2023 DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION CONFERENCE

SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS

  • Karin M. Aaron

    President & CEO

    The New Green Book for Travel

  • Sheila Alexander-Reid

    Executive Director

    PHL Diversity

  • Laura Argenbright

    Senior Director of Creative Strategy & Marketing

    GO Laurel Highlands

  • Elizabeth H. Barber

    Professor Emeritus

    Temple University

  • Daren Bascome

    Founder and Creative Director

    Proverb, LLC

  • Carsten Beck

    Director & Futurist

    Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

  • Debra Blair

    Associate Professor and Director of Organizational DEI

    Temple University

  • Berkita S. Bradford

    Associate Professor & Chair

    Department of Hospitality Management, Virginia State University

  • Erika Broadwater

    National President & CEO

    NAAAHR

  • Carl A Boger

    Distinguished Chair

    College of Global Hospitality Leadership at the University of Houston

  • Rachel Covello

    CEO & Publisher

    OUTCOAST

  • Janet Dell

    President

    Freeman Company

  • Alana Dillette

    Co-Founder

    Collaborating on Dialogue and Equity

  • Geoff Freeman

    President & CEO

    U.S. Travel Association

  • Latasha Harling

    Director, Human Resource Operations and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

    Inglis

  • Valerie Harrison

    Vice President for DEI

    Temple University

  • Ashli Johnson

    Executive Director

    Marriott- Sorenson Center for Hospitality Leadership

  • Tasha L. Jones

    CEO and Founder

    LV Jones Consulting

  • Daniel Juday

    Speaker, Educator, and Convener

  • Becky Large

    CEO

    Autism Travel Club

  • Tonya Ladipo

    Founder and CEO

    The Ladipo Group, LLC

  • Dr. Roderick Lee

    Associate Professor at Penn State Harrisburg

    The PhD Project Advisory Council

  • Jonathan D. Lovitz

    Director of Public Affairs & Senior Advisor

    Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

  • Laura Mandala

    Managing Director

    Mandala Research, LLC

  • Ed McNeill

    CEO

    McNeill Media Group

  • Emmanuella Myrthil

    Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer

    Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)

  • Wendy Pease

    Owner and President

    Rapport International

  • Steve Pemberton

    Chief Human Resource Officer

    Workhuman

  • Vince Pierson

    Co-Founder

    Black Sport Business Academy

  • Robyn Pollack

    Workplace Culture Strategist and Founder

    Loutel

  • Sandra Ponting

    Associate Professor

    L. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, San Diego State University

  • Kimberly S. Reed

    Global Diversity, Equality, Inclusion & Belonging Executive and Advisor

    Reed Development Group

  • Tori Rogers

    Founder of Ebony Expats

    Thailand Destination Specialist

  • Larry Rice

    Founding Partner and Chief Engagement Officer

    Northern Compass Consulting, LLC

  • Jamar Root

    Creator and Host

    The Root of Everything

  • John Sage

    CEO and Founder

    Sage Traveling

  • Robin Schlenger

    Anti-Racist Consultant / Coach, Organizer, Clinical Supervisor, Therapist and Author

  • Dr. Kryss Shane

    Program Director for Social Work Program

    Author of LGBTQ+ Books and Leading Expert

  • Martha Sheridan

    President & CEO

    Meet Boston

  • Matt Skallerud

    President of Pink Media

    LGBTQ+ Marketing, Advertising, PR & Social Media Specialist

  • Margaret Spence

    Founder

    The Inclusive Learning Lab

  • Courtney Stanley

    CEO

    Courtney Stanley Consulting, LLC

  • Roz Stuttley

    Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

    Choose Chicago

  • Lisa Tabor

    President

    CultureBrokers LLC

  • Herman Tagliani

    President

    The Group Advertising

  • Patrick M. Oats

    Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning & Business Development

    EMSCO Scientific Inc.

  • Erinn Tucker-Oluwole

    Department Chair and Associate Professor

    University of Maryland Eastern Shore

  • Dr. Claire Michèle Rice

    Founding Partner

    Northern Compass Consulting

  • Donald Richardson

    Chief Financial, Diversity & Inclusion Officer

    Brand USA

  • William T. Rolack, Sr.

    Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer

    Kroll

  • Leon W. Russell

    Chair of

    NAACP National Board of Directors

  • Annemarie Turpin

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    The Ohio State University

  • Arun Upneja

    Dean and Professor

    Boston University School of Hospitality Administration

  • Juliet Velazquez

    Global Tourism & Destination Advisory

    JLL | Hotels & Hospitality Group

  • Monika Volgyi

    Advisor & Futurist

    Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies

  • Roni Weiss

    Executive Director

    Travel Unity

  • Ira Weissman

    President

    Ideas Innovations, LLC

  • Erika White

    Manager Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

    Amtrak

  • Zach Wilcha

    CEO

    Independence Business Alliance

  • Carl Winston

    Founding Director

    L. Robert Payne School of Hospitality & Tourism, San Diego State University

  • Acacia Woodschan

    Founder

    Ethnic Ties