8:30 am - Welcome

Erik C. Smith

Managing Member,

Inclusivity, LLC

Duggan Cooley

CEO,

Pinellas Community Foundation

8:45 am - The Daily Conundrum: Navigating Conversations With Polarized Perspectives

Andrew Brower, Panelist

Program Officer,

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

James Peterson, Ph.D., Panelist

Writer, Educator, and Consultant

Lynda Gonzales-Chavez, Panelist

Senior Vice President/Chief Diversity, Inclusion and Global Officer,

YMCA of the USA (Y-USA)

9:45 am - How to Educate on Equity With Anti-Woke Legislation Looming?

Brian Auld, Panelist

President, Tampa Bay Rays

Dawn Siler-Nixon, Panelist,

DEI Partner

Ford Harrison, LLP

Nadine Smith, Panelist

President, Equality Florida

10:45 am - How do your Dimensions of Diversity Impact Effective Engagement within D&I?

Whitney Booze, Panelist

Award Winning Diversity and Inclusion Leader & Practitioner

Daniel Gibson, Panelist

Regional Vice-President Miami-Dade,

Allegany Franciscan Ministries

Andres E. Gonzalez, Panelist

VP Community Engagement & Chief Diversity Officer,

Froedtert Health

12:00 pm Self-Care Sessions / Lunch Hour

1:00 pm - Psychology and Safety: Creating and Maintaining Safe Workplaces & Communities

Marcia Alvarado, Panelist

PE, Structural Market Leader & JEDI Council Leader,

WGI

Clarence Eng, Panelist

Owner,

Kimley-Horn

Phillip Laws, Panelist

CEO,

Laws Consulting Group

2:00 pm - The Misplaced Hero: When “Woke” Goes Wrong

Matt Armstrong, Panelist

Director of Planning & Development,

St. Pete Distillery

Mo Cowan, Panelist

Chief Legal & External Affairs Officer,

Devoted Health, Inc.

Jennifer Yeagley, Panelist

CEO,

St. Pete Free Clinic

3:00 pm - Lateral Aggression: Changing the Paradigm of Divide and Conquer

Cal Jackson, Panelist

EDI Practitioner

Dra. Luz Randolph, Panelist

Sr. VP and Executive Director,

City Year Baton Rouge

Dr. Nadia Sasso, Panelist

Adjunct Professor Africana Studies/ Philosophy,

Moravian College

 

3:50 pm - Closing

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