Hady Mendez is a NY-based Amazon best-selling author, Latina speaker, and ERG coach. She is the founder and CEO of Boldly Speaking LLC, a company that is transforming the professional experiences of women and people of color by empowering underrepresented employees with the skills to self-advocate, self-promote, and ascend into leadership roles within Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and across organizations.

With a diverse career spanning over 25 years, Hady has served as head of equality
for a major tech firm, held multiple customer-facing roles in high-tech and financial
services, served as a leader and advisor across various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), volunteered as an international champion for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, and served as Community School Director at an elementary school in the South Bronx.

Hady’s academic credentials include a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Manhattan College, and graduate certificates in eBusiness and eCommerce from NYU and NJIT, respectively. She also holds a Family Development Credential from the University of Connecticut.

Hady serves on the NY Leadership Council at Room to Grow, a nonprofit supporting low-income families in the South Bronx and on the Advisory Board for the National ERG Leadership Conference. Additionally, she holds the role of Membership Lead for the Ellevate Network NYC chapter.

Hady’s essays have been featured in Business Insider and #WeAllGrow Latina and her thought leadership has been leveraged by organizations such as Hack.Diversity, Power To Fly, Lean in Latinas, and many others. Hady is a Latinas in Tech Luminarias 2022 Honoree, a Women of ALPFA 2023 “Latinas to Watch”, and a LinkedIn “Top Coaching & Mentoring Voice”.

In her free time, Hady is an amateur street art photographer and an avid podcast listener.