Amy Morrow
Senior Editor/Writer | Pride ERG Co-Chair | D&I Learning and Development Lead
RTI International
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Amy Morrow, PhD, (she/her) is a senior editor/writer at RTI International, co-chair of the RTI Pride: LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group, and Learning and Development Lead for RTI's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council. Leveraging her experience as a language professional, she champions the use of gender-friendly language at all levels, from technical staff to fellow editors to leadership. Through this work, she has learned many lessons about the importance of allies and when to rush in where angels (and style guides) fear to tread.

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Jacob Rostovsky
Advocate, Thought Leader and Media Consultant for the Transgender and Non-Binary Community
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Jake Rostovsky, MA, is a mental health clinician and noted advocate, thought leader and media consultant. Jake's passion is to help businesses become a truly affirmative, safe and inclusive environment for the Transgender and Non-Binary (TGNB) community. Jake has worked with many organizations, including NBCUniversal, Buzzfeed and Lionsgate, in regards to moving them beyond being "welcoming" and "accepting" for gender diverse employees. In his free time he is an avid true crime junkie and loves to spend time with his partner, Jason, in their hometown of Los Angeles.
 

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Kelly Charles-Collins
CEO
HR Legally Speaking, LLC
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Kelly Charles-Collins, CEO of HR Legally Speaking, LLC, has the unique ability to make difficult and sensitive topics more approachable.

She’s a powerhouse attorney and expert on disrupting unconscious bias, bystander intervention, and workplace investigations. Kelly empower leaders to stay on the right side of the next #hashtag movement.

She’s the author of ACE Your Workplace Investigations, Speak: Silence is Not an Option!, and Conversations Change Things: The “PER”fect Framework for Courageous Conversations. Kelly is also known for her award-winning TEDx Talk – The Bystander Effect: Why Some People Act and Others Don’t.

She’s been featured on/in ABC, NBC, Forbes, and Fast Company.

 

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Willie L. Jackson II
Keynote Speaker, Consultant, and Facilitator
Willie L. Jackson II
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Willie Jackson is a keynote speaker, consultant, and facilitator who helps leaders and organizations advance vital conversations that unlock connections across differences. His belief in the transformative power of media to change narratives led him to found Abernathy, a magazine for black men backed by companies like Mailchimp, Atlassian, and WeWork. In its four year run, Abernathy published 400+ articles and produced a series of curated events for diverse professionals across the nation.

Willie served as Founding Technical Lead of Seth Godin’s altMBA program for high-performing individuals who want to level up and lead, and CTO of The Domino Project, an award-winning (The Thomas A. Edison Marketing Award and Eric Hoffer Book Award) publishing company founded by business luminary Seth Godin and powered by Amazon.com. He's been featured in documentaries (I’m Fine, Thanks), on HGTV (House Hunters International), and in print (Icarus Deception). Willie is an avid houseplant aficionado and loves to spread the gospel of self-watering planters whenever possible.

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Friday, September 25, 2020 - 10:45am to 11:45am
Josh Miller
CEO
Deciding Edge
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Josh Miller is the foremost authority on all things regarding the Gen Z workforce. As the 18-year-old founder and CEO of Deciding Edge, a research consultancy helping organizations define and adapt to the next generation, he is frequently called upon by trade associations and Fortune 500 companies to offer nuanced and authentic insights into the next-generation workforce.

Josh was formerly director of Gen Z studies at XYZ University, a generational research firm, where he co-authored two groundbreaking research papers and helped conduct an international research study. In addition to his role as CEO of Deciding Edge, Josh is a student at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where he studies journalism and economics.

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Friday, September 25, 2020 - 12:15pm to 1:15pm
Tie Wang-Jones, dual Ph.D.
Global Digital Transformation Leader
IKEA
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As a global digital transformation leader with IKEA, Tie Wang-Jones works to build out the digital organization within the company across the world. She has a dual Ph.D. in business psychology and clinical psychology, and loves to nerd out on applied statistics research to help the business make data-informed decisions. Tie has 10+ years of experience in diversity and inclusion (D&I), including in program development, primary research, clinical practice, consulting and enterprise strategic planning. For five years she was a global D&I leader at IKEA, building the function from scratch and creating its companywide D&I strategy and matrix network of 40+ country leaders. She is passionate about using the power of organizations to move the equity agenda forward in order to make meaningful change across communities.

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Tie Wang-Jones, dual Ph.D.
Global Digital Transformation Leader
IKEA
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As a global digital transformation leader with IKEA, Tie Wang-Jones works to build out the digital organization within the company across the world. She has a dual Ph.D. in business psychology and clinical psychology, and loves to nerd out on applied statistics research to help the business make data-informed decisions. Tie has 10+ years of experience in diversity and inclusion (D&I), including in program development, primary research, clinical practice, consulting and enterprise strategic planning. For five years she was a global D&I leader at IKEA, building the function from scratch and creating its companywide D&I strategy and matrix network of 40+ country leaders. She is passionate about using the power of organizations to move the equity agenda forward in order to make meaningful change across communities.

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Thursday, September 24, 2020 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Regina Petty, Esq.
Partner
Fisher Phillips
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Regina Petty is a partner in the San Diego and Los Angeles offices of Fisher Phillips. She practices in state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels and is experienced in multi-district and class-action litigation. Regina advises employers and public agency boards and handles litigation for private and public employers. She successfully argued Jones v. The Lodge at Torrey Pines Partnership, (2008) 42 Cal.4th 1158, before the California Supreme Court, a case noted on Bender's California Labor & Employment Bulletin's top 10 list of most significant cases and trends for the Fair Employment and Housing Act's 50th anniversary.

Regina is a past president of the San Diego County Bar Association and a former member of the board of directors of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. She is "AV" peer-review rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been listed in San Diego Super Lawyers every year since its inaugural issue. She has been named one of the Los Angeles Daily Journal's Top 75 Women Litigators in California and one of the San Diego Daily Transcript's Top Ten Attorneys in both the labor and employment and business litigation categories.

Regina is also a recipient of the San Diego Business Journal's Women Who Mean Business Award, and she was honored by the Stanford University Black Community Services Center with its Legacy Award.

 
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Allison West, Esq., SHRM-SCP, AWI-CH
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Principal
Employment Practices Specialists
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For over 20 years, Allison West has used her employment law background in delivering customized workplace training, conducting investigations, coaching executives/managers, serving as an expert witness, and specializing in conflict resolution and facilitated discussions to create more collaborative work environments. 

Allison is a top-rated speaker at the SHRM Annual Conference as well as other HR/diversity conferences, and is a national expert on harassment, discrimination and investigations. She has appeared on PBS, CBS This Morning and in O Magazine discussing workplace harassment issues. 

She is a member of the State Bar of California and holds her SHRM-SCP certification and AWI-CH (investigation) certificate.

 

 

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Regina Petty, Esq.
Partner
Fisher Phillips
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Regina Petty is a partner in the San Diego and Los Angeles offices of Fisher Phillips. She practices in state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels and is experienced in multi-district and class-action litigation. Regina advises employers and public agency boards and handles litigation for private and public employers. She successfully argued Jones v. The Lodge at Torrey Pines Partnership, (2008) 42 Cal.4th 1158, before the California Supreme Court, a case noted on Bender's California Labor & Employment Bulletin's top 10 list of most significant cases and trends for the Fair Employment and Housing Act's 50th anniversary.

Regina is a past president of the San Diego County Bar Association and a former member of the board of directors of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. She is "AV" peer-review rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been listed in San Diego Super Lawyers every year since its inaugural issue. She has been named one of the Los Angeles Daily Journal's Top 75 Women Litigators in California and one of the San Diego Daily Transcript's Top Ten Attorneys in both the labor and employment and business litigation categories.

Regina is also a recipient of the San Diego Business Journal's Women Who Mean Business Award, and she was honored by the Stanford University Black Community Services Center with its Legacy Award.

 
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