If you’re looking to expand your audience’s perspectives, challenge their assumptions, and teach them something new, diversity, equity and inclusion speakers are the way to go. These talented individuals bring their unique experiences and wisdom to the table, shedding light on important issues that affect us all. From workshops on unconscious bias to keynotes on the power of diversity in the workplace, the diversity, equity and inclusion speakers are here to inspire, educate, and motivate you to take action. 

So, if you’re ready to embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion, don’t miss out on the opportunity to hear from some of the most dynamic and insightful speakers around.

Top diversity, equity and inclusion speakers: 

Wema Hoover
Wema Hoover is a diversity, equity and inclusion speaker who has dedicated her career to serving as a catalyst for change and as a transformational leader.  Her expertise centers on diversity, equity, & inclusion, authentic leadership and women’s empowerment with a reputation for creating systemic organizational change into people, processes, and products on a global scale. As a trusted C-suite and board-level advisor, Wema has leveraged her background leading global DEI efforts for companies like Google, Pfizer, Sanofi, and Bristol-Myers Squibb to help inform and guide corporate leadership through evolving corporate culture, creating inclusive work environments and integrating DEI and sustainability to build high performance organizations and drive business results.

Marcus Collins
From Budweiser to Beyonce, McDonald’s to Google, Marcus Collins has been the architect behind some of the most famous ad campaigns of the last decade. When he’s not helping blue chip brands create contagious marketing ideas as Chief Strategy Officer at award-winning agency, Wieden+Kennedy, appearing on the TED stage, writing a column for Adweek or releasing a much-anticipated new book, he is shaping the next generation of marketers as a marketing professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. A celebrated expert on cultural contagion, meaning-making, brand strategy, and consumer behavior, Marcus shows audiences in any industry or profession how to harness the power of culture to get others to share your vision and most of all, take action.

Tsedal Neeley 
Tsedal Neeley is a diversity, equity and inclusion speaker, business thought leader, and a Professor at the Harvard Business School. Her 2022 co-authored book, The Digital Mindset: What It Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI helps companies and leaders see, think, and act in new ways. 

Bonin Bough 
Called “a force of nature” on the speaking stage, Bonin Bough is one of the most awarded (Advertising Hall of Fame inductee, Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in the Business,” Fortune’s 40 under 40, Ebony’s Power 100, and more) branding and marketing trailblazers in the world. During his storied career, he has been responsible for some of the most successful organizational transformations and the rapid growth of many of the world’s most-loved billion dollar brands, including Oreo, Cadbury’s, Gatorade, Frito-Lay, and others. Attendees leave with more than the practical tools for driving growth, innovation, and culture change. Bonin’s contagious evangelism is a catalyst for breaking old processes and building innovation mindsets—unlocking growth in ways you may have never before thought possible.

Risha Grant 
Risha Grant is a top diversity, equity and inclusion speaker, founder & CEO of Risha Grant LLC, an award-winning diversity consulting and communications firm, and author of That’s BS! How Bias Synapse Disrupts Inclusive Cultures. Through her interactive keynotes and deep-dive training sessions, Risha teaches and empowers attendees with D&I tools to increase their bottom line.

Omar Johnson 
Omar Johnson is a top diversity, equity and inclusion speaker, entrepreneur, former CMO at Beats by Dre, and former VP Marketing at Apple. Adweek named Johnson a “Brand Genius,” and Business Insider named him one of the “Most Innovative CMO’s.”

Chaunte Lowe 
Chaunté Lowe is the story of determination, perseverance, and strength.  Not only is Lowe a mother of 3, a wife, and a business owner; she is also a professional athlete, an American Record Holder, a 4-time Olympian, a 3-Time World Championship medalist, and 12 times US National Champion. She has been in high demand since she decided to train for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics while undergoing chemotherapy and a double mastectomy for breast cancer. Her resilience is impactful in her own life, and to those who hear her speak.

Kwame Christian 
A business attorney and CEO of the American Negotiation Institute (ANI), Kwame Christian took his place among the world’s top negotiation experts when his TEDx talk went viral, spurring his bestselling books, Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life and How to Have Difficult Conversations About Race: Practical Tools for Necessary Change in the Workplace and Beyond, as well as Negotiate Anything, the  #1 negotiation podcast in the world. Defining negotiation as “any conversation in which somebody in the conversation wants something,” Kwame has worked with the Fortune 500 to apply the fundamentals of negotiation to virtually all aspects of corporate success. He has also helped thousands, from all walks of life, acquire a negotiation mindset that can be applied to universal situations, conflicts, and difficult conversations. As Kwame is frequently quoted, “The best things in life are on the other side of difficult conversations.”

Robin Hauser 
Robin Hauser is an Unconscious Bias and diversity, equity and inclusion speaker, TED speaker, and award-winning director of documentary films at Finish Line Features. Her most recent documentary, $avvy, (2021) contemplates the historical, cultural, and societal norms around women and money and explores why it’s critical for women to take an active role in managing personal finance. Robin is also a diplomat for the American Film Showcase and speaks about unconscious bias, the importance of diversity and inclusion, and on behalf of women’s rights at the White House, NASA, SXSW, Google, Amazon, and worldwide.

Cynthia Marshall 
Cynthia is a top diversity, equity and inclusion speaker and the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks. Prior to her joining the Mavs, Cynt founded Marshalling Resources, a consulting firm specializing in Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion, Culture Transformation, and overall optimization of people resources. Upon the company naming its first Chief Inclusion Officer in June 2017, Cynt worked with The Dow Chemical Company to develop and implement a strategy for institutionalizing an inclusive culture.

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