Cynthia Strickland is a certified DEI practitioner with extensive experience in the corporate sector. She has worked in corporate leadership, program management, entrepreneurship, and consulting to build diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces. Cynthia has leveraged her identity as “the only” in most professional situations to catalyze change in support of individuals, groups and larger human systems across race and other dimensions of diversity. She is the Technology Chair for the Institute for Transformational Leadership Network, an affiliate of the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies. Specific areas of expertise: people leadership & development, diversity strategy, coaching, mentoring, change management, Design Thinking, project management.
Sector expertise: Technology, Healthcare, Corporate.
Sonya Robbins Hoffmann is a certified DEI practitioner who has worked in the field since 2013. She brings deep knowledge of organizational development, and many years of expert facilitation, both as a trainer and with individuals, teams and organizations in the nonprofit sector. She began her work in this field as an arts educator designing inclusive curriculum and programs nationally for students and teachers, K-12. Recent clients include the Mid-Atlantic Equity Association, the Mayor’s Office of Returning Citizens Affairs (MORCA), the Council for Court Excellence, and Teaching for Change. Specific areas of expertise: strategic planning, equity audits, coaching self-identified white individuals, coaching & support for internal DEI practitioners, program design for equity and inclusion, curriculum design and training.
Sector expertise: Education/ Academia, Government, Arts, Healthcare.