Diversity Goes to Work

Today we welcome Dr. Brittany Boone. Dr. Boone has over a decade experience in DEI work and is a trained industrial and organizational psychologist. She began her DEI work in the insurance industry, particularly with Farmers Insurance, and was a founding member of the Olathe Chapter of the Black Professionals Alliance ERG in Olathe, Kansas. She is now a consultant with VallotKarp in NYC. Dr. Boone and host Phil Wagner talk about comfort zones in the DEI space: how to push past them, when to push past them, and how to encourage others to do the same. And much, much more.

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Today on the show we welcome Sarah Cordivano - the head of D&I Strategy and Governance at Zalando. She is an expert in data analytics, helping to implement impactful, data-driven DEI work. She is also a professional speaker and writer, and her recently published book “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: How to Succeed at an Impossible Job” was released by Impossible Press in July of 2022. She currently resides in Berlin.

If you’d like to follow William & Mary’s School of Business or learn more about the Diversity and Inclusion podcast and our programs, please visit us at www.mason.wm.edu.

Today on the show we welcome Erika Cartledge. Erika started the personal stying website Your Chic is Showing, which helps build confidence through fashion and style. She has also served in a variety of marketing roles and is currently the Major Gifts Director for the Key School. She has 13 years experience in the finance industry and 5 years in the non-profit space, and is a part of Goldman Sachs 1 Million Black Women Initiative, a program focused on female sole proprietors who are starting or running businesses and helping give them the tools and information to grow and scale their business. 

If you’d like to follow William & Mary’s School of Business or learn more about the Diversity and Inclusion podcast and our programs, please visit us at www.mason.wm.edu.

Today we welcome Marcelle Ciampi - a respected autistic author and international ambassador, who has been featured in over a hundred events around the world. She is best known for her writings found in the book “Everyday Aspergers,” which has been translated into multiple languages and is widely shared in counseling offices globally. By day, she is a senior neurodiversity advisor and ambassador at Ultranauts, Inc.

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Today we’re joined by Tye Askew, an MBA student at the William & Mary Raymond A. Mason School of Business. Tye has an impressive background with the military and was selected as a Major General James Wright Scholar, which is a prestigious lineage of scholars here at William & Mary. Today, Tye speaks about his experiences as a First Gen student leader.

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Today on the show, we welcome Dr. Sarah Federman. Dr. Federman is an author, educator, and conflict resolution practitioner. She’s currently a faculty member at the Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego. Dr. Federman studies and explores the concept of reckoning, and produces some of the most interesting and engaging research.  She joins host Phil Wagner today to discuss doing business in an era of reckoning. 

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Today’s guest is Natalie Hoskins. Natalie is a faculty member at Middle Tennessee State University. As a teacher and a scholar, Natalie explores issues of health, wellness, gender, social support, emotional expression, interpersonal aggression, violence and conflict. She’s published in top journals such as the Journal of Interpersonal Violence and The Qualitative Report. In particular, Natalie has also spent a considerable amount of time working in Batterer Intervention Programs (BIP) and with male perpetrators of violence against women. She enjoys community building and making connections with people. 

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Today it is our great honor to host one of the greatest athletes of all time. Arlene Limas is one of the greatest Tae Kwan Do authorities of the 20th century. She’s a history maker, having been the first American - and the first female - to win the gold medal at the 24th Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea in Tae Kwan Do in 1988. And she has been breaking barriers ever since. She now currently serves as the CEO of PAVE (Proactive Anti-Violence Education) Prevention, working to provide training to organizations using a trauma-informed model to empower employees and organizations for better performance, stronger engagement, and healthier work cultures. 

If you’d like to follow William & Mary’s School of Business or learn more about the Diversity and Inclusion podcast and our programs, please visit us at www.mason.wm.edu.

Domestic Violence Awareness Month was launched nationwide in October of 1987, and in the last 35 years, so much progress has been made. Yet domestic violence, sexual violence, violence against women, men, children, intimate partner violence - all of those continue to exist. Today, we have a special episode to kick off Domestic Violence Awareness month to ensure our collective approach to supporting victims and survivors models current best practices. Our guest today is Leslie Jingluski. Leslie has a vast background in victim and survivor advocacy. She’s currently the Director of Community Engagement at the Avalon Center in Williamsburg, Virginia. 

If you or someone you love is experiencing domestic violence, please reach out to the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233

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Today we welcome Alma Zaragoza-Petty, a Mexicana social justice advocate and scholar who teaches equity to create change. Raised in Acapulco, she is the daughter of immigrant parents and a first generation high school and college graduate. She has a Masters Degree in counseling, a Doctorate in education, and has worked in higher education for more than 20 years. She is the co-founder of Prickly Pear Collective, a trauma informed faith based community organization. Together with hip hop artist Propaganda, she co-hosts the podcast The Red Couch. Her book “Chingona: Owning Your Inner Badass for Healing and Justice” hits bookshelves in November of 2022.

If you’d like to follow William & Mary’s School of Business or learn more about the Diversity and Inclusion podcast and our programs, please visit us at www.mason.wm.edu.