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Anabel Cloutier-Perez
Clinical Manager, Behavioral Health Unit
The Hartford
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Anabel Cloutier-Perez is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with more than 23 years of behavioral health clinical experience. She started her career working with acutely mentally ill patients within in-patient psychiatric settings. Her career transitioned to trauma work, where she helped children, adolescents, and adult survivors of sexual abuse traumatization. Her passion for mental health led her to The Hartford where in 2006 she began her career in the behavioral health unit of the Group Benefits business. Today, she is the clinical manager over The Hartford’s behavioral health department, leading a large group of mental health clinicians, who help disability claimants.
Cloutier-Perez has a bachelor’s degree in clinical psychology and a master’s degree in clinical social work from Florida International University. She has appeared on several local radio shows and outreach events in South Florida, where she was asked to provide education and awareness on the topic of sexual trauma and safety guidelines for parents.
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Sona Khosla
Chief Impact Officer
Benevity
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Sona Khosla is Benevity's Chief Impact Officer. At the helm of Benevity Impact Labs, an incubator and resource hub, Sona and her team bring cutting-edge data, research, insights and best practices to help organizations and individuals maximize their impact and live their purpose. She is responsible for infusing impact into Benevity’s business and culture and overseeing the company’s own inclusion and impact initiatives.
As the host of Benevity’s podcast, Speaking of Purpose, Sona is a frequent guest on shows and in the media discussing topics such as authentic employee engagement and diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
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Constance Mayer
Acting Chief of Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Department of State
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Constance (Conny) Mayer is the U.S. State Department’s Acting Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and serves as the Secretary of State’s principal advisor on how to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the Department and at U.S. embassies and consulates around the world. Conny leads a DEIA data working group for the White House-run Chief Diversity Officers’ Executive Council which coordinates DEIA efforts across the federal government as departments and agencies implement Executive Order 14035 on advancing DEIA in the Federal Workforce.
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Erec Smith, Ph.D.
President and Co-founder
Free Black Thought
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Erec Smith is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric at York College of Pennsylvania. Although he has eclectic scholarly interests, Smith’s primary work focuses on the rhetorics of anti-racist activism, theory, and pedagogy. He is a co-founder of Free Black Thought, a website dedicated to highlighting viewpoint diversity within the black diaspora. Smith’s recent writings include several op-eds as well as his books, A Critique of Anti-Racism in Rhetoric and Composition: The Semblance of Empowerment (2020) and The Lure of Disempowerment: Reclaiming Agency in the Age of CRT (2022). Smith is a research fellow in politics and society for the Cato Institute.
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Mariah Shields
Senior Benefits Consultant
Arrow Benefits
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Mariah Shields, seasoned benefits broker, consultant, and HR benefits compliance leader with over 15 years of experience, as she shares her extensive expertise in enhancing employee engagement and well-being. Mariah goes beyond traditional consulting, leveraging employee surveys and innovative tools to help organizations—from startups to large enterprises—foster meaningful connections with their teams.