful connection, TheCCnyc has since parlayed into the fastest-growing community devoted to creatives of color in NYC who are looking […]

Richard Edelman is the CEO of Edelman, a global communications firm. The firm was named “PR Agency of the Decade” by both Advertising Age and The Holmes Report. Richard has extensive experience in marketing and reputation management, having led assignments with major corporations, NGOs and family businesses in over 25 industries around the world. In […]

Mike Doyle leads one of the world’s top communications consultancies, with offices and affiliates in more than 70 countries. He and his colleagues help companies tell their stories, connect with the people they care about most and use communications to inspire action. Mike has helped clients launch products and services, merge or acquire new companies, […]

Richard Dorment is the editor-in-chief of Men’s Health, the #1 source of information for and about men reaching 40 million readers each month. With 25 editions in 35 countries, Men’s Health is the world’s largest men’s magazine brand, giving readers the tools they need to make their lives better in the world of fitness, nutrition, […]

Omar is Co-Founder of CrashBell, a health education company focusing on human anatomy, mental health, and emotional wellness. He has a Sports Rehab/Medical Massage Therapy practices in New York City where he learned that tension was caused by stress and trapped emotions. From there, he created a kid’s anatomy and social-emotional learning curriculum teaching kids […]

Arianna Davis is the Digital Director of O, The Oprah Magazine overseeing OprahMag.com and all of the website’s editorial and video content and strategy, as well as O’s social channels. Previously at Refinery29, Arianna was a senior features writer who specialized in features, pop-culture, and personal essays. She began her career at O, followed by […]

Darragh Dandurand is an award-winning creative director, brand strategist, photojournalist, and curator who has worked in media for a decade and now in immersive technology / spatial computing, as well. Recent clients include a number of media outlets and studios, such as Refinery29, VICE, Verizon, the New Museum, Buck Co, Superbright, Sensorium, iHeartMedia and Wallplay. […]

Nathalie is a Colombian-American multimedia designer and visual activist from The Bronx. In the last decade she has dedicated her creativity to empowering communities using a variety of traditional and digital mediums. Designing for feminist media brand MAKERS and Yahoo, her latest interests include integrating illustration into motion graphics and organizing for Verizon’s Latinx ERG, […]

Kimberlé Crenshaw is co-founder and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum, host of the podcast Intersectionality Matters!, moderator of the webinar series Under The Blacklight, and a Professor of Law at UCLA and Columbia. She is popularly known for her development of “intersectionality,” “Critical Race Theory,” and #SayHerName campaign. She is a leading […]