LaRaven Gaymom
Intern
Department of Forensic Sciences
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LaRaven Gaymon is a 24 year old old recent college graduate, born and raised in the District Of Columbia. Her passion is fighting for equity for people with disabilities in every facet of life. In her words, "The disabled community is one of the biggest populations and I refuse to let us be forgotten about. My major in criminal justice has made me want to fight even harder than before because I can’t stand any form of injustice whether it is disability-related or not (although as previously mentioned, disability injustice is a huge tackle point for me)." Currently, she works as an Intern at the Department of Forensic Sciences. In her spare time, she loves eating chicken burritos and shopping for more clothes that she doesn't need.

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Leslie Gold, Esq.
Knowledge Management Attorney
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Leslie Gold is a Knowledge Management Attorney at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York City. 

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Kathryn Carroll, Esq.
Attorney, Independent Contractor
Association on Aging
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Kathryn Carroll (she/her/hers) is a lawyer currently based in Albany, NY. She has a B.A. in International Studies from American University and a J.D. from St. John’s University. She has worked extensively in disability rights policy-making and analysis at the international, national, state, and local levels. She works for the Association on Aging in New York and as an independent contractor to other non-profits. She loves acquiring new skills, has probably not yet seen whatever latest TV show you are thinking of, and enjoys organizing among poor and disabled people. She volunteers in numerous ways, including recently becoming a Mentor with the Disability EmpowHer Network. She is extremely grateful for all of the laughs provided by Spongebob Squarepants and Adventure Time!

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Nathaniel Feingold
Data Analyst
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Nathaniel Feingold is a data analyst focusing on reporting, analytics, and application access management for health services with special needs. In his spare time, he likes to go hiking, workout, and go to baseball games with his friends.  

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Caitlin Mosholder
Physical Education & Health Teacher
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
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Caitlin Mosholder is a Physical Education & Health teacher at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Pittsburgh, PA and an avid rock climber.

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Allie Segal
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Allie Segal is autistic and has ADHD. She is 26 years old and has worked in the outdoor retail and climbing gym industry on and off for the last 7 years. She has recently gone back to school and is now studying apparel design and merchandising at Colorado State University. She is a lifelong lover of crafts and am currently learning how to weave!

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Michael Baran
Founder and CEO
Iris Inclusion
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Dr. Michael Baran is the CEO of Iris Inclusion, a global diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) firm. Dr. Baran draws on his own social science research to inform his DEI speaking engagements, writings, consulting, leadership development, and eLearning. After teaching at Harvard University, he has been supporting DEI in organizations for 20 years. His work has been covered in the New York Times, BBC, Forbes, CNN, NPR, and more.

His recent book, Subtle Acts of Exclusion, was named by Forbes as one of “The 11 Books To Read To Be A More Inclusive Leader” and has won several awards.

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Kenston Henderson, Sr.
Founder and CEO
Live With Lyfe, LLC
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Kenston Henderson Sr., CSP, is the founder and CEO of Live With Lyfe, LLC, a premier training and development company. A TEDx Signature Speaker, Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), and certified John Maxwell Leadership Trainer, Kenston brings over 20 years of expertise in Human Resources and personal development. His powerful presentations have reached audiences across 40+ U.S. states and around the globe. Kenston is also an Amazon bestselling author, accomplished musician, and a devoted husband and father, dedicated to living out the values he inspires in others.

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Jonathan A. Segal
Partner
Duane Morris, LLP
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Jonathan is a partner at Duane Morris LLP in its Employment Group.  He also is the Founder and managing principal of the Duane Morris Institute, which provides training on employment issues to HR professionals, in-house counsel and other leaders.

The core of Jonathan’s practice is helping employers maximize legal compliance and minimize legal risk with regard to harassment, discrimination, retaliation and reasonable accommodations.
Over the past few years, Jonathan has focused on religion in general and antisemitism in particular. In addition to helping clients, Jonathan has delivered a number of talks on antisemitism on behalf of the EEOC as well as to field directors of the EEOC.
 
Jonathan has provided training to federal judges and other members of the federal judiciary on various employment issues for more than 20 years.

 

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Josh Christianson
Project Director
Partnership on Inclusive Apprenticeship
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Josh Christianson is Project Director for the Partnership on Inclusive Apprenticeship (PIA) where he leads efforts to create a more diverse and inclusive workforce through apprenticeship. Josh has extensive experience in supporting the diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) efforts of non-profit organizations, private companies, and government agencies.
 
He is the former director of the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT), where he built cross-sector partnerships to shape the policies and practices contributing to the development of accessible emerging technologies in the workplace.
 
Before coming to PEAT Josh was a Senior Consultant at Deloitte where he provided talent strategies, change management, and leadership development support to federal agencies.
 
Prior to Deloitte he spent several years with The Posse Foundation as the Career Program Manager where he cultivated relationships with companies and organizations to provide career development opportunities for Posse Scholars and Alumni.

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Mary Wright
Manager, Apprenticeship
SHRM Foundation
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Mary V. L. Wright leads one of the SHRM Foundation’s four pillars of work: Skill Building - Preparing People for Today’s and Tomorrow’s Workplaces.  A critical part of that effort is leading the implementation of the US DOL funded HR Registered Apprenticeship Program, the first national HR apprenticeship program. As such, she is responsible for all parts of the program – development, marketing, sales, budget and evaluation.  In addition, she leads the Foundation’s work on the role of credentials in achieving an organization’s diversity, equity and inclusion goals and is an integral part of the team in promoting the inclusion of untapped talent in the workforce.

Ms. Wright has many years of experience connecting the public and private sectors in municipal finance, government affairs, and workforce development as a project leader, facilitator and subject matter expert.

Previously, Ms. Wright was a director at Jobs for the Future (JFF) where she designed and supervised the completion of foundation, government and employer-funded projects on topics including: expanding employability skills, developing apprenticeship and work-based learning strategies, utilizing labor market information to determine educational focus, better hiring and training practices for people with disabilities, improving entry level jobs for the retail sector, determining the correct educational focus for specific geographic areas including the state of Florida and Columbus Ohio, and an in-depth analysis of green infrastructure jobs.

Prior to joining JFF, she served as director at The Conference Board in New York City, driving its work in workforce readiness, business, and education partnerships. She also focused on improving the employment outcomes for people with disabilities through research and convenings. Ms. Wright co-authored or acted as project director on several key Conference Board reports regarding workforce readiness skills, including Are They Really Ready to Work? and The Ill-Prepared Workforce.

She serves on the Board of Directors of the Institute for Work & the Economy and the Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation.

Ms. Wright received a Master of Business Administration in public/nonprofit management from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Affairs from Connecticut College.

 

 

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