2023 DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION CONFERENCE
SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS
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Karin M. Aaron
President & CEO
The New Green Book for Travel
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Sheila Alexander-Reid
Executive Director
PHL Diversity
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Laura Argenbright
Senior Director of Creative Strategy & Marketing
GO Laurel Highlands
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Elizabeth H. Barber
Professor Emeritus
Temple University
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Daren Bascome
Founder and Creative Director
Proverb, LLC
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Carsten Beck
Director & Futurist
Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
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Debra Blair
Associate Professor and Director of Organizational DEI
Temple University
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Berkita S. Bradford
Associate Professor & Chair
Department of Hospitality Management, Virginia State University
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Erika Broadwater
National President & CEO
NAAAHR
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Carl A Boger
Distinguished Chair
College of Global Hospitality Leadership at the University of Houston
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Rachel Covello
CEO & Publisher
OUTCOAST
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Janet Dell
President
Freeman Company
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Alana Dillette
Co-Founder
Collaborating on Dialogue and Equity
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Geoff Freeman
President & CEO
U.S. Travel Association
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Latasha Harling
Director, Human Resource Operations and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Inglis
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Valerie Harrison
Vice President for DEI
Temple University
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Ashli Johnson
Executive Director
Marriott- Sorenson Center for Hospitality Leadership
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Tasha L. Jones
CEO and Founder
LV Jones Consulting
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Daniel Juday
Speaker, Educator, and Convener
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Becky Large
CEO
Autism Travel Club
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Tonya Ladipo
Founder and CEO
The Ladipo Group, LLC
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Dr. Roderick Lee
Associate Professor at Penn State Harrisburg
The PhD Project Advisory Council
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Jonathan D. Lovitz
Director of Public Affairs & Senior Advisor
Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Laura Mandala
Managing Director
Mandala Research, LLC
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Ed McNeill
CEO
McNeill Media Group
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Emmanuella Myrthil
Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
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Wendy Pease
Owner and President
Rapport International
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Steve Pemberton
Chief Human Resource Officer
Workhuman
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Vince Pierson
Co-Founder
Black Sport Business Academy
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Robyn Pollack
Workplace Culture Strategist and Founder
Loutel
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Sandra Ponting
Associate Professor
L. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, San Diego State University
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Kimberly S. Reed
Global Diversity, Equality, Inclusion & Belonging Executive and Advisor
Reed Development Group
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Tori Rogers
Founder of Ebony Expats
Thailand Destination Specialist
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Larry Rice
Founding Partner and Chief Engagement Officer
Northern Compass Consulting, LLC
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Jamar Root
Creator and Host
The Root of Everything
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John Sage
CEO and Founder
Sage Traveling
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Robin Schlenger
Anti-Racist Consultant / Coach, Organizer, Clinical Supervisor, Therapist and Author
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Dr. Kryss Shane
Program Director for Social Work Program
Author of LGBTQ+ Books and Leading Expert
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Martha Sheridan
President & CEO
Meet Boston
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Matt Skallerud
President of Pink Media
LGBTQ+ Marketing, Advertising, PR & Social Media Specialist
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Margaret Spence
Founder
The Inclusive Learning Lab
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Courtney Stanley
CEO
Courtney Stanley Consulting, LLC
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Roz Stuttley
Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Choose Chicago
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Lisa Tabor
President
CultureBrokers LLC
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Herman Tagliani
President
The Group Advertising
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Patrick M. Oats
Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning & Business Development
EMSCO Scientific Inc.
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Erinn Tucker-Oluwole
Department Chair and Associate Professor
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
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Dr. Claire Michèle Rice
Founding Partner
Northern Compass Consulting
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Donald Richardson
Chief Financial, Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Brand USA
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William T. Rolack, Sr.
Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer
Kroll
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Leon W. Russell
Chair of
NAACP National Board of Directors
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Annemarie Turpin
Clinical Assistant Professor
The Ohio State University
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Arun Upneja
Dean and Professor
Boston University School of Hospitality Administration
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Juliet Velazquez
Global Tourism & Destination Advisory
JLL | Hotels & Hospitality Group
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Monika Volgyi
Advisor & Futurist
Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies
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Roni Weiss
Executive Director
Travel Unity
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Ira Weissman
President
Ideas Innovations, LLC
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Erika White
Manager Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
Amtrak
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Zach Wilcha
CEO
Independence Business Alliance
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Carl Winston
Founding Director
L. Robert Payne School of Hospitality & Tourism, San Diego State University
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Acacia Woodschan
Founder
Ethnic Ties