
Diya Wynn
Emerging Technologies & Intelligent Platforms
Amazon Web Services
Allyship and Intersectionality: Digging Deeper into Race, Ethnicity and Culture
Racial diversity in the workplace – from recruiting to hiring to promoting people of color – continues to move at an unimpressive pace. And a primary reason for this lack of progress is lack of allyship. In fact, recent Catalyst data reports 68% of people of color are on guard to protect against bias – racial microaggressions and “everyday” or “passive” racism – and unfair treatment within their work teams, with most reporting they are on guard specifically because of their race or ethnicity.
What will it really take to change the picture? Learn how we can all make an impact as Diya tackles racial inequity in the workplace, address the ethnic and cultural biases at play, and provide us all with practical tips to make a difference in the workplace, one ally at a time.
ABOUT DIYA WYNN
Dr. Hope Zoeller is Founder and President of HOPE (Helping Other People Excel), LLC, a firm that specializes in facilitating leader success at every level of an organization. For over 15 years of her professional career, Dr. Zoeller worked at UPS in various roles including Customer Service, Training and Development and Employee Relations. For the past 17 years, she has been consulting with organizations on leadership development. Dr. Zoeller is also a Professor at Spalding University instructing in the Master of Business Communication program. She has a Doctorate in Leadership Education from Spalding University, a Master of Education in Training and Development from the University of Louisville and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Psychology from Bellarmine University. Hope co-authored with Dr. Joe DeSensi HOPE for Leaders Unabridged Volume 1 and just recently released Volume 2…HOPE for Leaders in the 2020s.

Mainstage and Keynote Speakers
Mainstage Conversation and Panel

BRAD JOHNSON & DAVID SMITH
Former naval officers and co-authors of Athena Rising and The Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace
- State of Allyship-In-Action Conversation
- Creating Change - Allyship In The Workplace
Interactive Keynote

KIM GRAHAM LEE & JEFFREY TOBIAS HALTER
IWL Foundation CEO, gender strategist and President of YWomen.
- Foundations of Allyship
Breakout Sessions
Learn from our subject matter experts as they build upon the information shared in the morning “Foundations of Allyship” session to address the nuanced behaviors experienced by, and practice of allyship to, specific gender and intersectional groups. All breakouts will cover information specific to the group being addressed: