Bavarde Speakers

After over 20 years of service in the US Army, I love that I was able to transition my military career with a company that shares the same values and vision for equality.

Ayo Owodunni is a management consultant who is passionate about helping immigrants soar. He is a City Councilor in the city of Kitchener in Canada

Chris' DE&I's journey began with social activism (imagine a long-haired blond hippie Viet Nam war protester). It moved to empathy as several of my close friends died of AIDS in the 1980s when we didn’t know what it was, how it was transmitted and if there would ever be a cure. And this continued till date.

After going from a stay-at-home-mom to award-winning activist filmmaker, Top 100 podcaster and to sought-after international speaker, Denise Soler Cox uses her experience to produce inspiring content that sparks meaningful and transformative dialog.

Chief Talent Strategist with Bavarde Talent Solutions

Talent Acquisition and DEI professional (Acceleration Community of Companies (ACC) ) with a proven track record of leading transformational diversity staffing efforts and managing complex recruitment with an emphasis on top-tiered

Ngozi is a Mental Health & Leadership Expert, a dynamic and highly trained Psychotherapist, a Business Coach, a qualified Senior Social Worker, and experienced CEO and Founder

Rashadd speaks about University Relations, Talent Acquisition, Diversity & Inclusion and Change Management

Amber is a seasoned professional with 15+ years of experience humanizing organizational culture and optimizing talent.

Brandon is a Regional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisor with Insight Global. He talks about all things DE&I

Danielle is very focused on eliminating discrimination and inequalities. She speaks for the minorities.

Diana is a proven people champion and change catalyst with five years of success in employee relations, training strategy, operations evaluation, design, facilitation, and management of learning programs. She enjoys building healthy, resilient, inclusive, and sustainable cultures for employers and employees.

As a Manager of Marketplace Diversity Solutions (MDS) at TEKsystems, John helps clients recruit and retain qualified candidates from historically marginalized populations.

Lydia leads a team of 3 managers and 24 sellers, who fuel our world-class top-of-funnel engine. She talks about creating a workplace that celebrates both the masculine and feminine point of view.

Noeli is committed to providing Latinx-owned businesses skilled, diligent and ethical corporate legal services.

Andy is a social impact consultant driving transformational systemic change for organizations across industry, vertical, size, geography, and organizational structure. His background is in human development and psychology, inclusion and equity consulting, nonprofit scaling, entertainment, mental health, education, and impact measurement.

Finding the purple squirrels with strategic outreach, relationship & trust building and pipeline development. Program and initiatives implementation based on organizational business needs and candidate wants to create a win-win situation for all stakeholders.

Deborah is a Public Health professional with experience in facilitating health promotion and disease prevention by providing support to meet diverse needs in program support.

Dr. Spriha is a Strategy and Operations professional, passionate about driving healthcare innovation towards superior clinical outcomes. She is known for integrating her MBA strategies on Health, Technology, and Innovation with prior experience at health technology and digital therapeutics start-up, She is a Business Strategist with over eight years of clinical and research experience across India and the United States.

Kobena is passionate about helping companies create environments where all employees can bring their truest authentic selves to work every day!

Michelle is a Strategy Coach & Writer for creatives and she is passionate about empowering people to build a sustainable business around their desired lifestyle, without giving in to the grind of hustle culture.

Olubukunola Oyedele is a Researcher with 10 years’ experience combining a quantitative and qualitative research background with project management skills to approach complex problems and produce solutions.