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FEATURED GUESTS
Anurima Bhargava
Anurima Bhargava is the founder and president of Anthem of Us, a strategic advisory and consulting firm that promotes dignity and justice within corporations, schools, and communities. She was chief of the Educational Opportunities Section of the US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division from 2010 to 2016, and served on the White House Task Force to Prevent Campus Sexual Assault. In December 2018, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed Bhargava to serve as US Commissioner on International Religious Freedom. From 2016-2017, Bhargava was a Fellow at the Institute of Politics and the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University. Before joining the Justice Department, she was counsel and director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Education Practice, counsel at the New York City Department of Education, and an investment banker at Merrill Lynch. She serves on several boards, including Doc Society, Poverty Race Research Action Council, and the Advisory Board for Public Service at Harvard.
Howard Ross
Howard Ross is a lifelong social justice advocate and is considered one of the world’s seminal thought leaders on identifying and addressing unconscious bias. He is the author of Reinventing Diversity: Transforming Organizational Community to Strengthen People, Purpose and Performance, and the Washington Post bestseller, Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives. His latest book, Our Search for Belonging: How Our Need to Connect is Tearing Us Apart, published in May 2018. Ross has specialized in the synthesis of neuro-cognitive and social science research and direct application related to diversity, inclusion, equity and accessibility work. In 47 of the United States and over 40 countries, Ross has successfully implemented large-scale organizational culture change efforts in diversity and cultural integration for academia, governmental institutions, professional services corporations, Fortune 500 companies, and other organizations.
Hope S. Taitz
Hope S. Taitz is currently the CEO of ELY Capital. She began her investment banking career as a mergers and acquisitions analyst at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Now acting as an investor and advisor with expertise in media, technology, and the consumer, Taitz helps innovative enterprises grow through financial leadership and connections to established corporations. Taitz, a strong advocate of women on boards, currently sits on the boards of Athene Holding Ltd., MidCap Finco Holdings Ltd., Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., Summit Hotel Properties Inc., and ATTN. She previously served on the boards of Apollo Residential Mortgage Inc., Diamond International Resorts Inc., as well as Lumenis Ltd. Taitz’s nonprofit service includes sitting on the board of the New York City Foundation for Computer Science Education and previously included service on the board of nonprofit Girls Who Code.
RELATED RESOURCES
· Fry, Richard, and Kim Parker. "Early Benchmarks Show'Post-Millennials' on Track to Be Most Diverse, Best-Educated Generation Yet: A Demographic Portrait of Today's 6-to 21-Year-Olds." Pew Research Center (2018).
· Ross, Howard J. Reinventing Diversity: Transforming Organizational Community to Strengthen People, Purpose, and Performance. Rowman & Littlefield, 2011.
· "From me to we: The rise of the purpose-led brand." Accenture (2018).
· NACD Resource Center: Board Diversity