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2021 DE&I Influencers

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) Influencers

The DE&I Influencers list honors individuals who are advancing diversity, equity and inclusion within their organizations and across the workforce solutions ecosystem at large. 

2021 DE&I Influencers

Name

Title

Company

Angelique Alvarez

Head of Supplier Diversity and Inclusion

ATR International

Beth Armesto

Sr. Director, Supplier Relationship Management, Guidant Global

Impellam Group

Adwoa “Adj” Awotwi

General Counsel

LocumTenens.com

Stephen Bediako OBE

Founder and Managing Director

Turning Basin Labs Inc.

Sue Bhatia

Founder and Chairwoman

Rose International Inc.

Tinisha Bookhart

Founding Partner, Director of IT Practice

Primary Talent Partners

Akilah Cadet

Founder and CEO

Change Cadet

Allen Chilson

Talent Acquisition Manager, Strategic Partnerships

BASF Corp.

Chad Douglas

Founding Partner and Chief Revenue Officer

Primary Talent Partners

Anna Frazzetto

Chief Digital Technology Officer

Tential

Marion Frenche

Practice Leader for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Search Manager; and Sr. Executive Search Consultant

Greenwood/Asher & Associates, a Kelly company

Jan Greenwood

Founder, Greenwood Asher & Associates; VP and Managing Partner, Kelly

Greenwood/Asher & Associates, a Kelly company

Reena Gupta

Founder and CEO

Mom Relaunch

Monnisha Hawkins

Director, Talent Acquisition

Strategic Staffing Solutions

Janice Bryant “JBH” Howroyd

Founder and CEO

ActOne Group

Marisol Hughes

Executive VP and General Counsel

WilsonHCG

Audra Jenkins

Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Randstad North America

Randstad USA

Felicia Johnson

Founder, National Speaker

Gatson Group

Ashish Kaushal

CEO

Consciously Unbiased

Kerry Kiley

Sr. Contingent Workforce Program Manager

Workday

Meg Ksenzakovic

Director, Global Contingent Workforce

Bristol Myers Squibb

Gladys Lopez

Global Head of Supplier Diversity

BNY Mellon

Megan McCann

CEO and Founder, McCann Partners; Co-Founder, ARA

McCann Partners

Michelle Nettles

Chief People and Culture Officer

ManpowerGroup

Allison O’Kelly

Founder and CEO

Corps Team

Hetal Parikh

Co-Founder and CEO

Rangam Consultants Inc.

Nish Parikh

Co-Founder and President

Rangam Consultants Inc.

Cynthia J. Pasky

Founder and CEO

Strategic Staffing Solutions

Pratik Patel

Director, Category Management ? Sourcing and Supplier Management

Mastercard

Ranjini Poddar

Co-Founder and CEO

Artech LLC

Keilon Ratliff

VP; Head of Automotive and Oil, Gas and Energy, Kelly Professional & Industrial

Kelly

Sonu Ratra

Co-founder

Akraya

Allison Robinson

Founder and CEO

The Mom Project

Tayo Rockson

CEO

UYD Management LLC

William T. Rolack, Sr.

VP, Diversity and Inclusion

Workforce Logiq

Susan Salka

CEO

AMN Healthcare

Kate Siklosi

Purpose-Driven Partnerships Lead

Ian Martin Group

Lauren Simmons

“Wolfette of Wall Street”

DE&I Consultant

Michelle D. Sims

CEO

Year Up Professional Resources, PBC

Wen Stenger

former Global Lead, External Workforce Programs

Thomson Reuters

Keisha Stephens

Contingent Workforce Program Director

Splunk Inc.

Ken R. Taunton

President and CEO

The Royster Group Inc.

Namita Tirath

Chief Customer Officer

Pyramid Consulting Inc.

Nina Vaca

Chairman and CEO

Pinnacle Group

Leslie Vickrey

Founder and CEO

ClearEdge Marketing

Gene Waddy

CEO

DIVERSANT LLC

DeLibra Wesley

CEO

National Recruiting Consultants

Maggie Williams

Associate VP of Operations

AREVO Group Inc.

Orlando L. Williams

Chief Executive and Equity Officer

Motus Recruiting & Staffing Inc.

Rubyna Zito

VP, Technology Operations and Services

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