Lena Thompson
Founder, CEO
Lena TH
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Lena Thompson is an award-winning entrepreneur and speaker, helping purpose-driven leaders to make decisions they trust and lead with authenticity and impact.

Coming from a strong corporate culture background, her passion is to create purpose-driven cultures where individuals can thrive personally and professionally.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Catherine Mattice, SHRM-SCP
Founder & CEO
Civility Partners
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Catherine Mattice, MA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is the founder/CEO of Civility Partners, a strategic organizational development firm focused on helping organizations create respectful workplace cultures and specializing in turning around toxic cultures. Civility Partners’ clients range from Fortune 500's to small businesses across many industries. Catherine is a TEDx speaker and an HR thought-leader who has appeared in such venues as USA Today, Bloomberg, CNN, NPR, and many other national news outlets as an expert. She’s an award-winning speaker and blogger, author of three books, and she has 50+ courses reaching global audiences on LinkedIn Learning.

 

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Mary Ohashi
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Inclusion, Equity, & Diversity Office Coordinator
Penn State University
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Mary Ohashi is the Office Coordinator for Penn State Outreach and Online Education's Office of Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity.   She is a graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation Education with a minor in Chemical Dependency Counseling.  She has over 20 years of experience providing legal advocacy to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

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Tamra Fatemi-Badi
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging Council Co-Chair
Penn State University
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Tamra Fatemi-Badi is the co-chair of the Penn State Outreach & Online Education Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Council. She has been involved in diversity and inclusion work for more than thirty years, both personally and professionally. Tamra is also the events coordinator for WPSU, the PBS/NPR station for much of central Pennsylvania and is currently in her final year of an M.Ed program in Curriculum and Instruction with focus on Children's Literature.

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Annette Fetterolf, D.Ed.
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Analysis & Planning Consultant
Penn State University
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As an Analysis and Planning Consultant at Penn State, Annette combines her business analysis, project management, and change leadership experience with her passion for putting people first to foster diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. She has held various leadership roles in higher education, corporate training, and K-12 education throughout her career with a focus on improving workplace culture. Annette earned a D.Ed. in Higher Education Administration and Leadership Studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a M.S. in Workforce Education and Development, and a B.S. in Workforce Education and Development, both at Penn State. 

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Karen Armstrong
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Director of Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity
The Pennsylvania State University
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Karen Armstrong is Director of Penn State Outreach and Online Education’s Office of Inclusion, Equity & Diversity. She is a clinically trained multicultural, LGBTQA+, disability, and special populations counselor with extensive experience in higher education programming and professional development for faculty, staff, and students. She has experience working with higher education leaders to help implement and expand inclusion, equity, and diversity throughout campus organizational structures, policies, strategic plans, and programs.

Armstrong is a graduate of Hofstra University with a master’s degree in counseling from the University of Bridgeport. Armstrong serves on the editorial board of Cases on Leadership for Equity and Justice in Higher Education (CLEJHE) Journal

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Nicole Armstrong
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Founder and CEO
Ellequate
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Nicole is an award-winning social entrepreneur. As a 2018 People’s Liberty Haile Fellow, she founded Ellequate—a leading data-informed employer certification and cohort-based leadership program for workplace equity. For over a decade she developed design and brand strategy for mission-driven organizations around the globe. Before founding her company, she practiced social innovation, applying the principles of human-centered design to complex challenges alongside those most impacted by inequity. Nicole holds a BS in Graphic Design from the University of Cincinnati and an MA from Suffolk University. She is a member of the Cincinnati Business Courier's Forty Under 40 Class of 2020.

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Malcom Glenn
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Founder and CEO
MG Equity Consulting
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Malcom Glenn is a speaker, writer, and equity advocate. He’s the Founder of MG Equity Consulting, an advisory firm that helps organizations embed equity in everything they do, inside and out. He’s also a Fellow at New America’s Future of Land and Housing program, and a senior equity advisor to the Health Action Alliance.

Malcom was previously the Head of Global Policy for Accessibility and Underserved Communities at Uber, and before that, an executive communications manager at Google. He’s held various roles managing campaigns related to education reform, marriage equality, workforce inclusion, and more. Learn more about Malcom at www.malcomglenn.com.

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Sertrice Shipley
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Founder
Plan to Action
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Sertrice Shipley is the Founder of Plan to Action, a DEI consulting firm and the co-author of Inclusalytics. Prior to Plan To Action, she made significant contributions as Co-Owner & Chief Consulting Officer of Mattingly Solutions. Her dynamic consulting has benefited clients like NAWBO, Koppers, and American Humane, delivering DEI solutions ranging from assessment to strategic planning. Sertrice has been invited to speak at prominent events like SHRM, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and various city Chamber events. She is also deeply committed to community service and holds various board positions. Sertrice is located in Raleigh, NC with her husband Abraham and dog Winston.

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Victoria Mattingly
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CEO
Mattingly Solutions
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Dr. Victoria Mattingly (Dr. V) is CEO of Mattingly Solutions, a woman-owned diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) consulting firm that uses data and science to improve the human experience at work. She is a professional speaker, adjunct professor, DEI practitioner, and co-author of the globally-acclaimed book, Inclusalytics: How DEI Leaders Use Data to Drive their Work. Dr. V helps her clients take a more data-driven approach to their DEI efforts by helping them better measure and track DEI outcomes. She earned her PhD in organizational psychology, specializing in inclusive behaviors and workplace allyship.

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