Bio: Jennifer Newton is the founder and CEO of the National Association of Black Compliance & Risk Management Professionals, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the professional development and career advancement of Black compliance and risk professionals. Previously, she served as a Federal Financial Services Regulator and as an attorney in the private sector advising on banking and consumer compliance matters. With her combined experience in the federal government, law firm, and in-house compliance roles, Jennifer offers an uncommonly broad range and depth of compliance expertise in banking and financial service matters.

Well-respected by her peers, Jennifer has been featured in publications such as Compliance Week, Law360, Daily Business Review, American Banker, the Wall Street Journal, Bankrate, and JDSupra and she regularly speaks at prominent industry conferences. Jennifer was named by Legacy Magazine as one of South Florida's Most Powerful and Influential Black Leaders and selected for inclusion in the National Black Lawyers’ “Top 40 under 40” in Banking and Finance in 2016, 2017 and 2018. She is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and an alumnus of Leadership Florida’s Connect Class VIII and the Florida Bar William Reece Smith Jr. Leadership Academy Class V. Very active in her community and bar associations, Jennifer currently serves as an adjunct professor at Nova Southeastern Shepard Broad College of Law, and as a board member of the Opa-Locka Community Development Corporation and the Community Justice Project. She also previously served as Chair of the American Bar Association Consumer Financial Services Pro Bono Committee and the Chair of the CLE and Social Media Subcommittees of the Florida Bar Consumer Protection Law Standing Committee.

Bio: Alison Hinds-Pearl is Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Assistant General Counsel at Revlon. She is responsible for the Company’s global Ethics and Compliance Program, Labor and Employment, Data Privacy, Cybersecurity and Physical Security.Bio: Alison Hinds-Pearl is Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Assistant General Counsel at Revlon. She is responsible for the Company’s global Ethics and Compliance Program, Labor and Employment, Data Privacy, Cybersecurity and Physical Security.
Prior to joining Revlon, Alison successfully held various legal, compliance and business roles in the public and private sectors. Alison started her career as a prosecutor with the Office of the District Attorney, Bronx County, New York. The trial experience and investigatory skills she acquired as a prosecutor prepared Alison for success as a civil litigator with a healthcare boutique law firm in NYC.After several years in private practice, Alison embarked upon a new career path in the corporate sector. She served as in-house counsel with Quest Diagnostics, managing litigation and providing regulatory compliance advice. Alison leveraged this experience to take on various leadership roles in the business as well as in the Legal and Compliance departments with Bayer Corporation. Alison’s comprehensive legal and compliance experience in the highly regulated healthcare industry laid the foundation for her successful tenure in the financial services industry, leading Mastercard’s North America Anti-Corruption Compliance Program.
Alison earned her law degree from Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington, Indiana, and her undergraduate degree in Literature from American University in Washington, D.C.
Alison volunteers her time to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Rye Country Day School in Rye, NY. She and her husband are proud parents of their teenaged son who attends Rye Country Day and is an avid hockey player on the school’s hockey team.

Bio: Lisa Beth Lentini Walker, JD, MBA, LLM is the CEO of Lumen Worldwide Endeavors, a firm specializing in compliance, governance and ethics consulting as well as executive coaching to improve performance and well-being. She holds certifications in compliance and ethics (CCEP), corporate governance (CCGP) and diversity, equity and inclusion. As a consultant, she has advised companies across the globe including in the financial services, healthcare, travel, retail, apparel and consumer goods industries. She is an adjunct professor of law in the US and Europe. Lisa Beth also holds a certification in health and wellness (NBC-HWC). Lisa Beth is a skilled global business partner that has led award winning legal and compliance departments within large public corporations and privately held enterprises.
She has held corporate secretarial, legal, compliance, ethics, governance and risk positions as an attorney at Best Buy (a Fortune 50 corporation), as the compliance leader of CWT a global travel company operating in 150 countries and as the corporate secretary, chief compliance officer and co-chair of the risk council at a NYSE-listed corporation. Lisa Beth also served with US Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC, in the Divisions of Corporation Finance and Enforcement. She delights in the art of possibility. In her free time, she is an advisory board member to a womens fashion startup, Alice Riot, serves on the board of Stages Theatre (a childrens theatre) in Hopkins, MN and is a member of the board of directors for SCCE/HCCA. Lisa Beth is the co-author of the book, Raise Your Game, Not Your Voice: How Listening, Communicating and Storytelling Shape Compliance Program Influence.

Bio: Tracey L. Anthony is the Chief Compliance Officer for Crane Worldwide Logistics. Mrs. Anthony has managed and supported many areas of the supply chain industry both as an exporter/importer and an overall 3rd party service provider.  Her successes include helping create strong global trade compliance programs across regions of the world as well as training and developing top performers within the industry today.  As a strategic operational executive with extensive trade compliance management experience, Mrs. Anthony is a recognized speaker at collegiate and industry venues.  She is a member of the Import Export Institute as a Certified Compliance Officer and Empowered Official.  Currently, Mrs. Anthony focuses on Global Trade Compliance –helping Crane Worldwide companies and its clients meet the rules, restrictions and protocol of international shipping. She has overall responsibility of risk for global Trade, FCPA (Anti-corruption programs) and Anti-Trust and Competition law for Crane Worldwide companies.

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As Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Governance, Rochelle Ford has executive responsibility for public policy advocacy, external communications, and management of corporate governance, including providing support to the Board of Trustees and the USRA Council of Institutions, which includes representatives from each of USRA’s 114 member universities. She will also serve as USRA’s Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer (CECO) and Chair of USRA’s Executive Compliance Committee (ECC). 

Ms. Ford brings extensive experience to USRA spanning service in all the three branches of government, the private sector, and the District of Columbia.   

Prior to joining USRA, she served as the Director of Government Ethics at the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability in Washington, D.C. She is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional. 

In previous positions, she served as an Attorney-Advisor with the Department of Justice’s Departmental Ethics Office, where she advised senior agency officials on compliance with federal ethics laws and regulations, among other duties.

Before she joined the DOJ, she served as non-partisan Counsel to the United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics, where she investigated allegations of ethical misconduct, advised Senate Members and staff on compliance with federal ethics and political laws and regulations, and regularly provided ethics training to the Senate community.

She practiced at a Washington D.C. law firm, WilmerHale, for several years, where she represented clients in complex litigation matters and conducted investigations in response to regulatory inquiries. In addition, Ms. Ford teaches law students and undergraduates ethics and accountability at the University of Pennsylvania Law school and at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy.

Ms. Ford holds an A.B. from Duke University, a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

Bio: Reginald (Reggie) Parker serves as the Director, Program Governance, U.S. Health & Wellness Compliance for Walmart Inc. He oversees a full range of senior governance, risk, and compliance leadership functions from strategic planning to risk assessment, process improvement, and project management. Previously, Reggie was Director, Ethics & Compliance serving as the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer for Walmart’s West Division. Bio: Reginald (Reggie) Parker serves as the Director, Program Governance, U.S. Health & Wellness Compliance for Walmart Inc. He oversees a full range of senior governance, risk, and compliance leadership functions from strategic planning to risk assessment, process improvement, and project management. Previously, Reggie was Director, Ethics & Compliance serving as the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer for Walmart’s West Division. 
Reggie serves as a founding board member and Interim Chairperson of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Black Compliance & Risk Management Professionals. He served for 24 years in the United States Air Force, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Reggie holds a Master of Laws in Intellectual Property from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Juris Doctor from Texas Southern University. He has completed the Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership from Duke University and the Black Leaders Program, Stanford University-Graduate School of Business. Reggie is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and is a Certified Compliance Ethics Professional (CCEP).

Bio: Imani Jaafar, Lead Risk Consultant, Enterprise Risk Management at Target, helps protect Target by identifying, assessing, and managing a portfolio of top strategic, financial, operational, and reputational risks the company faces. Imani also serves as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Minnesota. Imani is also a diversity trainer focused on teaching professionals how to disrupt bias when working with Muslim communities both locally and nationally. Previously, Imani was a Director in the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights where she built risk and compliance programs that included risk monitoring, auditing, and oversight focused on equitable outcomes as well as leading investigative work across the city enterprise. Imani was also as a housing staff attorney at Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance, an Assistant Ramsey County Public Defender, a private attorney specializing in both Islamic estate planning and criminal defense, and a law clerk in Minnesota’s Fourth Judicial District. Her current community involvement includes serving as a board member and vice chair for Minnesota Landmarks and serving as a board member and committee chair for Global Rights for Women.   

Bio: Marshall Lin is currently the Senior Manager - Compliance at Target Corporation.  In this role, he leads the team responsible for programs focused on product compliance, including requirements regarding salability, storage, disposal, and marketing.  Marshall has also supported other compliance programs at Target, including privacy, licensing, and adult beverage.  Marshall is a lawyer, graduating in 2005 from Hamline Law School in St. Paul, Minnesota and served 12 years as Compliance Counsel for a regional insurance company.   

Bio: JoQuese has been with Medtronic for 14 years and is currently the Chief of Staff and the Sr. Director of Global Compliance Programs & Governance. In these roles she is responsible for the overall global programming and governance aspects for the Office of Ethics & Compliance. JoQuese has her BS in Biomedical Science from Auburn University (2006), completed her MBA focused on Health Care Management (2010), and completed her Doctor of Health Administration degree from Capella University in 2019. JoQuese also received her Advance Healthcare Compliance Certificate from Seton Hall in 2021.Bio: JoQuese has been with Medtronic for 14 years and is currently the Chief of Staff and the Sr. Director of Global Compliance Programs & Governance. In these roles she is responsible for the overall global programming and governance aspects for the Office of Ethics & Compliance. JoQuese has her BS in Biomedical Science from Auburn University (2006), completed her MBA focused on Health Care Management (2010), and completed her Doctor of Health Administration degree from Capella University in 2019. JoQuese also received her Advance Healthcare Compliance Certificate from Seton Hall in 2021.
JoQuese started her career in sales and quickly moved into leadership roles in the sales organization and transitioned to the compliance function in 2016. She has had the opportunity to lead teams in risk management assessments, create innovative and strategic programs to enable business growth, and deploy various ethical culture programs within the organization to keep ethical culture top of mind.
JoQuese has the pleasure to serve on the San Antonio Boys & Girls Club and San Antonio Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Board of Directors where she is the chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Committees for both boards. She is also the Chair for the National Association of Black Compliance & Risk Management Professionals Corporate Advisory Board. In this capacity she works to assist the Board of Directors and Leadership Executive team with developing and implementing strategies to enable growth of the organization.
She is addicted to Orangetheory and is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. She lives in San Antonio with her husband and two daughters.

Bio: Tyler Walker is a Team Lead of Sales Development at ComplianceLine, which provides Ethics solutions to small, medium and large organizations. Before joining ComplianceLine, Tyler was a consultant to Fortune 1000 organizations with a focus on organizational design, supplier diversity and Women Minority Business Enterprises at PSM Workforce.

He is a firm believer in "Hard Workers Work Hard, And Networkers Move Up!" Recently, Tyler founded The EightyOne Collaborative which is a connection agency that connects diverse perspectives from around the world to collaborate on business opportunities.

In 2020 he supported the Supply Chain and Procurement project for the launch of the International Slumber Party, a virtual experience for 10,000 young women of color globally. Tyler continues to support people and organizations by sharing information and connecting his diverse network. His ability to connect the dots and the people make him a valuable asset.

Outside of work Tyler is a National Champion Racecar driver amounting over 1000 wins in his career. Aside from driving, Tyler is involved with growing diverse interest in motorsports most recently working with Akinori Ogata who is the first  Japanese born driver to win a NASCAR sanctioned event.

Tyler graduated from Niagara University, with a B.S. in Marketing in 2017. He also has a certificate in International Business from Foreign Trade University Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam where he studied in 2016. Tyler has been involved in multiple clubs and organizations including International Relations as a Peer Mentor, Multicultural Relations and Habitat for Humanity.

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Gero Feaman is responsible for coordinating Securian Financial  Services’ compliance training and educational outreach efforts as well  as managing Securian Financial Services’ branch office examination  program. Gero helps reinforce and support a culture of compliance  within Securian Financial’s nationwide distribution network. 

Experience 

Gero joined Securian Financial Services in 2005 and has held various  roles in Operations, Financial Management, Corporate Audit and  Compliance. Before starting his current role in 2022, Gero served  for six years as a compliance liaison between Securian Financial  Services’ home office compliance team and compliance leaders in  the distribution field force. Before Securian, Gero served six years on  active duty in the United States Air Force as a linguist. 

Education 

• Bachelor of Arts in History, magna cum laude, Harvard University • Master of Business Administration, University of St. Thomas

Bio: Alita T. Wingfield is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and the Head of Compliance Training.  Alita joined the firm in 2004 as a Director in the Legal and Compliance Division (LCD) and later served as the Head of Non-Market Risk at Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., before returning to LCD to join Compliance.  She was named Vice President in 2005, Executive Director in 2011, and Managing Director in 2021. 

Before joining Morgan Stanley, Alita was a litigation associate in the New York City office of Paul Weiss.  Alita graduated from Spelman College, summa cum laude, with a B.A. in Political Science in 1994.  She also holds a J.D. from Howard University School of Law, cum laude and an LL.M. in Trial Advocacy, cum laude, from Temple University Beasley School of Law.  She resides in Burlington, NJ with her husband, Eddie, and their four children.

Alita is a member of the Legal and Compliance Division Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee and the past Co-Chair of the Division’s Diversity and Inclusion Network. She is also an incoming Co-Chair of the Firm’s Black Employee Network Group.  In recognition of her past diversity and inclusion efforts, Alita was awarded the 2013 New York City Bar Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award and the 2013 Corporate Counsel Women of Color Individual Star Diversity Award of Excellence.  In 2021, she was also awarded the  Council of Urban Professionals Law Catalyst Award.

Alita is currently a Corporate Advisory Board Member of the National Association of Black Compliance & Risk Management Professionals and a Trustee at Doane Academy - a pre-K through 12 Episcopal independent school - where two of her four children are students

Bio: Loan is a Lead Engineer at Target, managing the compliance program for Target Owned Brand products such as personal care, cleaning, and baby products.  She has over 15 year of experience in product innovation, quality, and commercialization.  In her tenure, she holds several record of inventions, won awards for her outstanding performance, and has launched many products in the industrial space.  She enjoys applying her creative side to build partnerships and manage a sustainable compliance program.  Throughout Loan's career, her priority has always been mentoring people and she is passionate about helping individuals to find their strengths, build networks, and find new opportunities.

Bio: Blessing is a Vice President at Fidelity Investments. She has 29+ years of experience in global technology and operational roles, leading complex multi-system, cross-functional process improvement initiatives using various software development methodologies, including Agile. Her career spans multiple consulting and leadership roles in technology and business operations.
Blessing earned her bachelor’s degree in Computer Studies from Southbank University in London, and her Executive MBA from the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business. She is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), American Software Testing Qualifications Board (ASTQB) Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) and is Test Process Improvement (TPI) certified.
Blessing is currently part of Fidelity’s Enterprise Compliance team, where she leads the Ethics Office’s Outside Business Activities, Political Law Compliance, Gifts and Entertainment, and Personal Conflicts of Interest compliance programs. Prior to joining the Ethics Office, she worked in Fidelity’s Corporate Technology Group, where she was the Product Manager for employee compliance applications owned by the Ethics Office. Blessing partnered with Ethics Office and technology development leaders to define the technology strategy, roadmap, and multiyear implementation plan. Her technical and other transferable skills enabled her to transition to Enterprise Compliance and successfully lead the transformation of the policies, procedures, and applications for her compliance programs.
Blessing is recognized as an authentic leader, passionate about connecting with people and learning about their background in a meaningful way, and helping others. She enjoys mentoring and being mentored. She is part of Fidelity’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee for Enterprise Compliance and is also a member of Fidelity’s Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), Aspire (Fidelity’s Latinx and Black ERG) and the Women’s Leadership Group.
Previously, Blessing has led technology analysis, development and testing teams, defining capabilities, and delivering complex initiatives. In her role as a technical program manager, she was responsible for creating business cases, multi-year planning, budgeting, recruitment, KPI and communication. She was the Product Owner for a fund reference application to enhance organizational capabilities to manage, interpret and utilize reference data to provide a consolidated reference database, application, and reporting system. She also led an operational Data Management and Governance team responsible for accurate and timely sourcing, definition, and management of security reference data for fund and security trading.
Prior to joining Fidelity in 2007, Blessing held a variety of consulting, business analysis, and project management positions in financial services, consumer products, telecommunications, and the travel industry. She started her career in London as a business analyst and consultant working for an international Customer Relationship Management (CRM) vendor implementing call/contact center CRM solutions. Her clients in many European cities included leading brands in the industry. Blessing harnessed successful processes from the implementations and built a business analysis consulting practice in the UK. She was quickly promoted to a manager and was asked to relocate to the USA to build the North American business analysis practice. She successfully built a virtual team of business analysis consultants while delivering over 15 workflow enabled CRM solutions for leading brands in the US and Canada.
Blessing has worked in Europe, Canada, and the US. She currently resides in Texas, with her husband and son.

Bio: Tarica Clarke is the Co-Chair of the BSA|AML Committee of the National Association of Black Compliance & Risk Professionals (NABCRMP). Tarica is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in Anti Money Laundering, Compliance, Bank Secrecy Act and Sanctions. Tarica has proven success and an unrelenting passion for training, developing, and mentoring talented individuals to lead them to their fullest potential.  Throughout her career she has helped in the creation and implementation of policies and procedures in risk, compliance for the banking/finance industry including but not limited to the, Money Service Businesses, Virtual Currency, Investment Banking and Capital Markets. Tarica further holds her Certified Anti Money Laundering Certification (CAMS) and is a member of the ACAMS Carolinas Chapter. As a first-generation immigrant Tarica draws from her lived experiences to help forge DEI initiatives and representation in professional spaces

Bio: Solomon Carter serves as the Chief of Staff for the office of the Vice President in the Physicians Group Practices, Patient Financial Services division where he also leads the Office of Professional Development at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, Georgia. Additionally, Solomon serves as the Executive Director of All Power in His Hands Christian Mission which is an aid organization that operates in Haiti where he leads mission teams and administers food and medicine programs to hundreds of families throughout the country. 

Bio: Dr. I. David Daniels is an occupational health and safety professional, thought leader, former public safety executive, and President/CEO of ID2 Solutions, LLC.

Dr. Daniels holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Fire Services Administration, a master’s degree in human resources management, and a Ph.D. in Occupational Health and Safety. He is certified as a Safety Director, Violence Prevention Specialist, Emergency Management Specialist, Safety and Health Specialist, and certified in Mental Health First Aid.

Dr. Daniels serves as a member of the National Safety Council (NSC) Board of Directors, was the founding chair of the NSC’s Government and Public-Sector Division, and was a recipient of NSC’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service to Safety Award. He is also chair of the National Association of Black Compliance and Risk Management Professionals Safety and Security Workgroup.

Dr. Daniels is a life member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs and served over 30 years in fire/rescue, emergency medical, and emergency management organizations in three states. His career focus on safety was a primary reason he was inducted into the National Fire Heritage Center’s Hall of Legacies, Legends, and Leaders Class of 2021, the first living African American to have received this honor.

Bio: For 20 years Sophia has been actively serving marginalized communities as an academic advisor to underserved students and career coach to Black Women. Through her company, A Career Pro., LLC, Sophia also provides career search & advancement services and coaching to Black Women who need relief and resources while navigating hostile work environments. 

Over the last 10 plus years, Sophia has also served in leadership roles, across various industries, as EHS/Safety Specialist and Manager – advising and training companies toward safe work and regulatory compliance throughout the United States and Canada. 

Sophia serves as the Vice President of the Black Graduate Student Association at the University of Denver and Safety Manager for a regional transportation company. 

Sophia continues to advance her academic credentials in Organizational Leadership & Development from the University of Denver and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Organizational Communications and Sociology from Metropolitan State University. She holds several EHS certificates.

Bio: Natalynn Dunson-Harrison, Esq, MPA, NDCCDP, CCEP, is the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for the Medical Group at RWJBarnabas Health, the largest, most comprehensive academic health care system in New Jersey. RWJBarnabas has also been recognized by Forbes as an America’s Best-In-State Employer. Natalynn has extensive experience in Ethics and EEO Compliance as well as diversity, equity and inclusion practices. Natalynn is licensed to practice law in New York and New Jersey and holds designations as a Certified Diversity Professional (NDCCDP) from the National Diversity Council and a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) from the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics/Compliance Certification Board.
Natalynn became the Medical Group’s first Director of DEI on June 6, 2022. In her role, she is responsible for implementing the Corporate Office of Diversity and Inclusion system deployment plan with defined mission-driven health equity strategies and business goals for the Medical Group. She also leads the integration and overall expansion of DEI for the Medical Group with a focus on helping to shape and sustain a respectful inclusive culture for employees in addition to growing a culture focused on delivering culturally and linguistically competent care to patients and families. The Medical Group is comprised of more than 400 medical practices and 5,000+ employees statewide.
Before joining RWJBarnabas Health, Natalynn served as General Manager of EEO Compliance at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and oversaw all investigations into allegations of discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment and hostile environment. She was an inaugural member of the DEI Cohort and designed and delivered EEO and DEI related trainings to staff at all levels of the organization. She also served as a trusted advisor and collaborator as well as a proven leader of various organizational matrixed teams. Prior to her role at the Port Authority, Natalynn served as Deputy Surrogate and Secondary Judge of the Essex County Surrogate’s Court in Newark, New Jersey and an adjunct professor at William Paterson University, Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business, in Wayne, New Jersey.
Natalynn received her undergraduate degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and advanced degrees from Rutgers University School of Public Affairs and Administration and Fordham University School of Law. Natalynn is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

Bio: Mary Ann Baynton is the principal of Mary Ann Baynton & Associates Corp. where she consults with all levels of government and a diverse range of organizations that include unions, associations, and institutions across the country.
Her areas of expertise include workplace mental health, psychological safety, resolving conflict, and addressing performance concerns. She strives to help people get unstuck, move beyond problems, restore productivity and improve working lives.
Mary Ann is an advisor to both Mindful Employer Canada and My Workplace Health and serves as the Director of Strategy and Collaboration for Workplace Strategies for Mental Health which produces free resources for all Canadians compliments of Canada Life.
She has contributed to many committees including the Workforce Advisory Committee for the Mental Health Commission of Canada, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, and was co-chair of the technical committee for the development of the National Standard of Canada on Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace.
Mary Ann is the author of several books including:
The Evolution of Workplace Mental Health in Canada: Towards a Standard,
Building Stronger Teams,
Resolving Workplace Issues,
Keeping Well at Work,
Mindful Manager,
and co-author with Dr. Martin Shain of Preventing Workplace Meltdown: An Employer’s Guide to Maintaining a Psychologically Safe Workplace.

Jessica Holmes is a senior level risk management professional with over 20-years of experience in the financial services industry.  Jessica joined Citigroup in 2004 and is a Senior Vice-President in Operational Risk Management.  Jessica has 2nd Line of Defense oversight for multiple businesses within Shared Services.  Oversight of these businesses include ensuring they operate within risk appetite while accomplishing objectives and goals.  This includes monitoring the businesses supported for adherence to policies, standards, regulations, etc. through performance of independent challenges and risk reviews.  Jessica is also a member of Citi’s Privacy Advisory Council where global implementations are reported and tracked for adherence to privacy regulations.  Prior to joining Operational Risk Management, Jessica’s Citi experience included supporting legal entity risk management, Internal Audit, risk officer supporting general ledgers, and a system implementation.

Jessica’s civic involvement includes:

• Member and prior officer of the Black Heritage and Women’s Networks at Citi
• Chaired the Leadership Development Committee for Citi’s Divine 9 Collaboration
• Participation in multiple diversity recruiting events
• As a member of the Executive Women’s Forum, served as a mentor to entry-level professionals.
• A member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and serves as the local chapter’s secretary and member of multiple committees.

Jessica is a graduate of Drake University where she received her B.S and MBA.  She enjoys spending time with her family including her spouse, children, and grandson.  She also loves football and as a native Chicagoan – Go Bears!

Samantha is a digital compliance attorney and strategist. She is the CEO of The Information Collective, a digital compliance consultancy supporting executives at data-driven companies across the UK and North America (US, Canada, Caribbean) with pragmatic digital compliance advice. Samantha is also the Managing Attorney of Noir Digital Law, a New York law firm advising creative, tech, and travel companies on managing their digital business presence.

Motivated by a desire to help build a fairer digital society, Samantha set up The Information Collective in 2017 after a 15-year career as a global data privacy

leader in multinational corporate institutions. Today, her team works with tech start-ups and scale-ups to design and implement tech with social impact. The Information Collective’s Digital Compliance Framework guides executives through tech development's legal and ethical complexities.

The Information Collective is also proud to support pro bono clients, such as Black Pound Day, who work to create a level economic playing field for the Black British

community. Samantha holds an LLB Hons in European Languages and Law (French, German, and Spanish) and is a member of the New York Bar. She holds professional certifications in data privacy, risk management, and compliance and ethics. Passionate about self-development, Samantha coaches digital executives, through her “Star Success” program, to achieve success by embracing their individual and unique strengths.

Samantha is committed to developing and maintaining the highest standards of digital ethics. She works with tech companies to build products and services free of algorithmic bias. Samantha is a thought leader on data privacy for the travel technology and hotel industries. She also speaks internationally on the intersection between ethics, privacy, and technology.

She can be reached at: info@theinformationcollective.com

Monica Reagor is a certified Governance Risk Compliance Professional (GRCP) with an extensive background in Information Technology. Her professional experience stretches across industries such as banking services, electronic manufacturing, and state and federal governments. She serves on the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) and various workgroups for ioXt Alliance Group. Monica is delighted she can marry her love for IT and her passion for compliance in her current role as Government Compliance & Product Security Program Manager at Crestron Electronics Inc.

She is currently pursuing her degree in Law & Policy at Liberty University. She continues to advocate for more women representation in cybersecurity and more diversity, equity, and inclusion in the risk and compliance profession. When Monica is not serving the risk and compliance community, she is the Co-founder of the PCOS Awareness Association and the Executive Director of the National Liturgical Dance Network.and co-author with Dr. Martin Shain of Preventing Workplace Meltdown: An Employer’s Guide to Maintaining a Psychologically Safe Workplace. 

Bio: Shanessa Guidry is a Vice President at Morgan Stanley within the U.S. Banks covering privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity | fraud. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Shanessa worked at TMAC as a Systems Engineer focused on operations and systems privacy governance.  Her prior employment included the U.S. Department of Defense in the role of Intelligence Technical Leader and Project Manager, and the Department of Navy as a civilian Intelligence and Cyber Analyst. Shanessa holds an MBA and a Master of Arts in Procurement and Acquisition Management both from Webster University and a BS in Information Technology and Computer Systems from AIU,  she is pursuing a Juris Doctorate (JD) in Regulatory Law.  In addition to her academic achievements Shanessa holds the following professional certifications;  Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) and Certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

JoQuese has been with Medtronic for 14 years and is currently the Chief of Staff and the Sr. Director of Global Compliance Programs & Governance. In these roles she is responsible for the overall global programming and governance aspects for the Office of Ethics & Compliance. JoQuese has her BS in Biomedical Science from Auburn University (2006), completed her MBA focused on Health Care Management (2010), and completed her Doctor of Health Administration degree from Capella University in 2019. JoQuese also received her Advance Healthcare Compliance Certificate from Seton Hall in 2021.

JoQuese started her career in sales and quickly moved into leadership roles in the sales organization and transitioned to the compliance function in 2016. She has had the opportunity to lead teams in risk management assessments, create innovative and strategic programs to enable business growth, and deploy various ethical culture programs within the organization to keep ethical culture top of mind.

JoQuese has the pleasure to serve on the San Antonio Boys & Girls Club and San Antonio Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Board of Directors where she is the chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Committees for both boards. She is also the Chair for the National Association of Black Compliance & Risk Management Professionals Corporate Advisory Board. In this capacity she works to assist the Board of Directors and Leadership Executive team with developing and implementing strategies to enable growth of the organization.

She is addicted to Orangetheory and is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. She lives in San Antonio with her husband and two daughters.

Trissi Gray serves as the Senior Director of Healthcare Compliance Operations for GI Alliance. GI Alliance is a physician-led network that provides gastrointestinal care. Prior to joining GI Alliance, she served as the Director of Corporate Compliance and Privacy for Southwestern Health Resources.

Trissi is experienced in navigating complex healthcare regulatory and compliance issues inclusive of hospital operations, revenue cycle, and managed care programs. Before leading compliance efforts for SWHR, she served as the Health System Compliance Director and the Manager for Institutional Compliance at UT Southwestern Medical Center for 10 years. In this role, she implemented risk-based monitoring platforms, operational compliance metrics, and enterprise risk management strategies for the health system. Additionally, Trissi is actively pursuing a doctoral degree from the University of Southern California that focuses on limited access to specialty care within the health care system for black, indigenous, people of color.

Blaise is the Healthcare and Financial Services Knowledge Leader at A-LIGN and has over 12 years of experience in Security Compliance and Risk Management. He joined A-LIGN in 2013 and started the HITRUST/HIPAA and Healthcare Services practice in 2015. Having a very unique background as a CPA, CISA, CITP, CCSK, and CCSFP. Blaise has performed over 500 SOC attestation reviews and over 300 HITRUST/HIPAA assessments for Global 1000 and Fortune 500 clients in various industries. Blaise is also a sought-after speaker and has delivered several speaking engagements at well-renowned conferences such as HIMSS, HITRUST and ISACA. Blaise has also written dozens of blogs and whitepapers on the topics of Security Compliance, Telemedicine, Blockchain technology and Third-Party Risk Management. Prior to joining A-LIGN, Blaise was a Senior Consultant at Century Payments, Inc., and an Advisory Associate at KPMG.

Bio: Temika is a graduate of Auburn University – Main Campus, with a Bachelor’s in Biomedical Sciences and a Master’s in Public Administration.  She has 15+ years of healthcare experience. In the past, she has worked for the Alabama Medicaid Agency, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, and a Medicare Administrative Contractor in my local region. For the last 10 years, she has served in management for a hospital health system’s compliance program. While serving in a management capacity, she also served my local community for 5 years as a board member for Easter Seals. For the last two years as a board member, she served as a Secretary for Easter Seals board.

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Kelly Maxwell, Esq. is currently the VP, Chief Compliance Officer with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, located in Boston, MA. Kelly has served in this role for nearly 10 years, proud to doing her part in the
war on cancer. Prior to joining Dana-Farber, Kelly was Counsel in Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s health industry practice for almost 8 years. She focused on health care regulatory, reimbursement, compliance, and government investigations. Her practice including working collaboratively with several
practice areas throughout the firm including Public Law & Policy, American Indian, Labor and Employment, and Private Equity. For two years prior, she was a Senior Government Relations Associate with DeBrunner and Associates, a boutique advocacy shop focused primarily on urban hospital matters.
She started her professional career working for Congressman Robert A. Borski, a representative of Philadelphia. With the Congressman, Kelly worked on matters key to his district, including Medicare,
Medicaid, health care, Social Security, and transportation. She is an alumni of Catholic University School of Law and George Mason University. Originally from the Philadelphia area, Kelly enjoys hybrid work and great walks with her amazing husband and two dogs in Boxborough, MA.

Faith, Truth, Integrity, Justice, Equity, Inclusion and Respect are words that motivate Janet to be the passionate leader she is today. Her faith in God empowers her to face adversity with hope and strength, which gives her the ability to forge forward on her path with relentless determination.

Janet has over 20 years of risk and compliance experience with focus areas in ethics and business conduct, third party risk management, controls and monitoring, contract compliance, immigration compliance, training, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and antitrust compliance programs. Janet has been employed with Vialto Partners for over 13 years where she is currently an Americas Risk & Compliance Manager.

On a personal note, Janet is a 19U boys competitive travel basketball coach where she assists young men obtain academic and/or athletic scholarships to college. She has a passion for mentoring and helping youth reach their dreams and potential. She is also a “true” Dallas Cowboys fan and loves playing with her grandchildren and researching her family history.

Anthony is a racial justice analyst & strategist, educator and lawyer. He is the Manager of the City of Toronto’s Confronting Anti-Black Racism (CABR) Unit. The CABR Unit is responsible for the implementation of the Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism.

Prior to joining the City, Anthony was in practice, specializing in the areas of civil, constitutional and criminal state accountability litigation. He has a special interest in anti-racist human rights advocacy, particularly in the area of anti-Black racism. He has appeared at various levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada, and has also represented the interests of African Canadians before United Nations human rights treaty bodies.

Anthony is a frequent legal, social, and public affairs commentator on issues concerning race and racism, critical multiculturalism and critical race theory in Canada.

Anthony is a co-founder of the Sentencing and Parole Project, a legal services non-profit which aims to reduce the over-incarceration of Black people in Canada. Also a freelance columnist, Anthony’s column, Colour-Coded Justice, appears regularly in The Monitor. The Monitor is the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' bimonthly policy and current affairs magazine. Anthony’s column explores racial justice issues in Canadian life, law and policy.

While based in Toronto, Anthony is completing a Masters of Science in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford. In addition to holding an LL.B. and B.C.L. from McGill University, Faculty of Law, he holds an Hons. B.A. from the University of Toronto in Ethics, Society & Law.

Bio: Jennifer Newton is the founder and CEO of the National Association of Black Compliance & Risk Management Professionals, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the professional development and career advancement of Black compliance and risk professionals. Previously, she served as a Federal Financial Services Regulator and as an attorney in the private sector advising on banking and consumer compliance matters. With her combined experience in the federal government, law firm, and in-house compliance roles, Jennifer offers an uncommonly broad range and depth of compliance expertise in banking and financial service matters.

Well-respected by her peers, Jennifer has been featured in publications such as Compliance Week, Law360, Daily Business Review, American Banker, the Wall Street Journal, Bankrate, and JDSupra and she regularly speaks at prominent industry conferences. Jennifer was named by Legacy Magazine as one of South Florida's Most Powerful and Influential Black Leaders and selected for inclusion in the National Black Lawyers’ “Top 40 under 40” in Banking and Finance in 2016, 2017 and 2018. She is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and an alumnus of Leadership Florida’s Connect Class VIII and the Florida Bar William Reece Smith Jr. Leadership Academy Class V. Very active in her community and bar associations, Jennifer currently serves as an adjunct professor at Nova Southeastern Shepard Broad College of Law, and as a board member of the Opa-Locka Community Development Corporation and the Community Justice Project. She also previously served as Chair of the American Bar Association Consumer Financial Services Pro Bono Committee and the Chair of the CLE and Social Media Subcommittees of the Florida Bar Consumer Protection Law Standing Committee.

Faith, Truth, Integrity, Justice, Equity, Inclusion and Respect are words that motivate Janet to be the passionate leader she is today. Her faith in God empowers her to face adversity with hope and strength, which gives her the ability to forge forward on her path with relentless determination.

Janet has over 20 years of risk and compliance experience with focus areas in ethics and business conduct, third party risk management, controls and monitoring, contract compliance, immigration compliance, training, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and antitrust compliance programs. Janet has been employed with Vialto Partners for over 13 years where she is currently an Americas Risk & Compliance Manager.

On a personal note, Janet is a 19U boys competitive travel basketball coach where she assists young men obtain academic and/or athletic scholarships to college. She has a passion for mentoring and helping youth reach their dreams and potential. She is also a “true” Dallas Cowboys fan and loves playing with her grandchildren and researching her family history.

For 20 years Sophia has been actively serving marginalized communities as an academic advisor to underserved students and career coach to Black Women. Through her company, A Career Pro., LLC, Sophia also provides career search & advancement services and coaching to Black Women who need relief and resources while navigating hostile work environments. 

Over the last 10 plus years, Sophia has also served in leadership roles, across various industries, as EHS/Safety Specialist and Manager – advising and training companies toward safe work and regulatory compliance throughout the United States and Canada. 

Sophia serves as the Vice President of the Black Graduate Student Association at the University of Denver and Safety Manager for a regional transportation company. 

 Sophia continues to advance her academic credentials in Organizational Leadership & Development from the University of Denver and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Organizational Communications and Sociology from Metropolitan State University. She holds several EHS certificates.

Dr. I. David Daniels is an occupational health and safety professional, thought leader, former public safety executive, and President/CEO of ID2 Solutions, LLC.

Dr. Daniels holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Fire Services Administration, a master’s degree in human resources management, and a Ph.D. in Occupational Health and Safety. He is certified as a Safety Director, Violence Prevention Specialist, Emergency Management Specialist, Safety and Health Specialist, and certified in Mental Health First Aid.

Dr. Daniels serves as a member of the National Safety Council (NSC) Board of Directors, was the founding chair of the NSC’s Government and Public-Sector Division, and was a recipient of NSC’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service to Safety Award. He is also chair of the National Association of Black Compliance and Risk Management Professionals Safety and Security Workgroup.

Dr. Daniels is a life member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs and served over 30 years in fire/rescue, emergency medical, and emergency management organizations in three states. His career focus on safety was a primary reason he was inducted into the National Fire Heritage Center’s Hall of Legacies, Legends, and Leaders Class of 2021, the first living African American to have received this honor.

Natalynn Dunson-Harrison, Esq, MPA, NDCCDP, CCEP, is the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for the Medical Group at RWJBarnabas Health,  the largest, most comprehensive academic health care system in New Jersey.  RWJBarnabas has also been recognized by Forbes as an America’s Best-In-State Employer.  Natalynn has extensive experience in Ethics and EEO Compliance as well as diversity, equity and inclusion practices. Natalynn is licensed to practice law in New York and New Jersey and holds designations as a Certified Diversity Professional (NDCCDP) from the National Diversity Council and a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) from the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics/Compliance Certification Board.

Natalynn became the Medical Group’s first Director of DEI on June 6, 2022.  In her role, she is responsible for implementing the Corporate Office of Diversity and Inclusion system deployment plan with defined mission-driven health equity strategies and business goals for the Medical Group. She also leads the integration and overall expansion of DEI for the Medical Group with a focus on helping to shape and sustain a respectful inclusive culture for employees in addition to growing a culture focused on delivering culturally and linguistically competent care to patients and families. The Medical Group is comprised of more than 400 medical practices and 5,000+ employees statewide.

Before joining RWJBarnabas Health, Natalynn served as General Manager of EEO Compliance at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and oversaw all investigations into allegations of discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment and hostile environment.  She was an inaugural member of the DEI Cohort and designed and delivered EEO and DEI related trainings to staff at all levels of the organization. She also served as a trusted advisor and collaborator as well as a proven leader of various organizational matrixed teams.  Prior to her role at the Port Authority, Natalynn served as Deputy Surrogate and Secondary Judge of the Essex County Surrogate’s Court in Newark, New Jersey and an adjunct professor at William Paterson University, Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business, in Wayne, New Jersey. 

Natalynn received her undergraduate degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and advanced degrees from Rutgers University School of Public Affairs and Administration and Fordham University School of Law.  Natalynn is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

As a Senior Human Resources Executive, Gloria Boyd has a strong background in strategic management, HR planning, and executive counseling. Successfully managing company needs, she has built HR programs from the ground up, while directing teams of varying sizes. Throughout her career, she has built credibility with executive teams, managers, and front-line employees through open communication and coaching.

Gloria Boyd has expertise in a wide variety of areas working with non-profit, manufacturing, and higher education institutions. She is a speaker, trainer, coach, and author with over thirty years in leadership development, mentoring, management, and human resources with both in-house and consulting roles. Her expertise includes strategic business planning, employment law, labor relations, management training, coaching and counseling, workplace investigations, relations, HR audits, compliance, policy and procedure development, performance management, recruitment and DEI strategies, policies, practices, and training. 

Educational accomplishments include:

-           Ph.D. and MA in Heritage Studies with an emphasis in cultural history

-           BA in Human Resources

-           Harvard Leadership Develop Certificate

-           Diversity and Inclusion Certification

-           Leadership Coaching Certification

Gloria is a member of:

-           The National Association of Black Compliance & Risk Management   Professional

-           International Association of Women

-           Association of Workplace Investigations

-           Society for Human Resource Management

-           Northeast Arkansas SHRM

-           African Americans in Human Resource Management

Michael Blackshear serves as senior vice president, chief compliance and privacy officer for Ryan Specialty Group (Ryan Specialty) with responsibilities for maintaining and growing an effective compliance and regulatory risk framework. Michael recently assumed additional responsibilities in leading a newly created Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DE&I) function with the strategic mission to promote DE&I at the firm, along with building strong alliances within the insurance industry and communities in which Ryan Specialty colleagues live and work. Ryan Specialty is an international specialty insurance organization that provides solutions to brokers, agents and insurance carriers with operations in North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Ryan Specialty was founded in 2010 by Patrick G. Ryan, former chairman of Aon Corporation, and includes a wholesale brokerage operation (RT Specialty) and a collection of managing general underwriting companies within Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers.

Michael has over 30 years of financial service and executive experience in the areas of ethics, compliance, and risk management. Prior to joining Ryan Specialty, he was the North America chief compliance officer for Chubb Insurance Group, responsible for developing and maintaining their North American (NA) compliance program. He was primarily responsible for the NA compliance framework integration and transformation during the ACE/Chubb merger. Before his time with Chubb, he held various leadership roles with Marsh & McLennan Companies, focusing on compliance and government affairs. Before joining Marsh, he held compliance and risk management advisory roles for KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He began his insurance career as an underwriter for Continental Insurance Company and then as a casualty broker with Alexander & Alexander Insurance Brokerage Firm. Michael was recently named and recognized in Savoy Magazine, as one of the 2022 most Influential Blacks in Corporate America. Savoy magazine is a leading national publication covering African American lifestyle in fashion, business, sports, and entertainment. He was also recognized in Insurance Business America’s (IBA) Global 100, for 2021, as an influential insurance professional making waves and positive change in the insurance industry worldwide. In 2020, he was named in IBA Hot 100 insurance practitioners that shaped, transformed, and pushed the insurance industry forward with his dedication, mentorship, and vision. Also in 2020, IBA recognized Michael as a change agent in leading efforts to create an environment to ensure that the doors at all levels of the insurance industry are open wide for people of all races, ethnicities, genders, nationalities, orientations, and ages.

Michael also has been honored by both Syracuse University, receiving the Chancellor’s Citation, in recognition of his significant career and civic achievements, and by Fordham’s Black Law Student Association, receiving the annual Ruth Whitehead Whaley Award for being a prominent alumnus in the field of compliance. Michael serves on several advisory boards and was elected to the Board of Directors of the Excess Line Association of New York (ELANY) in 2021. ELANY is a nonprofit industry advisory association charged with the duty to facilitate and encourage compliance with the surplus lines insurance laws of New York State. He currently serves as ELANY’s Vice Chairman, a member of the Audit and Finance Committee, and its Chairman of the Operations & Procedures Committee. He recently became a member of Syracuse University Board of Trustees and serves on the Audit and Risk, and Enrollment & the Student Experience Committees.

Michael obtained a B.S. in finance from Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management in 1991, an MBA from St. John’s University, Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance, and Actuarial Science in 1995, and a juris doctorate from Fordham Law School in 1999; where he currently lectures as an adjunct professor. He also received a certificate in managing ethics in organizations from Bentley College and recently completed a certificate at Loyola University Chicago at the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Institute.

Natalie is a creative and proven problem solver with over 15 years of experience counseling employers on diversity & HR strategies, compliance, and litigation. Natalie has worked with global employers in various industries including quick

services restaurants, manufacturing, financial services, and healthcare. Natalie firmly believes that there is no “one size fits all” approach to HR and

diversity strategies. Having come from a diverse upbringing and worked with employers across the globe, Natalie draws on her varied experiences to customize strategies that are unique to an organization.

Natalie’s experience includes having:

• Counseled, developed strategies and provided training regarding issues that include diversity programs, reductions in force, reasonable accommodations, employee handbooks and policies, affirmative action planning, discipline and termination; and
• Investigated claims of harassment, discrimination and retaliation and defending related claims brought before administrative agencies and in federal and state courts.

Most recently, Natalie was responsible for developing diversity and inclusion strategies for iconic, multibillion brands. With the backing of lean Six Sigma problem solving methodology, Natalie has:

• Utilized metrics to identify correlations and drivers of high-performance employees to help close gaps and foster overall employee engagement;
• Identified innovative paths to attract and retain diverse talent;
• Developed short- and long-term plans to increase minority representation and ownership in a franchised system;
• Ensured that community relationships align with the organization’s overall philanthropic mission;
• Developed and delivered a broad range of inclusion and HR training to highlight the organization’s position on diversity and related expectations for employee conduct; and
• Developed communication plans to convey the organization’s position on diversity.

Having earned her bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from American University and her law degree from The George Washington University Law School, Natalie understands the value of a well-rounded education. As a result, Natalie is passionate about supporting mentoring and educational opportunities

for underserved youth. She currently serves on the board of directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami, which is one of the first chapters in the United States to both own its own facility and provide direct services to underserved youth. On a personal note, Natalie lives in Miami, FL, is the mother to a young actor who appeared in the film “The Hate U Give” and “Raising Dion” on Netflix, and is an avid landscape photographer who loves almost any outdoor activity

Linda Gadsby is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at NBME - National Board of Medical Examiners in Philadelphia, PA. She is responsible for the organization’s legal affairs; advises senior management and the Board of Directors; is a member of the Executive Team; and is General Counsel of the United States Medical Licensing Examination. She leads the Office of the General Counsel and Organizational Affairs unit, which includes Legal Services, Disability Services, Volunteer and Governance Services, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Philanthropy.  Prior to NBME, Linda spent 22 years as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Scholastic Inc., in New York City, where she was the Divisional General Counsel for its Education, Book Fairs, and National Service Organization and led its Labor and Employment Law functions.  Linda has also worked as a labor and employment attorney for AlliedSignal (now Honeywell) and Kaye Scholer LLP (now Arnold & Porter). Linda received her B.S. from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and her J.D. from New York University School of Law.

Giving back to her community, especially in support of youth, education and women, is extremely important to Linda and she’s a mentor to several youth and young professionals. At Cornell, she serves on the Board of Trustees, the ILR Dean’s Advisory Council, Cornell Mosaic (an umbrella diversity organization), is an Emerita member of the President’s Council of Cornell Women (which she previously co-chaired) and a lifetime member of the Cornell Black Alumni Association (which she previously chaired).  Linda is also on the Board of NYU’s Law Alumni Association and an Advisory Board Member of the Law Alumni of Color Association.  She’s a member of the North Manhattan Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the Essex County (NJ) Chapter of The Links, Inc., an Associate member of the Essex Hudson Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., and concluded her term as a Board member of PENCIL Inc., an educational non-profit in New York City in 2021.  She’s also a founding member of the Stuyvesant High School Black Alumni Diversity Initiative.

Linda speaks regularly on a variety of legal topics, including labor and employment, career management, diversity in the legal profession, and mentoring.  She has been widely recognized for her professional and community achievements, including being honored as a Top 50 Corporate Counsel by Icon, a Top 100 Most Influential African American Leaders in Business by the National Diversity Council and a Top 100 Women in Business by the National Women’s Conference in 2022; one of the Nation’s Best Lawyers of Color in 2019; one of the Most Influential Black Lawyers in 2015 and 2018 by Savoy Magazine; a Distinguished Alumni by NYU School of Law, and an outstanding leader in the field of Education by The Consulate General of Barbados at New York.

An accomplished Senior Compliance Leader with 15+ years of success, Kevin has spent a career developing, integrating and strengthening compliance programs, products, and activities across heavily regulated industries.

Collaborating closely with business and technology leaders to identify and mitigate technology risk, Kevin has addressed cybersecurity challenges, focusing on generating new solutions to enhance customer experience and identify threat landscapes across the enterprise.

His history includes building a corporate compliance and risk program and the required technologies for one of the largest retailers in the country, responsible for 120 embedded compliance programs.

Delivering continuous improvements and results across business functions to analyze, monitor, and improve risk, he ensures proper training design and delivery to accelerate management adoption of new procedures, policies, and products.

He oversees the performance of a large team of compliance specialists and technology engineers across the globe and support 600+ tech support personnel worldwide.

With an MBA and BS from Indiana University, he also holds several certifications including Archer Professional, ICP, CC&EP, CISSP, CISA and am a CPA. In his spare time, his is a youth sports coach and volunteer with community nonprofits.

Reshma Kolhapure is a Product Manager for Compliance Automation for the Legal Affairs Pyramid at Target.   Since joining Target in 2011, Reshma has played an important role in driving maturity in Target’s risks,. As a Lead Product Owner, she is responsible to develop a comprehensive product strategy, related roadmap, establish other relevant data points to assess value, develop business cases, and prioritize the direction and desired outcomes for automation.

Reshma brings her passion for diversity and inclusion, by being on the board of the Asian Business Council, and by working with Target’s Food and Beverage team to bring Indian staples into the Target stores. Reshma is working to build a culture where team members feel respected, valued, included and supported. She also supports an internal engagement program for Target women involved in the Executive Women’s Forum (EWF), supporting them in career development, learning and networking. Reshma also mentors’ women, both internally and through external partnerships.

Reshma is a Chartered Accountant from India with a Major in Accounting and Auditing. Previously, Reshma worked at Ernst and Young and KPMG, where she led IT implementations, controls training and consultation for various supply chain and retail companies, enabling them to enhance their security posture. Reshma gives back to the community, by volunteering at the Guthrie and Habitat for Humanity.

In her spare time Reshma enjoys indoor rock climbing with her family, running with her Moms on the Run Group, playing the piano, cooking and entertaining friends and reading books as part of Reese Witherspoon ‘s book club.

Jamie Galioto has managed various risk, compliance, and information security functions at a variety of Fortune 500 companies and is currently a Senior Director of Field Compliance at Target. He has a passion for building effective and efficient risk and compliance programs while developing his team of compliance professionals. In his free time, he enjoys biking, golfing, and listening to podcasts and audiobooks.

Faith, Truth, Integrity, Justice, Equity, Inclusion and Respect are words that motivate Janet to be the passionate leader she is today. Her faith in God empowers her to face adversity with hope and strength, which gives her the ability to forge forward on her path with relentless determination.

Janet has over 20 years of risk and compliance experience with focus areas in ethics and business conduct, third party risk management, controls and monitoring, contract compliance, immigration compliance, training, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and antitrust compliance programs. Janet has been employed with Vialto Partners for over 13 years where she is currently an Americas Risk & Compliance Manager.

On a personal note, Janet is a 19U boys competitive travel basketball coach where she assists young men obtain academic and/or athletic scholarships to college. She has a passion for mentoring and helping youth reach their dreams and potential. She is also a “true” Dallas Cowboys fan and loves playing with her grandchildren and researching her family history.

Lloydette Bai-Marrow is the Founding Partner of Parametric Global Consulting, an investigations consulting practice. She is a serious economic crime expert, investigator and lawyer, with extensive experience of working with companies and institutions to develop effective strategies to tackle fraud, bribery and corruption.

As a former Principal Investigative Lawyer within the UK Government’s Serious Fraud Office, Lloydette provided legal advice and leadership on top tier cases of fraud, bribery and corruption in the UK and abroad. She has worked as a prosecutor in a number of government departments.

She was appointed as Independent Outside Co-Counsel for a U.S. listed company in 2020 and conducted a year-long review on their behalf into whistleblower allegations of bribery and corruption.

Lloydette is a Visiting Faculty at the International Anti-Corruption Academy in Vienna, Austria. She lectures on their Masters in Anti-Corruption Studies and Masters in Anti-Corruption Corruption & Collective Action.

Lloydette is a Board Member for Spotlight on Corruption, a UK based anti-corruption charity which tracks how the UK implements its anti-corruption laws.

Joanne Wallington is an attorney and compliance executive.  Joanne spent 10 years in affordable housing risk, compliance and internal audit roles before she made a complete career pivot to FinTech in 2021 and joined Stripe as Product Counsel where she exercises legal, risk and compliance and muscle every day as she guides business teams through product launches and updates.  She spent her first six years of practice at Cleary Gottlieb focusing on antitrust and securities enforcement.

Samantha is a digital compliance attorney and strategist. She is the CEO of The Information Collective, a digital compliance consultancy supporting executives at data-driven companies across the UK and North America (US, Canada, Caribbean) with pragmatic digital compliance advice. Samantha is also the Managing Attorney of Noir Digital Law, a New York law firm advising creative, tech, and travel companies on managing their digital business presence.

Motivated by a desire to help build a fairer digital society, Samantha set up The Information Collective in 2017 after a 15-year career as a global data privacy

leader in multinational corporate institutions. Today, her team works with tech start-ups and scale-ups to design and implement tech with social impact. The Information Collective’s Digital Compliance Framework guides executives through tech development's legal and ethical complexities.

The Information Collective is also proud to support pro bono clients, such as Black Pound Day, who work to create a level economic playing field for the Black British

community. Samantha holds an LLB Hons in European Languages and Law (French, German, and Spanish) and is a member of the New York Bar. She holds professional certifications in data privacy, risk management, and compliance and ethics. Passionate about self-development, Samantha coaches digital executives, through her “Star Success” program, to achieve success by embracing their individual and unique strengths.

Samantha is committed to developing and maintaining the highest standards of digital ethics. She works with tech companies to build products and services free of algorithmic bias. Samantha is a thought leader on data privacy for the travel technology and hotel industries. She also speaks internationally on the intersection between ethics, privacy, and technology.

She can be reached at: info@theinformationcollective.com

Wendy Samuels is a Risk and Compliance professional, certified Project Management Professional and Six Sigma Black Belt with over 30 years of experience in the Financial Services industry possessing a strong background leading process improvement, technology, risk management, quality, and training. She is currently an Americas Risk & Compliance Leader for Vialto Partners, having previously spent 18 years in Risk at PwC.  Wendy is an alumni fellow of CEO Action for Racial Equity, where she championed Fair Chance Hiring.  She volunteers as the Director of Corporate Relations for Mercy's Shore, President of Band Boosters, and as a Life Recovery leader.  She is a wife and mother to her favourite drummer, and lives with her family outside of Dallas, TX.

Kelly Beckmann is a certified Compliance & Ethics Professional with over 10 years of experience.  She has spent the past 7 years working on the Compliance & Ethics team at Target and 10 years prior to that working in Healthcare Management both for Target and the Long Term Care Industry. She is known for solving complex organizational challenges, fixing process & training gaps to protect the company, mitigate legal & compliance risk, setting the team up for success.  She is a wife and mother of two and lives with her family in Delano, MN.

Lisa Beth Lentini Walker, JD, MBA, LLM is the CEO of Lumen Worldwide Endeavors, a firm specializing in compliance, governance and ethics consulting as well as executive coaching to improve performance and well-being. She holds certifications in compliance and ethics (CCEP), corporate governance (CCGP) and diversity, equity and inclusion. As a consultant, she has advised companies across the globe including in the financial services, healthcare, travel, retail, apparel and consumer goods industries. She is an adjunct professor of law in the US and Europe. Lisa Beth also holds a certification in health and wellness (NBC-HWC). Lisa Beth is a skilled global business partner that has led award winning legal and compliance departments within large public corporations and privately held enterprises. She has held corporate secretarial, legal, compliance, ethics, governance and risk positions as an attorney at Best Buy (a Fortune 50 corporation), as the compliance leader of CWT a global travel company operating in 150 countries and as the corporate secretary, chief compliance officer and co-chair of the risk council at a NYSE-listed corporation. Lisa Beth also served with US Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC, in the Divisions of Corporation Finance and Enforcement. She delights in the art of possibility. In her free time, she is an advisory board member to a womens fashion startup, Alice Riot, serves on the board of Stages Theatre (a childrens theatre) in Hopkins, MN and is a member of the board of directors for SCCE/HCCA. Lisa Beth is the co-author of the book, Raise Your Game, Not Your Voice: How Listening, Communicating and Storytelling Shape Compliance Program Influence.

Hope Newsome focuses her practice on venture and private financings, funds, investment management and institutional broker-dealers.  Over the last fifteen years, Hope has served as counsel to investment managers, funds, broker-dealers and entrepreneurs seeking capital. Prior to co-founding Virtus LLP, this included serving as general counsel and chief compliance officer of registered investment advisers, broker-dealers and registered and private funds.  She serves on the boards of the Heart of Florida United Way and the Black Chamber of Commerce Central Florida.  She is a member of the Florida Bar, serving on the Professional Ethics Committee, and the board of directors for the National Society of Compliance Professionals. She has been recognized by the Orlando Business Journal, 40 under 40 and Top Compliance Counsel, First Chair Awards. Hope earned her law degree from the Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, Barry University and received her undergraduate degree from Spelman College.

Debra Sabatini Hennelly advises executives and boards on enhancing organizational resilience by creating cultures of integrity, innovation, and inclusion.  Her methodology engages stakeholders directly to manage ethical, compliance, and ESG risks and opportunities, integrating those insights into operations and culture. 

Debbie is an adjunct professor in Fordham University Law School's Program on Corporate Ethics and Compliance, a Master of Legal Studies (MLS) program.  She also coaches ethics and compliance professionals, helping them lead effectively and develop strategies for personal resilience. 

For more than 25 years, Debbie has been creating innovative approaches to managing compliance and fostering ethical leadership—from boardrooms to break rooms—with organizations ranging from small entities to some of the largest multinationals.  Grounded in her engineering and law degrees, Debbie’s pragmatic approach is informed by decades of corporate leadership, C-suite, and consulting roles in compliance and ethics, legal, environment and safety, and strategic management. Her passions for learning, teaching, and "connecting the dots" fuel her ability to inspire authenticity, engagement, and accountability.

Debbie founded Resiliti in 2004 (originally, as Compliance & Ethics Solutions), to provide consulting services and experiential learning, with a focus on values-based codes of conduct and holistic risk management. With her talented colleagues and comprehensive suite of services, they help bring to life organizational values and a culture that supports the ideas, perspectives, courage, and dignity of each individual in a team and across an organization.  She has served as adjunct faculty for BP, facilitating small-group workshops in ethical leadership, as well as leading interactive learning for other organizations with their employees, managers, senior executives, and board directors.

Debbie has also served as general counsel and chief compliance officer for two chemical companies, Sonneborn and PeroxyChem, reporting to their CEOs and meeting quarterly with their Boards of Directors.

Earlier in her career, Debbie spent more than ten years in legal and compliance leadership roles in AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Avaya, BP, and Avon Products.  Her experience holding senior in-house roles in public and private companies, as well as working in two ethics and compliance service providers, has enabled her to acquire an uncommon perspective from both sides of the client/vendor relationship.

Prior to her corporate experience, Debbie practiced law with two major law firms in Washington, DC, and New Jersey. Before practicing law, Debbie was a civil and environmental engineer, supervising construction for Exxon.

Debbie frequently speaks at conferences (SCCE, NABCRMP, ECI, NSCP, PLI, NACD, others) and writes on several platforms.  She co-authored the article, “Resilient Organizations Make Psychological Safety a Strategic Priority,” for Harvard Business Review.  She is also the author of the book, Presence in Chaos - 365 Mindful Moments.

Angela is a Partner at Crawford & Acharya pllc, a corporate compliance and investigations boutique law firm that represents public and private companies in a variety of industries.  She has investigated allegations of compliance and regulatory violations, corruption, bribery, fraud, discrimination, and third-party misconduct, and advised clients on the development, implementation, and enhancement of corporate ethics and compliance programs. Angela has led over 100 investigations, compliance reviews, risk assessments, and trainings in over 20 countries around the world. Before starting her own law firm, Angela was a partner at two global law firms and a federal prosecutor. She earned her law degree from Northwestern University Law School and a B.S. in Finance from Indiana University.

Ricardo is a Managing Director, and the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) for Chase Auto’s Dealer Commercial Services Business. In this capacity, he has end- to-end oversight and risk management responsibilities for the portfolio and supporting operations. Prior to this role, he was the Head of Leasing, and Risk Business Development within Chase Auto, which included counterparty and residual risk management, as well as overall portfolio health. He was also the accountable Risk executive for all business development initiatives, including new-partnerships, strategic alliances and engagements.

He has over 9 years of financial services experience, of which 13 were with Credit Suisse. During his time with Credit Suisse, he held numerous leadership roles including, Deputy Head of Strategy for Fixed Income & European Markets, and Chief of Staff to the CFO of the Investment Bank, and lastly Chief Strategy Officer for Emerging Markets within Fixed Income.

Ricardo lived abroad in Europe for over eight years, completing international assignments in Zurich, Switzerland and London, U.K. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, studied at the London School of Economics, and has completed the Wharton School’s Advanced Risk Management Program.

He serves on the Board of New Jersey Performance Arts Center (NJPAC), where he is a member of the Operations & Finance Committee, as well as the Nominating & Governance Committee.

He is currently on the Leadership Council for Student Sponsor Partnership (former Chair from 2014 to 2019), whose mission is to harness the power of quality education and mentorship to help low-income and academically average New York City youth escape the cycle of poverty and reach their highest potential.

Ricardo lives in Weehawken, NJ, with his wife (Natasha) and two sons (RJ and Caleb), and is an avid cycler, runner and snowboarder.

Erica is a 15-year veteran in the banking and financial services industries with Fortune 50 companies where she has driven initiatives that accelerate progress in strengthening the risk and control environment within Home Lending and Cards Merchant Services. Her current focus, as a Senior Business Execution Consultant for Wells Fargo, is leading the coordination and execution for exam management and issue management efforts.

 In additional to furthering her organization's goals Erica is doing her part to further the risk management industry by acting as an Advisor to American Bankers Association for the Regulatory Compliance Conference, mentor individuals new to risk management and those interested in breaking into the field, as well as participate is a speaker for topics such as leadership development, mindset, and clarity. Erica is a member of NABCRMP DEI Committee, former Chair of Membership Development & Recruitment Committee, and 2021 NABCRMP Member of the Year.

Victory Nzechukwu is a Senior Risk Manager at Fidelity Investments supporting Fidelity Charitable, a 501(c)(3) public charity that helps donors maximize their generosity through donor-advised fund. He works across Fidelity Charitable and Fidelity enterprise to help develop policies, procedures, and standard methodologies in addressing identified risks.

In his role, Victory assists the business in designing, implementing, and executing risk management initiatives and programs, including proactive risk identification and mitigation, responding to, diagnosing, and investigating raised incidents related to donor accounts and grant activity, and leading ad hoc reviews and assessments as needed.

Victory joined Fidelity 8 years ago and was on the Internal Audit and Due Diligence teams, where he was responsible for leading and supporting vendor and non-vendor due diligence reviews and audit engagements. Prior to Fidelity, he lived in London, UK and held financial services and risk management roles.

Victory has a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a master’s degree in Investment and Risk Finance, and holds a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) certification, among other risk management credentials. He is based in Westlake, TX.

Faith, Truth, Integrity, Justice, Equity, Inclusion and Respect are words that motivate Janet to be the passionate leader she is today. Her faith in God empowers her to face adversity with hope and strength, which gives her the ability to forge forward on her path with relentless determination.

Janet has over 20 years of risk and compliance experience with focus areas in ethics and business conduct, third party risk management, controls and monitoring, contract compliance, immigration compliance, training, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and antitrust compliance programs. Janet has been employed with Vialto Partners for over 13 years where she is currently an Americas Risk & Compliance Manager.

On a personal note, Janet is a 19U boys competitive travel basketball coach where she assists young men obtain academic and/or athletic scholarships to college. She has a passion for mentoring and helping youth reach their dreams and potential. She is also a “true” Dallas Cowboys fan and loves playing with her grandchildren and researching her family history.

Dr. I. David Daniels is an occupational health and safety professional, thought leader, former public safety executive, and President/CEO of ID2 Solutions, LLC.

Dr. Daniels holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Fire Services Administration, a master’s degree in human resources management, and a Ph.D. in Occupational Health and Safety. He is certified as a Safety Director, Violence Prevention Specialist, Emergency Management Specialist, Safety and Health Specialist, and certified in Mental Health First Aid.

Dr. Daniels serves as a member of the National Safety Council (NSC) Board of Directors, was the founding chair of the NSC’s Government and Public-Sector Division, and was a recipient of NSC’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service to Safety Award. He is also chair of the National Association of Black Compliance and Risk Management Professionals Safety and Security Workgroup.

Dr. Daniels is a life member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs and served over 30 years in fire/rescue, emergency medical, and emergency management organizations in three states. His career focus on safety was a primary reason he was inducted into the National Fire Heritage Center’s Hall of Legacies, Legends, and Leaders Class of 2021, the first living African American to have received this honor.

Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Anthony Dawkins is a labor and employment attorney with Morgan & Morgan, PA, the nation’s largest injury law firm. Anthony handles a full spectrum of labor and employment law matters exclusively on behalf of plaintiffs. Additionally, he leads his firm’s federal sector employment sub-practice, representing federal employees in federal district courts and before administrative tribunals nationwide.

Before joining Morgan & Morgan, PA, Anthony practiced both as a solo practitioner and with Prioleau & Milfort, LLC, an Atlanta, Georgia-based boutique employment firm with whom Anthony maintains an ongoing Of Counsel relationship. His foray into private practice came after spending seven years with Maximus Human Services, Inc., a multinational government sector business process outsourcing firm, as Vice President and in-house counsel. Anthony transitioned to Maximus Human Services, Inc. after gaining experience as legal counsel and chief counsel at the Senate of Pennsylvania and executive director at the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus.

Anthony graduated from the venerable Girard College boarding school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Morehouse College and a Juris Doctor from the Commonwealth Law School at Widener University. Anthony resides in Atlanta, Georgia, and is an avid fitness enthusiast.

Ketra is a regulatory, compliance, and risk management professional with over twenty years of experience in bank operations, compliance, and auditing. Ketra has a Bachelor of Science in Corporate Finance from Wayne State University and MBA from University of Phoenix. Ketra is a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager from the American Bankers Association.  Currently, she works as a Risk Principal with Discover Financial. Ketra is the Co-Chairman for Building our Economic Wealth Committee, and Financial Secretary for the Omega Epsilon Omega of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Also, Ketra is a Trustee, and on the finance committee at Greater Grace Temple Church in Detroit, MI. Recently, she was appointed to the Wayne County Ethics Board of Michigan with her term expiring in 2024.  Ketra enjoys spending time with her family, traveling and teaching varies topics on financial literacy.

Dan is the Founder of Second Line Advisors and is an industry-leading expert within the Compliance, Risk, and Regulatory functions since 1999. He has conducted searches for executives in the compliance, risk, legal, internal audit and regulatory affairs functions throughout the world, particularly in Financial Services and FinTech. His portfolio of work includes Chief Compliance Officers, Chief Risk Officers, Chief Auditors and Chief Legal Officers. He has been noted in various industry periodicals and is engaged in industry events with The Clearing House/BPI, SIFMA, ABA, ACAMS, RMA and GARP.

Louis C. Senat is a Haitian-American attorney admitted to practice law in the State of Florida, the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, and the Southern and Middle District Bankruptcy Courts of Florida.  He received his Juris Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University in 2008, and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2009.  Prior to attending law school, he received a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice from Florida International University. 

While attending law school, Louis worked at the prestigious intellectual property law firm, Gold & Rizvi, P.A., where he obtained vast experience in all aspects of intellectual property law.  Louis served as the Vice-President and as President of the Caribbean Law Student Association. He also participated in the American-Caribbean Law Initiative, where he argued cases before the Crown Counsel of the Cayman Islands.

Louis practices in the areas of Real Estate Law, Foreclosure Defense, Landlord/Tenant Law, Civil Litigation, Family Law, Bankruptcy, and Intellectual Property Law.  He has held many leadership positions such as Lead Eviction and Monitor Attorney, and Litigation Attorney in several law firms.   He served as Secretary of the Haitian Lawyers Association from 2013 to 2016, and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Broward College in the school's Paralegal Studies Program.

Daniel L. Williams is a talented senior level global leader with over 20 years of physical security, cyber security, and technical security leadership.  He takes pride in creating results driven leadership through ethical change management strategies and is personally committed to enabling a healthy organizational culture through stewardship, inclusion, and diversity.

Currently as the Senior Manager of Business Continuity and Crisis Management, Dan will lead Lucid in creating programs to keep their workforce safe and operational.  Dan is the former Global Head of Security Resilience & Partnerships at Uber technologies Inc., he led with his team a cohesive strategy for global business continuity, crisis management, and disaster response during the COVID-19 outbreak.  Prior to this role, they established Uber’s global threat management, protective intelligence, travel security, and insider threat programs scaling each through initial public offering (IPO) and beyond. 

Prior to his transition to the private sector, he served over 20 years in the United States Marine Corps as a Counterintelligence Agent and as a federal civil servant for Naval Special Warfare Development Group.  Dan received several awards and citations during his career to include two bronze stars.

In addition to his career, Dan created an endowment through Indiana Wesleyan University.  This endowment is designed to provide scholarships to well deserving students with a lower grade point average (GPA) that might not be eligible for traditional scholarships.  The scholarship is named after the recruiter who helped Dan enlist into the United States Marines.

Shamia Lodge is a human resource leader with more than 16 years of experience as a corporate professional. Shamia is currently a fellow in the CEO Action for Racial Equity (CEOARE) Fellowship. She leads a corporate engagement strategy to mobilize untapped talent by destigmatizing reentry and advocating for fair chance hiring. Outside of her work within the CEOARE Fellowship, Shamia’s passion is evident through her involvement in nonprofit organizations and community programs. She is prominently involved in building key community relationships and addressing racial inequality. As the Interim board President for ReInventing ReEntry, she helps educate and reshape our society’s perception of formerly incarcerated people. She is also a board member of the Valedictorian Project Inc., an organization established to inspire children to strive for academic excellence and other educational task force groups. She is a Black Philanthropy Initiative Social Justice Committee member and the Arizona state ambassador to the United States of Women (USOW). Shamia is a recipient of Phoenix Business Journal’s 40 under 40 class of 2021, holds a Bachelor of Arts in human resource management, and is currently pursuing her master’s in legal studies from the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law at Arizona State University. She resides in Arizona with her husband and four amazing daughters and strives daily to balance the value of family, community, and work.

Djofia Bentho is a Lead Data Analyst within the Compliance, Legal & Risk Services Department at Target Corporation.

He is responsible for providing support to the Legal Affairs Team with research, data wrangling, analytics and visualization.

 Djofia is a graduate from Bethel University in Minnesota, where he received a Master’s degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Management.

 In addition to his employment at Target Corporation, Djofia is a member of Knights of Columbus and he helps his community by volunteering at church.

Tiffany is the Call Quality Compliance Manager for Aaron’s and is responsible for monitoring collection calls for regulatory compliance across over 700 Aaron’s stores. Prior to joining Aaron’s in October 2017, Tiffany’s compliance career began in 2004 with Bank of America in Currency/Tax Reporting compliance and Global Wealth and Investment Management. Tiffany is graduate of University of Phoenix with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and minor concentration in Project Management.

Jasmine serves as Global Senior Director, Society and Physician Relations, Strategic Customer Engagement, and Medical Education and Sales Training. In this role, she is responsible for the global operational structure for the Neuromodulation Customer Experience teams and is laser-focused on building external relationships with Medical Healthcare and Professional Societies for the Neuromodulation business.

 With 16 years of medical device experience at Medtronic, Jasmine leads teams focused on customer engagement, strategic innovations for society conferences, and training on the safe and effective usage of the Neuromodulation portfolio, all while keeping customers' needs and patients at the forefront.

Jasmine is a graduate of the University of New Orleans (2020) with a Master of Science degree focused on executive studies in Marketing Applications, Finance, Revenue Management, and Industry Development and uses her experience in operations analysis, change, and strategic management in her current role. She also completed her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Louisiana State University (2002), where she focused on the systematic understanding of social interaction, social organization, social institutions, and social change. Jasmine has a Certified Life Coach Certification from the CLC Institute, providing a unique perspective on multi-faceted roles.

Jasmine's career began in regional hospitality sales in the Northeast and transitioned to the Mid-south, where she then joined Medtronic, Inc in Memphis, TN. She quickly moved into society relations, conference planning, and physician relations leadership roles within Medtronic Spine, Restorative Therapies Group, Brain Therapies, and most recently, in 2020 joined the Neuromodulation Operating Unit.

 Jasmine has the pleasure of serving on the Medtronic African Descent Network serving as the co-lead for the LIFT professional development program, a member of New Orleans Go Red for Women Circle of Red, and has a passion for volunteering at schools in the mid-south focused on educating students on healthcare professions.

Jasmine and her family, including two daughters, enjoy sewing, traveling, and serving those in their surrounding communities.

1. David Daniels is an occupational health and safety professional, thought leader, former public safety executive, and President/CEO of ID2 Solutions, LLC.

Dr. Daniels holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Fire Services Administration, a master’s degree in human resources management, and a Ph.D. in Occupational Health and Safety. He is certified as a Safety Director, Violence Prevention Specialist, Emergency Management Specialist, Safety and Health Specialist, and certified in Mental Health First Aid.

Dr. Daniels serves as a member of the National Safety Council (NSC) Board of Directors, was the founding chair of the NSC’s Government and Public-Sector Division, and was a recipient of NSC’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service to Safety Award. He is also chair of the National Association of Black Compliance and Risk Management Professionals Safety and Security Workgroup.

Dr. Daniels is a life member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs and served over 30 years in fire/rescue, emergency medical, and emergency management organizations in three states. His career focus on safety was a primary reason he was inducted into the National Fire Heritage Center’s Hall of Legacies, Legends, and Leaders Class of 2021, the first living African American to have received this honor.

Bio: Christin Peeples is the Founder and Nonprofit Executive Director of Bossupculture.org. She is a Social Entrepreneur, Personal & Business Development Consultant & Accomplished Real Estate Professional who is the embodiment of her company’s motto to “Shine Relentlessly’. Christin’s desire to ensure safe and healthy work environments was due to her own experience within her corporate career which fueled the creation of her successful 501c3 organization. Her efforts in this mission is bringing positive change to the workplace and prevention methods as the awareness of workplace abuse has grown since Boss Up Culture Org's inception. In addition to addressing this epidemic, Christin’s priority has been to offer much needed support and healing to targets experiencing this type of mistreatment, including fundraising for targets who can't afford quality, mental healthcare. She's an advocate and visionary who is driven by providing solutions. Peeples has recently added to Boss Up Culture Org's goods and services: The Boss Up Culture Org YouTube Channel, 1 on 1 Coaching & Online Courses, Workplace Abuse Prevention Consultation for Businesses, Boss Up Culture Athleisure Wear & Accessory Line while offering Public Speaking Engagements. Christin is known globally and nationally for her efforts in making impactful change in working with Legislators to provide necessary employee and employer protections that align with her organization’s mission. Helping people has always been at the core of every aspect within her businesses; so it’s no wonder why her 16 year real estate career continues to flourish with her ability help transform the lives of others, helping people achieve their goals in every aspect of life. Peeples is a wife and mother of 3 with 2 fur babies who finds joy in the empowerment of others. She has been featured in various publications for her work and is dedicated to ensuring change for the greater good for years to come. Visit Bossupculture.org for more information in getting involved with her initiatives.

As Chief of Corporate Excellence, Lisa provides cross-functional quality improvement, compliance, equity and inclusion strategy in accordance with best practices and regulatory expectations.

In addition to her work at Vibrant, Lisa serves on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Crisis Organization Directors (NASCOD), and is an advisor to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline through participation in their Standards, Trainings, and Practices Committee.

 Daughter of Caribbean immigrants and a lifelong Brooklynite, Lisa is a proud Social Work alumna of Howard University Graduate School of Social Work with an emphasis in Mental Health/Impacted Communities. Her undergraduate work is from The Pennsylvania State University in Psychology, as well as certification in Non-Profit Executive Leadership from New York University. 

In addition to her work at Vibrant, Ms. Chandler maintains a private practice in New York City. Lisa’s proudest accomplishment are her daughter and son with her husband.

Faith, Truth, Integrity, Justice, Equity, Inclusion and Respect are words that motivate Janet to be the passionate leader she is today. Her faith in God empowers her to face adversity with hope and strength, which gives her the ability to forge forward on her path with relentless determination.

Janet has over 20 years of risk and compliance experience with focus areas in ethics and business conduct, third party risk management, controls and monitoring, contract compliance, immigration compliance, training, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and antitrust compliance programs. Janet has been employed with Vialto Partners for over 13 years where she is currently an Americas Risk & Compliance Manager.

On a personal note, Janet is a 19U boys competitive travel basketball coach where she assists young men obtain academic and/or athletic scholarships to college. She has a passion for mentoring and helping youth reach their dreams and potential. She is also a “true” Dallas Cowboys fan and loves playing with her grandchildren and researching her family history.