2025 Speakers
Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche
Author & Financial Educator
Dr. Jamila K. Taylor
President & CEO
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Nicky Sparrow
Executive Vice President, iHeartMedia
Adrianne C. Smith,
Founder—Can: Diversity Collective, Chief Impact & Inclusion Officer, FleishmanHillard
Dee C. Marshall
CEO & Managing Partner—Diverse & Engaged, Founder— Scale Black
Crystal Barnes, Executive Vice President, Social Impact & ESG, Paramount
Dominique Sellers, Vice President, Supplier Diversity and Sustainable Sourcing, Paramount
Melanie Campbell, President & CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation & Convener Black Women’s Roundtable
Michelle Rice, President, TVOne & Cleo TV
Melonie D. Parker, Chief Diversity Officer, Google
Michelle Miller, Co-Host, CBC Saturday Morning, NY Times Best Selling Author
Alisa Gumbs, Deputy Chief Content Officer, Black Enterprise Magazine
Marcia Dukes, MassMutual, Innovative D&I Strategies Lead
Heather Foster, Head of National Policy, Lyft
Yunice Emir, Director, Corporate Communications & Experiential Partnerships, Moet Hennessey
Robert Brace, Celebrity Wellness Expert, Founder of Brace Life Studios
Dr. Aliya Browne, Board-Certified Clinical Cardiologist
Rhonda Glover Reese, Ed.D.
Law Enforcement Coach & FBI Unicorn, The Rhonda M. Glover Group
Michellene Davis, Esq., President & CEO, National Medical Fellowships, Inc.
Allessandra Burns, CEO, Fearless Labs
Aimee D. Griffin, J.D., LLM, Life & Legacy Counselors
Curated by Diverse & Engaged
Since 2014, we have created a space for high-level, high-ranking, and high-profile women who are corporate insiders, influencers, and game changers to take a timeout from their demanding schedules and competing priorities to focus on themselves. Work is calling you to bring your best self and this session supports you in focusing on your whole self — as a corporate leader, business leader, elected or appointed leader, community leader, or a leader of your bloodline. This forum over brunch is a custom-curated mid-year exercise for high-performance leaders to hold the space for YOU.
Because…
It’s not about the work, it’s about YOU.
It’s about the next best iteration of YOU.
It’s about your big hairy audacious goals.
It’s about where you see yourself last.
It’s about building the brand on the inside of YOU.
It’s about taking a time-out from work to level set for life.
It’s about allowing space to reset for the remainder of the year.
It’s about re-evaluating and recalibrating your life.
It’s about addressing your whole self so you can bring your best self back to work.
Whether you are successful but unhappy, successful but unfulfilled, or successful but in transition, THIS IS FOR YOU.
This year’s focus is on your health, your wealth, your next level, and your legacy.
About Your Host
Dee C. Marshall is an award winning business owner, influencer, and thought leader on equity, diversity and inclusion across industries, sector and globally and
• Named Top 50 People of Color Influencers by ROI
• Named Future of Black America Top 50
• Named Top 25 Influential Black Women in Business by Network Journal
• Named Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs by LWE
• Board Chair, National Association for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
• 2nd Vice Chair, WBENC Forum Engagement
• Founder of D&I Honors: where Congress meets culture inclusion & belonging
• Curator of Diversity on The Hill and The Diversity Tipping Point™
• A Google’s Tech Policy Fellow
• Appointed to Governor-Elect Phil Murphy’s Transition Team 2017
• Named United State of Women Changer Maker in 2016
• She’s advised top women leaders in US Congress and Bermuda including their First Lady)
• A Wall Street alumna who trained million dollar producers
• An ICF Certified Coach, Gallup Certified and Kolbe Certified
• Featured on CNBC, Forbes, Fortune, Financial Times, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur and HR Executive
About Diverse & Engaged
We are an award winning leadership development and diversity consulting practice providing workforce solutions from strategy to implementation. Our Fortune 500 clients retain us when they have a challenge attracting, engaging, and retaining diverse culture.
