Wonder Woman in Business, Daphne Forbes

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Daphne Forbes, Esq.

AGC, Microsoft

Daphne Turpin Forbes is a trusted legal and business advisor at Microsoft with 20+ years of practice in the U.S. Public Sector and Commercial Regulated Industries.  Her corporate experience spans in-house at companies like Microsoft, Discovery Communications, ACS State & Local Solutions (formerly Lockheed Martin), Hyatt Hotels, and General Motors. 

At Microsoft, Daphne is the lead counsel responsible for supporting a $7B segment of Microsoft’s U.S. Public Sector enterprise operating unit.  She manages a legal team that supports public sector and commercial sales, state government affairs, PR/marketing, professional consulting services, devices, and product leadership teams in the Federal Civilian, State & Local Government and Education verticals on various legal matters including; complex technology and professional services negotiations, legal and regulatory issues related to digital transformation strategies, data privacy and security matters, critical infrastructure considerations, product/solution development, government and enterprise cloud, Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), public sector contracts/procurement law and ethics, public policy; matters raised by U.S. Attorneys General; financial services and healthcare regulations.

Daphne is a leader who is passionate about diversity, inclusion, and equality.  She has participated and collaborated with various organizations as a champion for diverse lawyers and legal professionals, and women - with a focus on women of color.  In addition, Daphne is the U.S. Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) lead for Microsoft’s Global Commercial Field Group and, has served as a corporate leader for the company’s African American Employee Network.  A former Human Resources professional, who claims civility and problem-solving as her superpowers, Daphne is effective at and enjoys leading people, projects, and process. In addition, she is active in her community, and enjoys long-standing memberships in several community service organizations.  She has served on various non-profit boards and advisory councils nationally and in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.  She currently serves as Chair and Commissioner of the Liquor Board in Prince George’s County, Maryland.  Daphne is also an adjunct law professor at the Howard University School of Law where she co-teaches a class on Technology and the Law.  Daphne is a member of the Maryland State Bar and National Bar Associations. 

Daphne is the recipient of various corporate awards for her D&I and client work.  Most notably, she is the corporate recipient of the Microsoft MVP Circle of Excellence (Gold Club) Award, and the National Bar Association’s Clyde E. Bailey Corporate Leadership Award.  She is a graduate of Michigan State University, and the American University Washington College of Law.  Daphne lives in Prince George’s County, Maryland with her husband and two “almost grown” children.

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
— Maya Angelou

Daphne Forbes

Connect with Daphne

Daphne Turpin Forbes (CELA)

Senior Attorney | US Public Sector – State & Local Gov/Education/Federal Gov (Civilian)/Citizenship

5404 Wisconsin Ave – Suite 500

Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Office: 301-771-8367 | Email: dforbes@microsoft.com

LinkedIn: in/daphneturpinforbes/




Wonder Woman in Business, Simone Morris

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Simone Morris

Simone Morris is CEO of Simone Morris Enterprises LLC, a certified minority and women-owned business enterprise. She is an award-winning diversity and inclusion leader and a consultant and speaker committed to training women and emerging leaders to take true leadership positions in all aspects of their lives. Ms. Morris has a background that includes over two decades in corporate America, spanning information technology, commercial strategy, and human resources. She holds an MBA from the University of Connecticut. Her technology background has served her well, embedding strong project management acumen that allows her to educate and create transformational results for her clients.

Simone teaches diversity and inclusion, conscious inclusion, and project management. Ms. Morris shares her message across various platforms (for example, Forbes, Medium, Thrive Global, Glassdoor, Leadercast, SmartRecruiters, Social Hire, Diversity Best Practices, Profiles in Diversity Journal, and BambooHR). She is also the author of 52 Tips for Owning Your Career: Practical Advice for Career Success, The Power of Owning Your Career: Winning Strategies, Tools and Tips for Creating Your Desired Career, and Achievement Unlocked: Strategies to Set Goals and Manifest Them.

Simone resides in Connecticut with her family.

In Simone’s Words

I love what I do. I teach women how to take ownership of their careers. This is me feeling especially great after having a successful workshop on the Power of Owning Your Career.

I’m a Career Strategist and now it’s even more vital to take ownership of your career. Listeners can work with me on a one-off tackling a specific career issue, in a one on one coaching capacity, or in a group coaching scenario. To begin the conversation, go to www.careerbreakthroughcall.com and schedule your time.

Workshop 2019

Workshop 2019

Simone Morris

Connect with Simone

Simone Morris
Career/Inclusion Strategist
Simone Morris Enterprises LLC
929.399.6241
www.simonemorrisenterprises.org
www.simonemorris.com (speaker)

P.S. Don’t forget to visit www.simonemorrisenterprises.org/shop to pick up valuable resources for owning your career. 



Wonder Women in Business Ally, Cameron Woods

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Cameron Woods

Associate Counsel II

Cameron Woods was born and raised in a small community called Macedonia in southwest Arkansas. He is the son of a counselor and an attorney, who encouraged him to find and create his own path from an early age. This served him as he attended the University of Arkansas, where he majored in Political Science and Journalism. His experiences in college led him to Southern Illinois University, where he was the first student complete the JD/M.S.Ed. in Higher Education program. Cameron currently works as an Associate Counsel at Allstate Insurance Company in Northbrook, IL. Throughout all his work, Cameron remembers the importance of representation and creating inclusive environments around him. He hopes that the work that he does will inspire generations of young Black boys from Arkansas to always reach their goals.

Cameron’s Book recommendations:

  • All About Love x bell hooks

  • Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race x Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum

  • The People Factor: How Building Great Relationships and Ending Bad Ones Unlocks Your God-Given Purpose x Van Moody

  • Equal Means Equal: Why the Time for an Equal Rights Amendment is Now x Jessica Neuwirth

  • Hood Feminism x Mikki Kendall

Cameron Woods

Connect with Cameron

Cameron W. Woods

Associate Counsel II

Email: CWoo3@allstate.com

LinkedIn: https: in/cameronwwoods



Wonder Woman in Business, Julie Kratz

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Julie Kratz

Next Pivot Point CEO

Julie Kratz is a highly-acclaimed speaker and trainer who led teams and produced results in corporate America. After experiencing her own career “pivot point,” she developed a process for women leaders to build winning plans. Promoting gender equality in the workplace, Julie is a Tedx speaker, a frequent keynote speaker, and executive coach. She holds an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, is a Certified Master Coach, and is a certified unconscious bias trainer. Her books include Pivot Point: How to Build a Winning Career Game Plan, ONE: How Male Allies Support Women for Gender Equality, and Lead Like an Ally:  A Journey Through Corporate America with Strategies to Facilitate Inclusion.  Meet Julie at NextPivotPoint.com

Julie in action…

Julie Kratz

Contact Julie

Julie Kratz (she/her)

Next Pivot Point CEO 

Website     LinkedIn    Calendar

Lead Like An Ally

Valuable freebies from Julie - www.nextpivotpoint.com/resources





 


Wonder Woman in Business, Claudine Francois

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Claudine Francois

Claudine Francois is a Health & Wellness Coach who helps successful women entrepreneurs achieve the same level of success in their health as they do in their business so they can break the cycle and live out their lives eating the foods they love, waking up full of energy, and loving their bodies.  As a former CFO of a multi-national company, Claudine found herself in a constant state of stress, which led her into a cycle of over-indulging in what she later discovered to be harmful foods to her body, and reeling from the consequences (frequent headaches and migraines, sluggishness, inflammation, bloating, leaky gut and weight gain).  She decided to take control of her life by leaving that job and  starting her own business helping women entrepreneurs step into stress- and toxic-free lifestyles with her own practices, recipes (that taste amazing AND nourish the body) and lifestyle strategies.    She is now happy to be the successful woman entrepreneur’s guide to food bliss and enjoying life again! Her website and blog (www.ingoodcleantaste.com) provides tips and recipes for healthy living that are full of flavor to help women feel vibrant, energetic and at their best.


Recipes

Here is a recent post I did on healthy (yet delicious) snacks might be good to include as it links to a variety of recipes people might want to try:

 https://ingoodcleantaste.com/healthy-snack-ideas/


Claudine Francois

Connect with Claudine

IG: https://www.instagram.com/ingoodcleantaste/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ingoodcleantaste/

Email: claudine@ingoodcleantaste.com

Join her Clean Eating for Successful Women Entrepreneurs Facebook Group here: www.facebook.com/groups/cleaneatingwithclaudine/




Wonder Woman in Business, Eileen Scully

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Eileen Scully

In Eileen’s own words…

In my 20+ years working in and around the research and advisory field, I’ve worked with and for an impressive list of companies and clients, In doing so, I’ve learned from some of the smartest leaders anyone could ever hope to know and witnessed first-hand the growth of a dynamic and fascinating industry.   

I’ve also had the good fortune to work beside some great leaders and some fantastic mentors.  It is from these individuals that my passion for strengthening the roles women can play in each other’s success grew.  As women, not only are the demands on our professional lives extending but as our personal lives are continuing to flourish, I believe we need to move closer to a business culture that appropriately supports both.  We need to help each other get to a place where the work/family debate is behind us.​​

"Stories about women who have succeeded are great and necessary — but I want to tell the stories about why we can’t stop there — why we need to use that platform to make the journey easier for the next ones."

​In June of 2016, I was honored to be invited by the Obama White House to participate in the United State of Women, one of five thousand global advocates for women and girls. My summary report can be found here

In November of 2017 and again in November of 2018, I was named one of Irish America Magazine's Business 100 honorees. ​

In August of 2018, I keynoted the IEEE's first Women's event in Tunisia. In September of 2018, I was invited to go back to Tunisia to give my first TEDx talk in Sfax, Tunisia. In March of 2019, I spoke at the ArabWIC (Women in Computing) conference in Rabat, Morocco on International Women's Day. In April of 2019, I was named to Irish Echo's Community Champions. ​

And in September of 2019, my first book was published. 

You are welcome to review my professional credentials here

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IN THE COMPANY OF MEN:
HOW WOMEN CAN SUCCEED
IN A WORLD BUILT WITHOUT THEM

In the Company of Men: How Women Can Succeed in a World Built Without Them takes on the NFL, the world of venture capital, Hollywood, the Catholic Church, food production, and the pornography industry - just a few of the heavily male-dominated spaces in which women have had to chip away at existing structures to build a better place that works for all.

Eileen Scully

Contact Eileen

Eileen Scully

FounderThe Rising Tides 

Author, In the Company of Men

International Keynote Speaker, reel

+1 203-895-6433