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Delphia Howze
CEO and Founder
D. Howze Solutions, LLC
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As the CEO and Founder of D. Howze Solutions, LLC, a D&I consultancy, Delphia drives innovative strategies to cultivate inclusive workplaces. Mrs. Howze currently serves as Chief Inclusion Officer for a large-scale national organization, spearheading initiatives to promote diversity and foster belonging. With over two decades of distinguished leadership, Delphia possesses extensive expertise in optimizing human capital and D&I frameworks across diverse sectors including retail, banking, energy, logistics, government, and higher education. Her visionary outlook and dynamic leadership continue to shape inclusive environments that empower individuals and propel organizational success. She has recently emerged as a new author with her new book, "Including You! Leading Inclusion From Where You Are."
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Martin Fogelman III
Founder and CEO
Pluto
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Martin is the founder and CEO of Pluto, a workforce analytics and communications platform with a mission to make companies more diverse, inclusive, equitable and sustainable. His background in externalities and information asymmetries across business, economics and law inspired him to create Pluto. Martin developed Pluto’s proprietary inclusive, user-first framework of design, privacy and analytics. Prior to founding Pluto, Martin worked for Bloomberg, L.P. in NY and London as a business analyst.
Martin holds an LL.M. from LUISS Guido Carli, J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and a B.A. in Economics from Fordham University College at Rose Hill.
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Cindy Joseph
Chief Executive Officer
The Cee Suite, LLC
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Cindy Joseph is the founder and chief executive officer of The Cee Suite LLC. For nearly two decades, the core of Cindy’s career has been finding and developing diverse talent. Prior to launching The Cee Suite, she managed human capital programs for two of the world’s leading financial services and consulting companies, Goldman Sachs and Accenture. Her key areas of competency include recruiting, diversity and inclusion, and performance management.
Regardless of her role, title or mandate, Cindy has always felt a strong connection to personal and professional growth, mentorship, and inclusion efforts, and has passionately used her platforms to support and inspire high-performing teams.
Today, Cindy advises organizations in varying stages of their talent management and diversity, equity and inclusion journeys and helps teams transform their critical “people” practices. She also works with individuals one-on-one as they seek to elevate their professional brands and careers.
When Cindy is not at home in Brooklyn, N.Y., she spends much of her personal time traveling the world. She is a graduate of Howard University, where she earned a degree in psychology, and a Certified Professional Diversity Coach.
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Kandi Pickard
President and CEO
National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS)
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Kandi Pickard is the President & CEO of the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) where she provides vision and leadership, working collaboratively with individuals and organizations to support the entire Down syndrome community. Kandi holds a degree in business administration and brings two decades of experience in operations and effective administration management to her role at NDSS. Kandi’s involvement in the Down syndrome community first began as a local volunteer and advocate after her youngest son, Mason was born with Down syndrome. Nine years later, she leads NDSS with a focus on building community and keeping people with Down syndrome at the center of everything the organization does. Kandi’s vision for the future of NDSS includes resources, programs and support for individuals with Down syndrome and their families from birth to adulthood, with a special focus on caregiving, public health and supporting aging adults.
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Erin Riehle
Senior Director of Disability Services
Cincinnati Children's
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Erin Riehle is the Senior Director of Disability Services at Cincinnati Children's. Project SEARCH is an internship-based training and skill development program that gives individuals with disabilities access to a multitude of job sights and integrated internship opportunities. Since its inception, Project SEARCH has grown from a single program site at Cincinnati Children’s to a large and continuously expanding international network of sites. Project SEARCH’s primary objective is to secure competitive employment for people with disabilities.