Diversity Speakers

Diversity speakers are individuals who specialize in addressing the importance of diversity and inclusion in various contexts, such as workplaces, educational institutions, and community organizations.

These speakers are often experts in areas like race, gender, sexuality, disability, or other aspects of diversity. They are invited to share their knowledge and personal experiences, promoting understanding, empathy, and acceptance among diverse groups of people.

Diversity speakers engage their audiences through powerful narratives, data-driven insights, and practical strategies to create inclusive environments, foster equity, and celebrate the unique perspectives that each individual brings to the table. Their presentations serve as a catalyst for positive change and help organizations and communities harness the benefits of diversity while combating discrimination and bias.

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Dr. Paula Stone Williams - Image 07 (January 19, 2026)

Dr. Paula Stone Williams

Dr. Paula Stone Williams is a global keynote speaker and gender equity advocate whose lived experience and leadership background illuminate systemic bias and inspire meaningful organizational and social change.
  • Gender Equity
John Register

John Register

John Register is a Paralympic Silver Medalist, U.S. Army veteran, and transformation expert who empowers audiences to conquer adversity and adopt a bold new-normal mindset.
  • Inspirational Speaker
Rob Lawless - Image 07 (January 22, 2026)
  • (6 reviews)

Rob Lawless

Human connection keynote speaker Rob Lawless inspires audiences to embrace empathy, curiosity, and courage through lessons learned from his mission to meet 10,000 people for one hour each.
  • Human Connection Expert
Afua Hirsch

Afua Hirsch

Afua Hirsch is a journalist, broadcaster and social justice advocate whose incisive reporting and lived expertise on race, identity and human rights.
  • Social Justice
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Dima Ghawi

Leadership expert and award-winning author Dima Ghawi empowers professionals to break limitations, embrace authentic growth, and lead with courage through transformative storytelling and global leadership insights.
  • Leadership speaker
Lenora Billings-Harris

Lenora Billings-Harris

Hall of Fame speaker and global DEI authority Lenora Billings-Harris helps organizations accelerate results by reducing bias, leveraging diverse perspectives, and creating cultures where inclusion drives innovation and performance.
  • Inclusive Diversity
Aniyia Williams
  • (2 reviews)

Aniyia Williams

Entrepreneur and responsible technology leader Aniyia Williams empowers organizations to build inclusive, ethical and community-driven innovation ecosystems that uplift underrepresented founders and reshape the future of tech.
  • Tech Changemaker
Piers Kowalski

Piers Kowalski

Keynote speaker and corporate inclusivity advocate Piers Kowalski empowers leaders to advance LGBTQ equity, strengthen allyship, and build workplace cultures rooted in authenticity and belonging.
  • Transgender Storyteller
Nichole Pitts
  • (3 reviews)

Nichole Pitts

Nichole Pitts an ethics & compliance strategist and culture architect that drives powerful change by turning integrity, equity, and risk into competitive advantage.
  • Ethics Compliance
Dr. Terence Keel - Image 06 (January 22, 2026)

Dr. Terence Keel

Social justice and race-in-science expert Dr. Terence Keel helps organizations and institutions understand how race, genetics, and history shape inequality, ethics, and decision making today.
  • Social Justice
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Jeff Butler

Jeff Butler is an author and workplace strategist who explores human behavior within the working world. His experience spans over 40 industries in 4 continents on how different cultures and employees interact with each other. He studies common threads of behavior in industries such as IT professionals, underground utility workers, police officers to clothing retail […]

  • Generational Speaker
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Dr. Eric Thomas

Dr. Eric Thomas is a motivational keynote speaker, author, and educator known as ET The Hip Hop Preacher who inspires audiences to pursue excellence and resilience.
  • Motivational Speaker
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Gaby Natale

Inspirational keynote speaker Gaby Natale empowers audiences to activate their pioneer spirit using triple-Emmy storytelling, transformative leadership insights and practical lessons in resilience and innovation.
  • Breaking Barriers
Se-ah-dom Edmo: Social Justice

Se-ah-dom Edmo

Community organizer and justice leader Se-ah-dom Edmo advances tribal sovereignty, racial equity, and social justice through policy reform, coalition-building, and Indigenous-centered leadership.
  • Social Justice
Kanya Sesser - Image 14 (January 23, 2026)
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Kanya Sesser

Inspires audiences to overcome physical limits and embrace possibility by sharing Paralympic resilience, adaptive sports insights, and boundary-breaking courage everywhere.
  • "No Legs, No Limits"
Astrid Scholz - Image 04 (February 2, 2026)

Astrid Scholz

Serial entrepreneur and sustainability keynote speaker Astrid J. Scholz helps leaders align technology, finance, and governance to mobilize capital and collaboration for large scale global impact.
  • Serial Entrepreneur
Hannah Ubl

Hannah Ubl

Hannah Ubl is a workplace culture expert and co-founder of Good Company Consulting, helping organizations create mindful, empathetic, and human-centered cultures where people thrive.
  • Business Culture
Greg R. Baird
  • (7 reviews)

Greg R. Baird

LGBTQ+ civil rights advocate and educator Greg R. Baird inspires audiences with powerful storytelling on allyship, belonging, and empathetic leadership shaped by 31 years of activism and community engagement.
  • LGBTQ+ Civil Rights, Allyship.
Stephanie Battaglino - Image 04 (January 20, 2026)

Stephanie Battaglino

Workplace DEI speaker and transgender leadership expert Stephanie Battaglino helps organizations build inclusive, high-performing cultures through lived experience, strategic insight, and transformative LGBTQ+ workplace education.
  • Inclusivity Speaker
Vivienne Ming

Dr. Vivienne Ming

Computational neuroscientist who applies data-driven insights to learning, performance, and scalable human systems to boost outcomes across teams and education.
  • Mad Scientist
Aileen Lee

Aileen Lee

Aileen Lee is the founder of Cowboy Ventures. She partners at the earliest stages with enterprise and consumer-oriented startup teams to build products customers love, and to help teams build aspirational companies. She has over two decades of experience starting at seed stage and staying involved for many years beyond. Prior to Cowboy, Aileen spent […]

  • Business Innovation
Kudzi Chikumbu

Kudzi Chikumbu

Digital innovation and creator marketing leader Kudzi Chikumbu empowers global brands and creators to build authentic influence through storytelling, community engagement, and inclusive, data-informed strategy.
  • Lifestyle Influencer
Erica Dhawan | Executive Presence | Manage a Hybrid Team

Erica Dhawan

Erica Dhawan stands at the forefront of 21st-century leadership, recognized globally as an authority on teamwork, collaboration, and innovation. With a remarkable blend of insight, expertise, and practical strategies, she guides organizations through the challenges and opportunities of our digital age. Named among the top 50 management thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, Erica Dhawan […]

  • Collaborate Innovation
James Lawrence

James Lawrence

Endurance keynote speaker James “Iron Cowboy” Lawrence inspires audiences with record-breaking feats and actionable strategies for pushing past limits, strengthening grit, and achieving extraordinary results.
  • The Iron Cowboy
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