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Creating a Culture of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the workplace has never been a more poignant topic than it has become in 2020. How can Project Management Professionals foster a culture of inclusion? How can we become more aware of unconscious biases affecting our management style? How can we overcome our own biases - and help others overcome their own biases? What is our responsibility to ourselves and others to promote a culture of unconditional respect and empathy for all of those we interact with? While it would take far more than one session to even begin to answer these questions fully, PMICV is bringing together an expert panel of thought leaders in the DEI space for this very special Virtual Panel Discussion Event on Diversity in Project Management. Please join us Wednesday 18 November 2020 at 6:30 PM EST for what is sure to be a thought-provoking and impactful discussion. Let's come together and discuss how celebrating our differences and bringing an empathetic perspective to all of our work can help us find success in our projects, and help create a better world for all. As part of your registration for this event, please take the time to submit at least one question or discussion topic for our panel by filling out this form: Form: DIVERSITY in Project Management - VIRTUAL PANEL - Questions and Topics Please feel free to make multiple submissions - we are excited to discuss with our panelists those topics most important to you! Registered attendees will also have the opportunity to win t-shirts and other door prizes provided by some of our panelists and the organizations they represent. Attendees will also be supplied with a PDU claim code post-event for 2 Leadership PDUs. This is going to be an amazing event - please join us! ------------------------------ Take a closer look at our panelists for this event: Adam Rosenfield https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjrosenfield/ DEI Recruiter, ZenBusiness PBC & AustinPeopleWorks Adam Rosenfield (he/him) is an people operations pro focused on all things talent management, design thinking, diversity, equity, and inclusion and how to put the “human” back in HR. After years of recruiting and doing employer brand work, his future wife prodded him into a people operations career. But really, his interest in total rewards and talent acquisition came from following the intricate goings-on of his favorite Dallas sports teams as a young kid. Ashish Kaushal https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashish-kaushal-040245/ Co-Founder of Consciously Unbiased, CEO of HireTalent Movement maker, belonging builder, business innovator. Ashish Kaushal is the founder of Consciously Unbiased, a grassroots movement and organization promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace. He is also the CEO of HireTalent, a nationwide contingent staffing firm focused on diversity staffing in Procurement, Human Resources, Healthcare, Clinical / Scientific, Finance and Technology. Carin Knoop https://www.linkedin.com/in/carinknoop/ Executive Director at Harvard Business School Exposed as a child to the sometimes fatal consequences of toxic workplaces on family members, Carin-Isabel Knoop attended Harvard Business School to learn how to build better organizations. For the past 25 years she has been leading the School’s research and case writing group and has helped HBS faculty members write more than 200 case studies on organizations and managers around the world. At night she thinks about how to make their challenging lives better. This led to research and publications in the area of mental health in the workplace, an interest in human sustainability, and a commitment to access and inclusion. Her recent book is entitled Compassionate Management of Mental Health in the Modern Workplace (Springer Publishing). She engages with individuals and organizations around the world via her organization, Beezoo. She is also a pragmatic idealist, a soft-serve ice cream lover and fanatic postcard writer. Dr. Wanda Heading-Grant https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-heading-grant-ed-d-shrm-scp-99465532/ Vice President Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at University of Vermont Dr. Wanda Heading-Grant is the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, at the University of Vermont (UVM). As a senior administrator, she leads units that provide University-wide diversity, equity, engagement, professional development, curriculum development, and talent acquisitions support services. Her three decades of career service span a broad range of academic and administrative roles including executive director, associate dean, associate provost, chief diversity officer and vice president. Her wealth of professional experience and volunteer involvement on the boards of non-profit organizations and civil rights advisory committees have earned her a reputation as a cultural architect able to build and sustain real and lasting change. Her most recent recognition is having an award named in her honor, the Dr. Wanda Heading-Grant Justice Award. She is the recipient of numerous other recognitions including the 2019 Women Worth Watching Award from Profiles in Diversity Journal, the 2018 University of Vermont Alumni Achievement Award, and the 2018 National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) Individual Leadership Award. She is a Clinical Associate Professor in the College of Education and Social Services and a member of the graduate faculty at UVM. Jill Kirsch Jemison https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-kirsch-jemison-9491031/ Assistant Dean for Technology/CIO at The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont Jill Jemison is Assistant Dean for Technology/CIO at the University of Vermont with responsibility for infrastructure, application development, support, educational technologies and AV at the Larner College of Medicine and the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She is a member of Board of Advisors for the Center for Computer Security and Privacy at the University of Vermont. She is past chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Information Resources, former faculty director of the GIR Leadership Institute and was founding chair of the GIR Education Technology Working Group. She is currently a member of the GIR Diversity and Inclusion Working Group. She joined UVM in 2002 to lead the creation of the hybrid E-learning portion of the college's new integrated medical curriculum. Nish Parikh https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishparikh1/ CEO Rangam Consultants Inc., & Member Forbes Human Resources Council CEO and Co-founder of Rangam, Nish Parikh is a collaborator, innovator, and technology architect who develops holistic and equitable workforce solutions for Rangam and its customers by aligning their disability and neurodiversity inclusion strategies with current and future talent acquisition needs. Nish is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School and an Instrumentation and Control Engineer by profession. Over the past 15 years, he has built a culture of empathy and innovation while undertaking key diversity initiatives both within Rangam and outside. He is currently leading Rangam’s technology and innovation lab to develop enterprise-wide business applications, special needs learning management programs, and AI-enabled hiring systems. Reese Byrne https://www.linkedin.com/in/reese-byrne/ Program Manager, Events & Partnership at Lesbians Who Tech + Allies & Event Manager at Galvanize Inc Reese Byrne started her tech career at Galvanize in 2018 as a part time event coordinator. Less than half a year later, she was promoted as their full-time Event Manager, helping pull off some 800-plus events. She's known for building relationships with local startups in Austin, such as Austin Technology Council, Lumen Insurance, Bridgepoint Consulting and so on. ----------------------- How to join the event: Registered individuals will be emailed a link to join the event 24 hours prior and again 2 hours prior to start of the event. Please make sure your email when registering is up to date, especially if you are logged in with your PMI profile. 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