2025 Colloquium Presentations

Thursday, February 27, 2025

4:00 p.m. Welcome and Introductions
Speakers: Tara Giunta, Partner & Co-Lead, ESG, Paul Hastings LLP
. Irene Natividad, President, GlobeWomen Research & Education Institute

4:15 p.m. Election 2025 Analysis and DEI Impact
Moderator: Irene Natividad, President, GlobeWomen Research & Education Institute
Speaker: Celinda Lake, President, Lake Research Partners (View Presentation)
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4:45 p.m. Where is America on DEI?
Moderator: Denise Rutherford, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Velcro Companies
Speakers: Chris Jackson, Vice President of Polling, IPSOS (View Presentation)
. Daniel Costa, Director for Immigration Law & Policy Research, Economic Policy Institute (View Presentation)

5:30 p.m. Finding Opportunity in Adversity
Moderator: Kellie Molin-Kenol, Former Vice President & Global Head of Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Endo
Speakers: Dr. Iris Bohnet, Albert Pratt Professor of Business & Government, Kennedy School, Harvard University

6:30 p.m. Dinner Roundtables: Re-engaging and Energizing Workers in the New Work Reality

* Group I Host: Ingrid Jacobs, Vice President, Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Flagstar Bank
* Group II Host: Shane Lloyd, Executive Leader, Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging & Social Impact, Baker Tilly
* Group III Host: Subarna Malakar, Vice President, Diverstiy, Equity & Inclulsion, Sanofi North America & Global Special Care

Friday, February 28, 2025

8:00 a.m. Breakfast Networking

8:30 a.m. Outcomes from Dinner Roundtables

Moderator: Irene Natividad, President, GWREI
Roundtable Chairs: Ingrid Jacobs, Shane Lloyd & Subarna Malakar

9:00 a.m. Voices of Men in the Changed Work Arena
Moderator: Jose Campi Portaluppi, Director of Communications & Advocacy, Equimundo
Speakers: Ebosele Ayewoh, Lead Business Intelligence & Data Visualization Engineer, Johns Hopkins University
. Christopher Silayan Devore, Senior Manager, Legislative Affairs, Alliance of Community Health Plans
. Noel Klingler, Assistant Research Scientist, Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, Univ. of Maryland/NASA
. Victor Yang, Chief Government Affairs Officer, National Asian Pacific Center on Aging

10:00 a.m. Expanding the DEI Constituency
Moderator: Angela Guy, Former SVP and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, L'Oreal USA
Speakers: Jose Campi Portaluppi, Director of Communications & Advocacy, Equimundo (View Presentation)
. Nick Iadivaio, Vice President, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, L’Oreal (View Presentation)

11:00 a.m. Update on Legal Strageties
Moderator: Umran Beba, Partner, August Leadership Group
Speakers: Ken Gage, Partner & Vice Chair of Employment Law, Paul Hastings LLP

11:30 p.m. The Case for Rebranding DEI-Articulating a Different Narrative
Moderator: Denise Evans, Former Vice President, Business Partner Development, IBM
Speakers: Kendall Seketa, Vice President, New Product Strategy, Gravity Research (View Presentation)
. Rebecca J. Anderson, Senior Fellow, McKinsey Global Institute and Associate Partner, McKinsey

2:00 p.m. AI's Impact of the Workplace and DEI Practice
Moderator: George-Axelle Broussillon Matschinga, Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Sephora
Speakers: Doug Melville, CEO, Jodie AI
. Denise Evans, Former Vice President, Business Partner Development, IBM (View Presentation)
. Alejandro Roark,Former Chief, Federal Communications Commission Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (View Presentation)