Amber Maynard

Amber uses any pronouns with respect. Amber (am-ber) Maynard (may-nerd) is the Senior Director of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility at Elanco (ee-laan like “and” -coh) Animal Health. A popular speaker and thought leader for I-D-E-A, Amber holds degrees from Ball State University and a certificate in diversity, equity, and inclusion from Cornell University. A

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Abel Wen

he, him, his As a passionate advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), Abel is dedicated to fostering an environment where every voice is heard and valued. Abel has over 10 years of experience in DEI strategy and nearly 20 years of Human Resources (HR) experience working with organizations across different industries (including multiple Fortune

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Deniqua Crichlow

she, her, hers Deniqua leads Cisco’s Strategic Growth Change Management. She previously held HR business partner roles supporting Cisco Transformation, Cisco Networking Engineering, Mass Scale Infrastructure Engineering, Global Sales & Marketing, Global Enterprise Sales (GES), as well as Global Service Provider for both Services and Sales. Before joining Cisco in 2016, Deniqua worked in various

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Chris Hendricks

he, him, his Chris has reached over 100,000 people, young and old, from all walks of life throughout the US, Canada, and Europe using music, spoken word, and personal stories of transformation. Being diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at the age of 4 has given him a unique perspective on leadership, success, creativity, and self-worth. Chris

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Maceo Owens

she/her/hers Maceo Owens is the CEO and Founder of The ERG Movement and a global thought leader in the ERG space. Known for her work as a keynote speaker and ERG coach, Maceo has helped organizations around the world enhance their ERG programs. Her expertise has been recognized in top publications like Forbes, Bloomberg, and

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Gary Burnette

he/him/his Throughout his career, Gary has worked with and led great teams (large and small) bringing industry-leading solutions to market and leading innovation now with Kyndryl and prior with IBM to change how professionals work and how we better face our clients. As a divisional CIO and enterprise CDO, he’s had the opportunity to partner

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Enrique Perez

he, him, his Enrique Perez is a marketing manager at Cisco, where he focuses on content strategy for the ThousandEyes SaaS product. In his free time, he serves as a chapter co-lead for PRIDE, one of Cisco’s largest and oldest employee resource groups. This year, his chapter raised over $95,000 and contributed more than 220

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