75% of our team consists of BIPOC practitioners who have decades of experience and are uniquely positioned at the intersection of executive coaching, leadership development, and organizational success.
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Global Organizational Leadership Consultant
Josy is an experienced Organizational Development leader with more than 30 years of experience designing leadership development conferences, leadership programs, workshops, organizational assessments and advising C-Suite teams striving to build an inclusive culture in their organizations.
She is a global certified ICC executive coach, facilitator, and intercultural specialist, certified in the Intercultural Development Inventory and Aperian’s GlobeSmart tool.
Josy’s easy-going personality, global experience, and multilingual skills make her a valuable partner in the global diversity/inclusion field. Her clients appreciate Josy’s use-of-self (personal storytelling), humor, and authenticity as she works to create a shift in behavior.
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Nasoan Sheftel-Gomes is a certified leadership coach, attorney, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging strategist. The founder of TLC, Nasoan established the organization with a mission to support leaders of color and nurture the next generation of leaders and institution builders. TLC specializes in providing 1:1 coaching, organizational development consulting, learning, and member communities to advance this mission, embodying the belief that everyone is a leader, and all experiences are valuable.
Nasoan’s entrepreneurial and consulting journey emerged from two decades of practicing law in non-profit legal services in NYC. Throughout her career, she navigated the challenges of being an outsider in her workplaces and the legal system, grappling with the intersecting identities of being a black woman and a single mother. Drawing from this experience, Nasoan discovered how to leverage her voice, experiences, and intersectional identities in her career while leading teams and supporting organizational growth. She finds deep inspiration in coaching individuals and leaders, as well as organizations seeking transformative pathways to the future.
With a diverse set of skills and training, Nasoan adeptly supports and coaches leaders in program support and development, operations, human resources, labor-management relations, strategic planning, organizational development, and compliance, along with diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) competencies. Her professional journey includes serving as in-house non-profit general counsel, leading organizational transformation, spearheading diversity and anti-bias initiatives, and facilitating leadership development within unionized and non-unionized workforces. Nasoan’s passion lies in fostering equity-driven leadership development to shape organizations that champion anti-racism, value diversity, and support leadership at all levels.
A lifelong learner, Nasoan has honed her skills and received training at esteemed institutions such as Clark University, the University of California at Berkeley, the City University of New York School of Law, the Coaching for Transformation Program, Leadership That Works, and Cornell University Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion.
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President, MOSAIC Coaching & Consulting, LLC
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Head of Executive and Leadership Engagement, ReadySet
Meghna Majmudar (she/her) believes a world run by a “rainbow nation” of leaders is one in which most people would want to live. She currently serves as Head of Executive & Leadership Engagement, ReadySet. Her expertise is in helping leaders of all types, especially firsts and onlys – the first from their family or community of the only one like them in the room, to do the inner work to build an authentic sense of power, authority, and leadership and navigate the outer structures of their workplace. Meghna brings close to 20 years of experience as a strategy consultant and executive coach across diverse industries: healthcare, technology, financial services, consumer goods and automotive, as well as several non-profit organizations.
Using her training as an anthropologist, strategist, and transformational Neuro-Linguistic Programming practitioner, she listens to what is being said between the lines and reframes complex challenges for quick action. Meghna has a BA magna cum laude from Harvard University, an MPH from the University of Cape Town, and an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Outside of work, Meghna can be found plotting her next plant-based cooking endeavor, checking out different fitness apps, or looking for a great cup of coffee.
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Crystal McCreary is a Coach, Health Educator & Yoga and Mindfulness Educator & Teacher Trainer. She partners with high-achieving individuals to uncover their gifts, lead with creativity and love, and source vitality and play while navigating demanding lives. Crystal’s coaching philosophy emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and personal wellbeing as the gateway to social justice and collective thriving. She has a passion for implementing comprehensive wellness programs within organizations to foster compassionate and equitable communities and sustainable work environments. Crystal’s expertise is derived from a lifetime of harnessing embodied, contemplative resources necessary to navigate the challenges of living in an inequitable world.
Crystal has been featured in such publications as Yoga Bodies Book, Mantra Yoga + Health magazine, Elephant Journal, Yoga Journal, Wanderlust, 21Ninety, Blavity, Shondaland.com blog, academic journals such as Race & Yoga (UC Berkeley), and numerous other blogs and podcasts. She graduated from Stanford University with a BA in African and African American studies, completed The American Conservatory Theater’s Master of Fine Arts program in Acting and moonlights as an actor on film and television when the stars align. Crystal is the author of the Little Yogi Deck: Simple Practices to Help Kids Move Through Big Emotions On & Off the Mat (Shambhala Publications, of the Penguin Random House publishing group), and currently works as a Health and Wellness Educator at a K-12 independent school in New York City. Learn more about Crystal at www.crystalmccreary.com.
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Founder and Principal of StillRising, LLC
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Founder and President of LAinclusionista®
Anita Ortiz (she/her/ella) is Founder and President of LAinclusionista® LLC, a boutique consultin practice that launched in early 2021. A passionate leader and change maker, she advocates for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace and beyond, employing a collaborative, creative and caring approach. Hispanic Executive magazine named her a “Leading Latina” in recognition of her career achievements over 20 years at Paramount Pictures/Viacom. There she held increasingly responsible roles in Marketing, Government Affairs and Corporate Responsibility. She most recently served as Senior Vice President Global Inclusion Strategy, advancing Diversity & Inclusion on the West Coast in coordination with senior executives and their teams at brands including BET, Comedy Central, MTV, and Nickelodeon. She partnered closely with Human Resources, Corporate Social Responsibility and other stakeholders to develop effective employee engagement, creative, and workforce development programs that fostered a culture of belonging.
Ms. Ortiz earned her A.B in Politics with a certificate in Russian Studies from Princeton University. She completed the Executive Education programs in Corporate Responsibility at Harvard Business School (on campus) and Leading Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Northwestern (virtually). In March 2022, she was appointed to serve as a Commissioner for the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture. Her long-standing commitment to community service includes a recent stint as the Chair of DEI for Conscious Capitalism Los Angeles, as well as volunteering with organizations including the Posse Foundation, Students Run LA and the Princeton Prize in Race Relations. Born in South Carolina, Ms. Ortiz is an avid traveler and spent her childhood as a Navy brat, living in diverse locales including Washington DC, San Diego, Colombia and Panama. In her free time, she enjoys adventures with her husband and their two young grandsons.
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Executive Coaching & Facilitation
Hyeon-Ju Rho supports leaders and teams to cultivate the inner and outward- facing capacities that enable them to foster cultures of trust, belonging andexcellence. She has a deep commitment to supporting the impact of voices underrepresented in leadership, including the voices of women and leaders of color. Hyeon-Ju has worked with executives in a diverse range of sectors, including technology, health care, social impact and philanthropy, entertainment, and law. Recent clients include The RAND Corporation; Roblox; Morrison & Foerster, LLP; The Bridgespan Group; the David and Lucile Packard Foundation; the University of California, Berkeley; UCLA Medical Center; Lionsgate; and Common Sense Media.
In her pre-coaching life, she was a civil rights attorney and director of social change organizations. From 2011-2014, she was the executive director and co-director of the Asian Law Caucus, the nation’s first legal aid and civil rights organization serving Asian Pacific American communities. From 2007-2011, Hyeon-Ju was the country director of the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative in China. She began her career as a civil rights litigator at the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division in Washington, D.C.
Hyeon-Ju holds certifications from the International Coach Federation (PCC) and The Coaches Training Institute (CPCC). She has a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A. in English Literature from Swarthmor College. You can reach her at Hyeon-Ju@hjrho.com. (Read more about Hyeon-Ju at www.hjrho.com)
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Jason Sirois, MPA, is a coach, facilitator, organizer, and storyteller committed to creating opportunities for people to connect authentically across differences. For close to two decades, Jason has partnered with nonprofits, schools, colleges/universities, and community organizations across the U.S. to create more equitable environments. He has also served as consultant and program developer for corporate clients looking to expand their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and deepen their positive impact on the communities in which they operate. Select clients include Netflix, American Eagle Outfitters, Volkswagen, and Chelsea Football Club.
Jason is currently a member of a research team developing an antiracism program for self-identified white medical residents, fellows, and students of Columbia University Irving Medical Center. The study will ultimately measure the correlation between white-identified medical professionals gaining a deeper understanding of how racism and white supremacy show up in medicine and the likelihood that they will commit to antiracist actions. He is also the co-host of the In Pursuit of Cross-Racial Friendship podcast and a co-organizer of Constructive White Conversations, a gathering space for white people committed to getting comfortable with the uncomfortable so they can be useful in co-creating a more just and equitable society free from racism and white supremacy.
Jason currently lives in the Bronx with his husband, Bill.
