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Misty Gaither

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Misty Gaither is Indeed’s Senior Director & Global Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. Prior to Indeed, Misty held business development and sales roles at Altria Group and JPMorgan Chase. She pivoted into DI&B by way of Business Development at Code2040, a non-profit start up focused on Racial Equity and Inclusion in technology, and later […]

Heather Chauvin

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Heather is a TEDx Speaker, Author of Dying To Be A Good Mother and host of a highly loved Podcast “Emotionally Uncomfortable” with over 6 million downloads. Heather Chauvin is a leadership coach who helps ‘successful’ women who are ready to courageously and authentically live, work and parent on their own terms. Heather started her […]

Dr. Chitra Anand

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CHITRA ANAND is an award winning communications & marketing executive. With over 20 years in the technology industry, she has spent time as the head of Communications for Microsoft Canada, Director of Marketing at TELUS Corporation and Director of Operations at Open Text.

Katie Telford

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Katie Telford is one of Canada’s most influential strategists, having served as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from 2015 to 2025. As the longest-serving Chief of Staff to a Canadian Prime Minister, she played a central role in shaping the government’s policy agenda, political strategy, and communications during a decade marked by […]

Shannon Platz

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Shannon Platz is SAP’s Global Vice President for Platform Ecosystem, responsible for sales and marketing strategy and revenue generation via digital solutions focused on analytics, databases, big data, cloud, IoT platforms and applications. Shannon manages a global organization to set the platform strategy across the partner ecosystem. Shannon is a transformational leader who empowers each […]

Eleanor Beaton

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Eleanor Beaton is the founder of Safi Media, a coaching and education company dedicated to doubling the number of women founders who sustainably scale to $1M+ by 2030, and the host of the Woman Owned podcast, now ranked in the top 0.5% of all podcasts globally, providing insights and strategies to empower women entrepreneurs. Since […]

Amy Nelson

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Amy Nelson is the founder and CEO of The Riveter, work and community spaces built by women, for everyone. A graduate of Emory University and the NYU School of Law, Amy practiced corporate litigation for over a decade in New York City and Seattle. She served on President Obama’s National Finance Committee and previously worked […]

Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts

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Drawing from her rich experience as a teacher, scholar and community advocate, Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts leads a yoga practice energized with compassion and conscious awareness. Chelsea received her Ph.D. from the Division of Educational Studies at Emory University in 2014. Making connections between literacy development, storytelling, and yoga, Chelsea founded Yoga, Literature, and Art […]

LaFawn Davis

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LaFawn Davis is Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Indeed. She leads Indeed’s strategic efforts to remove bias and eliminate barriers to entry by focusing on inclusive features and accessibility in products to help all people get jobs—and create a diverse and inclusive work environment for Indeed’s employees. Having spent more than 15 […]

Hitha Palepu

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Hitha Palepu is a woman of multitudes—a feminist, a lifelong politics enthusiast, a daughter of immigrants, and a mother raising feminist sons. These multitudes spill into her multi-hypenatted career as an entrepreneur, investor, writer, and speaker. Hitha’s passion for the news and politics is captured in #5SmartReads, a Webby-honored social series that shares 5 must-read […]