I specialize in the field of human development and social and emotional intelligence. After developing educational programs for those with developmental disabilities and seeing the power of social and emotional intelligence—I applied the insights I discovered to the general population, spurring people from all walks of life.

Jonathan Mayes is Senior Vice President of External Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer for Albertsons Companies. Albertsons is one of America’s largest grocery and pharmacy chains. It operates over 2,300 stores, under 20 different banners, in 35 states and D.C. The company employs 270,000 individuals. Mr. Mayes is an accomplished speaker and frequent lecturer at conferences around the U.S., and at colleges such as UC Berkeley Haas School of Business; USC Marshall School of Business, Portland State University, Cal State Hayward, and Willamette University.

As Senior Director of Executive Leadership, Tom works with executives and leaders to implement organizational performance strategies that increase engagement and well-being through a strengths-based approach.

Bourgeois is a renowned and respected authority on leadership development, change management and workplace transformation. She is a bestselling author, speaker and coach. And she is a teacher at heart. Trudy believes that when people can learn and grow, they can achieve. Which ultimately empowers them to LEAD!

Latasha Gillespie is the Executive Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Amazon Studios. Her role is to build mechanisms to improve the diversity and inclusion of content, creatives and the ecosystem across Amazon Studios. Latasha’s scope is global, and she travels the world sharing inspirational messages of leadership and inclusion based on her 20+ years of experience. Prior to this role, Latasha led the Global Diversity and Inclusion Organization across Amazon Corporate. She is credited for the company’s participation in the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Partnership Challenge and leading the creation of Amazon’s first Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) conference.