Adriana Cabre

Vice Chancellor of Human Resources
National University Systems

Vice Chancellor of Human Resources
National University Systems
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Denise Banuelos

Senior Diversity Consultant
City of Hope

Senior Diversity Consultant
City of Hope
Denise L. Banuelos is a Diversity & Inclusion Consultant for Southern California Edison’s Diversity & Inclusion Department. Denise has focused her career as being an Equal Rights Professional with over 17 years’ experience developing Equal Opportunity and Diversity programs. She recently took on the challenge with tenacity and dedication of navigating through unchartered territory to prepare her Company to support two employees who announced being transgender by educating management and their respective work groups on how to be inclusive.
Denise is a native of Alexandria, Virginia and received her undergraduate degree in Business Marketing from Radford University, Radford ,Virginia and her Masters of Business Administration and Human Resources from Keller Graduate School of Management in Pomona, California. Denise is also PHR certified.

She currently serves on the Board for LA Diversity Council. Denise also serves as the Outreach Chairperson for American Association of Blacks in Energy where her team shares information about energy programs offered to the underserved communities.
Outside of Denise’s professional interests, she enjoys traveling, reading, wine tasting and scuba diving.
Denise can be reached on LinkedIn or at denise.banuelos@sce.com.

Denise Kirwan

Principal & Founder
Tracks Global

Principal & Founder
Tracks Global
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Douglas Freeman

Chief Diversity Officer
Gold Coast Health Plan

Chief Diversity Officer
Gold Coast Health Plan
Douglas C. Freeman is the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) at Gold Coast Health Plan (GCHP). As CDO, Mr. Freeman is responsible for all aspects of the Plan’s diversity initiative. Under the administrative direction of the Ventura County Medi-Cal Managed Care Commission (VCMMCC), Mr. Freeman is tasked with ensuring that the Plan offers a workplace characterized by a culture of inclusion, engagement and high performance, and that the organization reflects the member community that it serves. Mr. Freeman joins the Plan with more than 17 years of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) management consulting experience for some of the world’s leading organizations. Prior to joining GCHP in March 2017, Mr. Freeman served as the Managing Partner of Virtcom Consulting, a global diversity consultancy in New York. In that role, Freeman founded the World Diversity Leadership Summit, which in 2004 trained more than 3,500 executives to become diversity innovators. Mr. Freeman earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master of Public Policy focused on International Trade and Finance from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Frances Dillon

Global Head of Organizational Development
HSBC

Global Head of Organizational Development
HSBC
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Lauren Gagliardi

Diversity & Inclusion Manager
Symantec Corp

Diversity & Inclusion Manager
Symantec Corp
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Matthew McElrath

Chief Human Resources Officer
Keck Medicine of USC

Chief Human Resources Officer
Keck Medicine of USC
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Milton Dellossier

Vice President
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Vice President
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
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Monica Medina

Director, Community Development & Engagement
KPBS

Director, Community Development & Engagement
KPBS
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Sondra Burgoyne

Events & Activities Co-Chair
University of Phoenix

Sonja Wilkerson

Vice President, Head of Human Resources
Infinera

Vice President, Head of Human Resources
Infinera
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Tarsha Addison

Field Human Resources Leader
GameStop

Field Human Resources Leader
GameStop
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Wendell Ferguson

Portfolio Management
Blue Shield of California

Portfolio Management
Blue Shield of California
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Angeles Valenciano

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer
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Dennis Kennedy

Founder & Chairman

Founder & Chairman
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Dr. Mary J. Wardell-Ghirarduzzi

Global Head of Organizational Development
University of San Francisco

Global Head of Organizational Development
University of San Francisco
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