Susan Freeman

October 6, 2020

Blogs, Diversity & Inclusion, Empathy, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Carmella Glover

Susan Freeman

October 6, 2020

Blogs, Diversity & Inclusion, Empathy, Women Leaders

Carmella Glover

Diversity Action Alliance

Carmella Glover joined Page as the Director of DE&I in August of 2020 and has been Executive Director of the Diversity Action Alliance since July of 2019. In her role, she provides strategic direction for Page’s DE&I initiatives and oversees the operations, programs, finances, and strategic plan of the Diversity Action Alliance (DAA). The DAA is a cross-industry coalition led by communications trade organizations with a mission of accelerating progress in the achievement of meaningful and tangible results in diversity, equity and inclusion in the field.

Glover brings 10 years of corporate experience from L’Oréal USA, Procter & Gamble, and Johnson & Johnson where she worked on and led manufacturing, supply chain, and communications teams. Before transitioning into diversity work, Glover was in operations, designing organizational strategy for and leading a team of supply chain managers at L’Oréal U.S.A., where she was responsible for overseeing the successful launch of luxury skin care products resulting in $100+ million in new sales annually. While at L’Oréal, Glover led a capital avoidance project in the fine fragrance manufacturing department, saving the organization $1.5 million in spend, improved the speed-to-market of skincare products and restructured the launch management department to improve efficiency and productivity of launch managers. Other operations in her purview included internal communications for intranet newsletters and blogposts.

In May of 2019, Glover was the recipient of the Logos Institute Rising Leader Award and a keynote speaker at the New York University School of Professional Studies May 2019 commencement. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology and a Master of Science degree in Public Relations from New York University. Glover is an active member of Newark’s Beta Alpha Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, wherein she exercises her passion for diversity initiatives and philanthropy. She resides in North Jersey with her husband and daughter.

Connect with Carmella

Carmella Glover, Executive Director

609.464.1215 | carmella@diversityactionalliance.org | She, Her, Hers

“Diversity is the mix. Inclusion is making the mix work” -Andres Tapia

Susan Freeman

October 1, 2020

Equity, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Eleanor Carey

Susan Freeman

October 1, 2020

Equity, Women Leaders

Eleanor Carey

Elea Carey is a native of Memphis, Tennessee, where I was raised in the sixties and seventies by a mom from a migrant working family and a dad who was the descendent of Mississippi's political elite. They offered us a marvelously radical education and rare insights into social justice movements from an early age. My work has always been in how to best communicate and has ranged from writing and editing to large scale communications campaigns. I've also produced vinyl records, counseled incarcerated military troops, and served as the longtime writing coach for an author on Florida's death row. Most of my current work is in supporting public transit in their communications during these challenging pandemic times--I tend to take up causes others might call "lost," and I relish finding opportunity in crisis. I have also worked extensively in a tech startup and venture and early-stage investing, including focusing on out-of-the-box initiatives like Bee Partners' voting rights campaign.

Connect with El

Email:

eleacarey@gmail.com

Websites:

Bee Partners' Vote

Transit Happy

Susan Freeman

September 29, 2020

Diversity & Inclusion, Executive Coaching, Thought Leadership, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Carol Ross-Burnett

Susan Freeman

September 29, 2020

Diversity & Inclusion, Executive Coaching, Thought Leadership, Women Leaders

Carol Ross-Burnett is CEO of CRB Global LLC offering diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”) consulting, advising and coaching to individuals, groups and organizations. She most recently served as Senior Advisor, Diversity & Inclusion (“D&I”) Strategic Partnerships at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, a full-service, global law firm with eleven offices in the U.S. and four international offices. In that position, she worked closely with executive leadership; partners; professional, administrative and support staff; clients and other external constituents to collaborate and partner around D&I.

Ms. Ross-Burnett was originally hired with director-level responsibilities for Sheppard Mullin’s nascent diversity and inclusion initiatives, a role that she held for ten years. During that time, she helped to position Sheppard Mullin as a D&I thought leader in the legal profession. The firm now regularly earns top client awards and law firm rankings for D&I, including a preeminent industry award in 2019. Ms. Ross-Burnett was awarded the firm’s 2020 Diversity & Inclusion Award for her outstanding leadership and contributions.

Before joining Sheppard Mullin, Ms. Ross-Burnett was a law school assistant dean of career services and multicultural affairs, and principal in her first consulting practice. She is a seasoned speaker, experienced trainer and workshop facilitator, and published author who has served in DEI leadership roles with many local, state and national associations and organizations. These include the Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals, the American Bar Association, the California State Bar, the Los Angeles County Bar, and the National Association for Law Placement. She currently serves on the board of California LAW Pathways, a statewide diversity pipeline program that provides instruction and guidance to underrepresented students through high school, community college, undergraduate school, and as they enter law school.

A woman of many talents, Ms. Ross-Burnett is also a singer, songwriter and music producer who holds an annual workshop in Los Angeles for singers, songwriters, authors and speakers; she also hosts workshops for women. In addition to speaking and writing in the area of diversity, equity and inclusion, she will shortly earn the top designation of Distinguished Toastmaster, and her publications include stories in the Chicken Soup for the African American Soul and Chicken Soup for the African American Woman’s Soul books..

A lifelong learner, Ms. Ross-Burnett recently began her doctoral studies in Organizational Change & Leadership at the University of Southern California. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and also holds a 60-unit master's degree in counseling with honors from San Francisco State University. She received a certificate of completion from the Leadership Development in Interethnic Relations (LDIR) community program in Los Angeles, and recently completed a training intensive for professional coaches.

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Contact Carol

Carol Ross-Burnett

Trusted DEI Advisor|Corporate &

Personal Coach|Speaker & Author

323.435.1916

Susan Freeman

September 18, 2020

Story Telling, Strategy, Team Building, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Meghan Lundeen

Susan Freeman

September 18, 2020

Story Telling, Strategy, Team Building, Women Leaders

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Meghan Lundeen is an entrepreneur that has started four businesses. She is also an HR Business Partner for a Fortune 100 company with a passion for all things talent and leveraging talent to compete in an ever-changing business landscape. Her background is in communications and she’s supported the CIO and CFO’s of a Fortune 100 company as a communication consultant.

Meghan started her professional career in the news business, working in Peoria, IL, followed by a top 40 market in South Carolina. She left the news business to work for a federally funded Housing Authority. After a short time, she became the Director of Business Development & Marketing for the Housing Authority, where she founded the Access to Resource and Referral Opportunities, also known as the ARRO program, all while leading strategy and implementation of the authority’s first public image campaign.

Meghan graduated from Illinois State University with a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication. She has a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis on Human Resource Management from Colorado State University. She was in the 2010 class of 40 Leaders Under 40, and is a recipient of the Prescott E. Bloom Distinguished Service award.

Meghan co-chairs the self-reliance grant review team for Heart of Illinois United Way, founded the Tri-County Interagency Council, helped launch Emerging Philanthropists of Central Illinois within the Community Foundation, and more. Meghan is a past president of the Board of Directors for Peoria Friendship House and the former chair of the Board for Methodist College. She also led a fundraiser for several years to rappel off historic buildings for Peoria Friendship House, where she humbly served on the Board for six years.

Meghan lives for her husband, two girls, and any international travel she can possibly squeeze in. This January, she went to her 15th country and has a long list of locations she’s working on as soon as Covid-19 is over.

Connect with Meghan

Email:

Lundeen_Meghan@cat.com

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghan-lundeen-shrm-scp-941ab19/

Susan Freeman

September 18, 2020

Executive Coaching, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Janet Miller Evans

Susan Freeman

September 18, 2020

Executive Coaching, Women Leaders

Janet Miller Evans, MPA, PCC, EQCC, is Founder and CEO of Entevos, an international coaching and professional services company. She shares her knowledge gained from diverse business, professional, and personal experiences to empower leaders to build trust. She guides teams to productive collaboration, business owners to increased profits, and organizations to make diversity, equity, and inclusion a normalized part of their culture. Recognized as a thought leader in business and her community leader, Janet is known for achieving results through effective strategic planning, coaching winning teams, building excellent client relationships, and her collaborative negotiation skills. Janet has coached clients in 28 different countries. She has bee a featured speaker on many live learning sessions, panel discussions, podcasts, and conferences.

Janet is a Certified Professional Coach with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and is a certified Emotional Intelligence Coach with Six Seconds. She will receive her Certified Team Coach certification from the Global Team Coaching Institute and EMCC certification in the fall of 2020. Her previous corporate experience includes leadership and management roles at Fortune 100 companies, FedEx, IBM, UPS, and Comcast. Janet was the first Black female District Sales Manager for FedEx. She quickly progressed up the ranks from starting as an Account Executive to District Sales Manager, National Accounts Manager, Global Account Manager, and Regional Sales Manager. She held the leadership role of Project Executive with IBM, responsible for teams delivering operations and sales services to her clients. Janet has led teams of over 150 employees in sales, marketing, and service delivery. She attained target sales revenue goals of 450 million dollars, managed P&Ls of two million dollars. Janet received excellent reviews for fostering successful client experiences, delivery on key performance indices, as well as many sales and leadership honors, and recognition. She earned Fed Ex National Account Manager of the year and achieved five President’s Club awards.

Janet is a Member of the Advisory Board for Oji Life Labs and Board Member for The Gratitude Network. She volunteers as a Coach for How Women Lead, Women Leaders for the World Cohort, and Network Leader for Six Seconds. Professional memberships include International Coach Federation (ICF), The Club of Silicon Valley, Her pastimes are hiking, bike riding, hanging out at the beach, reading, swimming, and travel. Janet is married and has two daughters.

Contact with Janet

Janet Miller Evans

Founder & CEO

Entevos

www.entevos.com

Email: janet@entevos.com

LinkedIn: in/janetmillerevans/

Susan Freeman

September 17, 2020

Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Lindsey Nehls

Susan Freeman

September 17, 2020

Women Leaders

Lindsey Nehls is an Executive Coach and Leadership Development Trainer. She brings the perspective and understanding of what it is like to sit in the seat and be in the board room. Lindsey was previously an executive and an SVP of Sales where she scaled sales organizations - created the vision, culture, and go-to-market strategy, developed sales talent, and established effective processes to drive success. Over her tenure, she has successfully managed turnarounds increasing sales by 1000%, led $200 million business units, and delivered a billion dollars in enterprise sales. Lindsey has also helped lead two successful company acquisitions and is an expert in change management and communication.

Lindsey is a Harvard Business School and Middlebury College alumna. She is certified in New Ventures West Coaching to Excellence, DISC, Booth, and Center for Creative Leadership 360 assessments. When she is not with her clients, she is mountain biking, skiing, and spending time with her family.