CB Bowman Live: Workplace Equity & Equality

Ana Melikian, Ph.D., is an optimist who had to overcome two bouts with cancer to learn that pursuing happiness is a fallacy. To choose happiness is a much more powerful strategy to tap into our highest human potential.

Either by working with leaders and their teams, or other coaches and consultants, Ana supports her clients to break through their mindset limitations and upgrade their psychological operating systems so that they achieve better results than ever in work and life while enjoying the process.

Born in Portugal, Ana now lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with her husband, daughter, and dog Puffy.

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Dr. Darjené Graham-Perez, was recognized as a renowned specialist in Early Childhood Education and Educational Leadership. Darjené is currently the Human Resources & DEI Manager at Walden Family Services where she is responsible for leading and developing all DE&I programs, initiatives, and strategic planning with the C-Suite executives. It is Dr. Darjené’s belief that, “Everyone should be able to come to work and present their true authentic self in a safe, inclusive environment.”

She has transformed several policies to be more inclusive and equitable for all employees, leads the Walden Wellness Committee for the entire organization, successfully launched their first Diversity & Inclusion Council, and planning to launch much-needed employee resource groups such as Former Foster Youth Employees and the LGBTQ+ Employees and updated the talent acquisition cycle to be more efficient and aligned with industry standards.

Dr. Darjené is leading the charge with Caravanserai Projects in creating a Strategic Network and Planning Circle to connect other non-profit organizations that support DE&I efforts throughout our Southern California, Inland Empire region.

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About Simon:

Everything that Simon does is built to energize people to see their world differently and to awaken their imagination of what is truly possible so that they can live a better story. As an award-winning coach and motivational speaker, he has been interviewed on Sky News, BBC, and Forbes, and has spoken at some of the planet's most successful organizations such as Virgin, Salesforce, and Microsoft.

From a young age, Simon has always been curious about learning and exploring the areas of personal fulfillment, human potential, and organizational success. This curiosity was accelerated following his departure from the financial industry, in which he began his career following graduation from the London School of Economics.

As a life coach and business strategist, Simon also helps leaders, entrepreneurs, organizations, and celebrities to transcend perceived limitations and experience extraordinary transformations through the power of insight, perspective, and energy management.

His debut book, Energize, will be released in April 2022 by Penguin Random House and is now available for pre-order.

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About Laura:

Laura Gassner Otting is the Founder of Limitless Possibility, a niche consulting firm working with entrepreneurs, philanthropists, executives, and thought leaders. As a professional motivational keynote speaker and Washington Post best-selling author, Laura helps innovators, idealists, and iconoclasts get “unstuck” in their thinking - and achieve extraordinary results.

She is an instigator, a motivator, and a provocateur, and she has never met a revolution she didn’t like. Today, Laura is a globally touring professional speaker (from colleges to conferences to corporations around the world, to a US Army base in Japan, to a TEDx stage in Boston, to The TODAY Show).

Laura’s 25-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton’s White House, helping shape AmeriCorps; left a leadership role at a respected nonprofit search firm, Isaacson, Miller, to expand the startup ExecSearches.com; and founded and ran the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, which partnered with the full gamut of mission-driven nonprofit executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists.

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Izabela Lundberg Prides herself as a passionate advocate of lifelong learning and thought leadership. Having lived in 6 countries, traveled to 40+, working with diverse teams from 80+ countries, and being able to speak 6 languages, Izabela leverages her progressive solutions and a world view to help talent and teams come together to accomplish more than ever before.

She's worked alongside executives from Startups to Fortune 500 companies for over 2 decades, serving as a global business advisor, transformation coach, leadership strategist, and organization development consultant. The result has been increased talent and team engagement, performance, revenues, and overall organizational cultural impacts to support business growth objectives. She has conducted 80+ international speaking and training engagements.

Izabela established 'Legacy Leaders Institute'; a premier consulting platform developed for coaching, training leadership, and organization development through a trademarked 'High-Performance Impact Method' framework. She is also an International Best-Selling author. Her book, The World Messenger: From Fear to Greatness - Business, Sports and Life Lessons is highly acclaimed by academics, athletes, and business leaders. She has an MS in Leadership and Organization from the University of Denver and is recognized as a LinkedIn Influencer, Forbes Contributing Writer, and Forbes Coaches Council Member.

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About Kenn:

For more than 30 years, Kenn has been at the forefront of the intersection of technology and the user. Thriving in both large corporate environments and pre-money startups, he has a unique perspective on success in Silicon Valley.

After receiving both his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Georgia Tech, Kenn began his career with Apple where he was first immersed in user-focused product development. From Apple, Kenn went on to drive products and partnerships in both large and small companies across California including, Radius/SuperMac, Philips, Gateway, SiliconColor, and Intel.

He has had a front seat for the acceleration of the digital video revolution, the migration of flat screens beyond the laptop to the domination of the living room, the convergence of entertainment and computing, and how digital senses change how our devices help us interact with and understand the world around us.

These days Kenn is working as a consultant to help startups hone their product strategy and focus their technology partnerships. Kenn is a twice-invited speaker to the National Academy of Sciences on computer technology and has been named several times as one of the Top 100 Blacks in Technology.

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A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Sheila Farragher-Gemma moved to the states in 1989 to pursue a corporate position. Her entrepreneurial nature soon took over and she founded and profitably sold several businesses before settling into the world of real estate where she launched a multi-million dollar company helping investors find out about and purchase niche properties in addition to acquiring multi-family investment properties in North American and European emerging markets.

Other successful businesses launched by Sheila include Scalliwags, a children's indoor playground and sought after birthday party venue, an office supplies company and Affiliate Mastermind Group an association that brings structure, innovation, and collaboration to an area that prior to this was lacking.

Today, Sheila works with Event owners and their teams to find and manage Strategic partners and sponsors, streamline their business and improve their bottom line. She has a knack for finding untapped revenue streams and additional ways to leverage assets through Innovation and Joint Ventures and Events. Her role as an industry expert has been highlighted by her appearances on CBS Nightly News, FOX 25, New England Cable News, WGBH TV, and WBUR radio.

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Saray Khumalo is an award-winning Mountaineer, who provides world-class Transformational Coaching to entrepreneurs, executives, business professionals, and sales teams all over the world.

As an experienced business executive, she has a solid track record in some of South Africa’s leading financial institutions as an eCommerce and Loyalty Specialist.

In 2019, on her fourth attempt, Saray summited Mount Everest, becoming the first Black African woman to summit Mount Everest, — a demonstration of her resilience, irrespective of her starting point and past unsuccessful attempts. Saray uses a combination of mountaineering triumphs and her ability to steer businesses to partner with organizations that are on a transformational journey to enable individuals and teams to identify their personal and business goals, explore and unleash their full potential and achieve set goals.

She is the founder of summits with a purpose, an initiative that has raised funds and built physical and digital libraries in disadvantaged African schools. She believes that literacy and education has the power to change the narrative for the next generation.

Most notably in the realm of sports entertainment as an NFL wide receiver, which empowers me to be active in philanthropy and mentoring. Each role I pursue stimulates my passion to better engage with people and help solve problems. As a retired-Pro NFL wide receiver, my perseverance, tenacity, and work ethic enable me to work collaboratively with customers to execute objectives and deliver success.

Brandon has more than nine years of sales experience in both manufacturing and medical industries. Most recently, I represented Zimmer Biomet Spine, providing coverage, inventory management, troubleshooting, customer service, education, and follow-up for musculoskeletal procedures .

Brandon is now part of the business partnerships for Careerwise Colorado, whose focus is on high school apprenticeship a European dual Education model.

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