Lisa Sharapata is the Chief Marketing Officer at The Arbinger Institute, the innovator of leadership development and culture transformation. At Arbinger, Sharapata taps into her 20 years of marketing experience to create strategies that engage and inspire audiences across the buyer journey. 

Prior to Arbinger, Sharapata served as CMO at BoostUp.ai, was the VP of Global Marketing at MindTickle, and held senior positions at 6sense and Aprimo.  

Sharapata has been widely recognized for her contributions in marketing, including being named as one of CIOLook's 10 Most Influential CMOs to Follow in 2023. She was also awarded the 2021 B2B Vanguard and B2B Innovator, and was named a "Woman to Watch” by DMN. 

Sharapata is passionate about making a difference. She serves as a GTM Partners Ambassador, lends her expertise as an advisor for Hushly, and plays a pivotal role as Co-Founder and board member of the PEAK Community. Outside of work, she thrives in the great outdoors, and enjoys watching soccer and spending time with her family and dog. 

Michelle Burgess is the Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages Director of Inclusion & Diversity. She promotes an inclusive environment of belonging in the CCSWB culture and delivers the DEI strategy not just as a business imperative, but to ensure the BEST outcomes throughout the entire employee cycle of the associates, which are as diverse as the products Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages produces for 31 million friends and neighbors.

Michelle is a story-teller and speaks candidly about her experiences, tough lessons and 'aha' moments that helped her understand the importance of "perception". Often described as the "people whisperer" she is driven by purpose and the intention of creating workplaces and communities that benefit everyone. Michelle's unique background and mix of workplace leadership experiences, (from retail, to non-profit, healthcare administration, education, early-childhood, technology and the bottling and beverage industry) equip her to provide insight, with engaging, practical and immediately applicable solutions to real-world situations.

She coaches leaders to become self-aware, creates vulnerable spaces for people to share their realities, while teaching others to lean in and move from being a believer of diversity to taking action and becoming a builder of inclusion. Michelle creates training programs and workshops on the power of focusing on the people, inclusive leadership, leadership development, un-conscious bias, self-awareness, micro-affirmations, inclusive communication, fostering engagement, team performance, allyship, HR workforce trends, inclusive hiring practices, management essentials, curiosity, supplier diversity and the DEI mindset.

As a true change agent, she's been a volunteer, advocate, board member and speaker on the issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, access, belonging, healthcare equity, exclusion in the classroom, food deserts, housing discrimination and workplace systems. Michelle is the founder and Chief Inspiration Officer of Diversity Sessions which was created to have candid conversations about culture in the workplace and the impact on communities.