Lori Nishiura Mackenzie (she, her, hers) is co-founder of the Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab and lead strategist, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In this episode, Lori and Natalia discuss Lori's research in inclusive workplaces and how that translates to effect DEI practices.

Kareli Lizárraga (she, her, ella) is the Associate Director of the Center for Hispanic Excellence: La Casa Latina at the University of Pennsylvania and in this episode, Kareli and Natalia discuss La Casa Latina and how building communities is an important way to foster inclusivity across any organization.

Lydia (she/her) is the Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Kohl's and in this episode, Lydia and Natalia discuss Employee Resource Groups and how companies, like Kohl's, can use them to support employees and the business at large.

Antonio Brown (he/him) is a DEI practitioner specializing in organizing within educational and non-profit institutions and in this episode, he shares his approaches and strategies to building more inclusive and equitable workplaces.

Gary L. Davis (he/him), the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Director at Greenhouse Software, shares his approaches to effective diversity recruitment strategy and promoting equitable hiring processes.

D'André Carr, a Diversity and Inclusion Manager at a law firm, explains his unique approach to leading diversity and inclusion initiatives within the legal field.

Tina Gilbert, the Sr. Director of Inclusion and Diversity at Accolade, shares her method and learned best practices for building an allyship program. She also shares advice on how to move from anti-racist education to anti-racist action within your organization and professional life.

Erika White, Diversity and Inclusion Manager at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, reflects on one of her recent Supplier Diversity initiatives and how being intentional about Supplier Diversity can be an effective anti-racist practice that supports communities of color.

Brendon is currently the Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the Haverford School for Boys, a K-12 all-boys school located in Philadelphia, PA. Brendon and Natalia Eileen discuss advocates of diversity and inclusion can do in this moment given the current state of Black life in America and given the surrounding context of the pandemic.

Kobena-Marcus J. Collins joins Natalia Eileen to share his experience building out a diversity recruitment initiative for the City of Milwaukee.