Tahir Boykins is a seasoned attorney with extensive experience in employment litigation and counseling. Currently serving as Associate General Counsel at TriWest Healthcare Alliance, he serves as a key strategic advisor to the Human Capital and Payroll Departments. He is responsible for providing legal advice and counsel on all labor and employment matters in support of the company’s workforce planning and compliance, including but not limited to hiring, termination, investigations, discrimination, retaliation, restrictive covenants, conduct and discipline. 

Prior to this role, he has served as an Associate at multiple law firms, focusing on labor and employment matters and complex civil litigation. His experience includes advising on employment agreements, internal investigations, and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues.

Tahir is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School, where he was inducted into the Order of Barristers and received accolades for trial advocacy. Recognized as one of The National Black Lawyers’ Top 40 Under 40, he is also actively involved in community service, serving as a Board Director and Governance Committee Chair of the non-profit organization Worth Rises.

Victoria Russell has led a successfully 20+ year career across many disciplines including Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Crisis Management & Brand Reputation, Marketing, Data & Insights, Community Engagement, Human Resources and Compensation. 

In June 2024, Victoria Russell joins PwC, serving as the firm's Managing Director, Inclusion Strategy Leader. Victoria oversees efforts that foster our inclusive environment and drive equity across all areas of our talent strategy, from talent attraction, development, progression and pathway to partnership. Leveraging data-driven insights, Victoria works closely with the firm's Lines of Service to take strategic actions along our people's career journey to enhance outcomes and build on our culture of belonging. 

Before joining PwC, Victoria Russell was named the first Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer of Beam Suntory, a world leader in premium spirits. In this inaugural role, Russell joined the company’s Senior Leadership Team in 2021, and led diversity and inclusion across talent acquisition, career development and employee retention, marketing, community relations, and building organizational capability to better recognize bias and further drive inclusive mindset. Russell also supported the development of diversity guidelines for the company’s supplier base and champions Employee Impact Groups and leaders across the business.

Prior joining Beam Suntory, Russell had a successful 14-year career at Papa John’s International, ultimately stepping up during difficult times in 2018 to become the first to lead Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. In that role, Russell was credited with step-changing the company’s actions to build a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization comprised of 120,000 team members. She previously held marketing analytics roles of increasing responsibility, providing valuable insights into the business, and the customers and communities they serve. Prior to Papa Johns, Victoria held compensation and marketing roles at Lexmark, Humana, and Brown-Forman and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration and a M.B.A in Marketing from the University of Kentucky.

Victoria serves on several non-profit boards including, Fund for the Arts – Board Chair, Leadership Louisville, Greater Louisville Inc (Louisville Chamber of Commerce) and the Chestnut Street YMCA.  In 2019, she was named “Woman Making A Difference” by Louisville Business First and selected as one of Louisville’s Forty Under 40.  She was also featured in The Business Journals’ Influencers: Rising Stars, a national list of influential young executives.  Her other recent accomplishments include Leadership Louisville Class of 2020, University of Kentucky 2019 Lyman T. Johnson Torch of Excellence Award, founding member of the Adweek D&I Council and named of one the Adweek & Adcolor 2020 Champions of Diversity & Inclusion.  Victoria was also named to the Executive Leadership Council, honored as a Daughter of Greatness by the Muhammad Ali Center and featured as Today’s Woman 2020 Most Admired Woman in the Corporate Category.

Craig Leen is a partner at K&L Gates in Washington, DC, in the firm's Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety practice, and he co-leads the firm’s OFCCP and Affirmative Action Compliance area of focus. His depth of experience spans across federal, state, and local government, as well as the private sector.

Craig previously served as the Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), a federal civil rights enforcement agency at the U.S. Department of Labor. In this role, Craig reported directly to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Labor; overseeing approximately 450 employees and a budget of over $105 million, with a mission to ensure compliance by federal contractors with equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination obligations.

During his tenure, OFCCP experienced record years in both enforcement recoveries and compliance assistance, with Craig overseeing three rulemakings and issuance of several technical assistance guides to help employers comply with the law. Likewise, as an agency head at the U.S. DOL, Craig worked directly with numerous other federal agencies, including the Wage & Hour Division (WHD), the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), the Civil Rights and Federal Programs Divisions of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Craig is also a Professor of Government Lawyering and Professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law School, and he serves on numerous boards and committees, including as Chair of the Civil & Human Rights Committee of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Co-Chair of the DC Family Support Council, and Vice Chair of the DC Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights. He also serves on the Advisory Board and AI Ethics Council of Eightfold, the Board and Executive Committee of Disability Belongs, and the Advisory Committee of Disability:IN DC Metro.

Craig was previously City Attorney of the City of Coral Gables, and earlier in his career served as Chief of the Appeals Section and then Chief of the Federal Litigation Section at the Miami-Dade County Attorney’s Office. Craig also was a federal law clerk for the Honorable Robert E. Keeton, District Judge of the District of Massachusetts. Craig is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, Florida, Massachusetts, and New York.