Wonder Woman in Business, Tammy Ramos

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Tammy Ramos, Esq.

TAMMY RAMOS, J.D. is an Executive Consultant for Inclusion Inc. with over 20 years of experience in executive coaching in diversity, equity and inclusion, leadership development, career consulting, program design and workshop facilitation. She is especially adept at coaching through difficult situations and partnering with executives to develop resiliency and positive outcomes. She enjoys helping organizations to develop customized Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives and programs to create company cultures that value every individual for their uniqueness. Tammy is especially skilled at facilitating groups with people from diverse backgrounds, bringing them together to accomplish a shared mission for success. She approaches every training with the end in mind – a greater sense of appreciation for the individual, and the team as a whole to drive positive outcomes. She is trained in both the Inclusive Leader 360™ and the Global Inclusion Scorecard. She provides one on one coaching, group coaching, team building, conflict resolution and retreats to organization who desire to build strong, effective teams.

A world traveler, Tammy has visited over 15 countries and lived in both Mexico and England, speaks fluent Spanish and brings a wealth of knowledge about cross cultural skills, cultural humility, inclusion, and understanding the traditions and customs that define a culture. She loves to help organizations transform their corporate cultures to become places where all employees feel like they belong. These transformations happen when leaders commit to, and do the work to become inclusive leaders.

Tammy has successfully established herself across several industries with direct experience in corporate, law, academia, technology, faith-based organizations and nonprofits, healthcare systems, and consumer products. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Notre Dame Law School and her Bachelor of Science in Economics & Business Administration with a double major in Spanish from Saint Mary’s College of California.  She serves on the University of Notre Dame’s Board for the Sacramento Club as the Diversity Coordinator.

A first-generation Latina, Tammy has been an inspirational keynote speaker and facilitator at conferences and workshops. As the Executive Director of LatinaVIDA, a nonprofit organization with the mission to inspire the next generation of Latina executives, Tammy has grown the organization by expanding services to include a stellar coaching program with Latina coaches throughout the world.

In her free time, Tammy is an avid hiker who has hiked hundreds of miles of trails and climbed numerous mountains throughout Northern California. She uses these adventures to share real life stories of perseverance, determination, and an attitude that says, “Yes I can and yes I will!”

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Tammy Ramos

Connect with Tammy

Tammy Ramos, J.D.|Executive Director "Inspiring the Next Generation of Latina Executives"

Cell (707) 208-5446
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Wonder Woman in Business, Stacia Garr

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Stacia Garr

Stacia Sherman Garr is a researcher and thought leader on employee engagement/experience, leadership, D&I, people analytics, and HR technology. A frequent speaker and writer, her work has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal as well as in numerous HR trade publications. She has been listed as a Top 100 influencer in HR Technology and in D&I. Stacia co-founded RedThread Research in 2018, after leading talent and workforce research for eight years at Bersin by Deloitte. Before Bersin, Stacia spent nearly five years conducting research and creating learning content for the Corporate Leadership Council, part of CEB/Gartner. She has an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics.

About RedThread

Sure, we’re experts in performance, people analytics, learning, and D&I – and we’re well-versed in the technologies that support them. But we’re also truth-seekers and storytellers in an industry often short on substance, and too full of @#$%. Our mission (indeed, our very reason for existing) is to cut through the noise and amplify what’s good. We look for the connections (or red threads) between people, data, and ideas – even among seemingly unrelated concepts. The result is high-quality, unbiased,  transformative foresight that helps you build a stronger business.

Stacia Garr

Connect with Stacia

Stacia Sherman Garr

(pronounced Stay-sha ;))

Co-founder & Principal Analyst

RedThread Research

202-957-4130

stacia@redthreadresearch.com

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Wonder Woman in Business, Meldie Moore

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Meldie Moore, Esq.

Moore Law for Children

Meldie Moore, a former prosecutor in Orange County, California, uses her expertise in trial and negotiation to help grow and strengthen families. Moore Law for Children is a comprehensive care family law firm. Meldie lives with her husband and two sons in Laguna Beach, California.

Education and Honors

Meldie Moore graduated with honors from Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania. During her college years, she volunteered as a big sister and as a teacher’s aide at a preschool for special needs children. Meldie moved to California, where she graduated cum laude from Pepperdine University School of Law. During law school, Meldie worked as a judicial clerk for California Supreme Court Justice Armand Arabian and externed at the Los Angeles County Counsel’s Office, Division of Children’s Services. She served as an associate editor on Pepperdine’s law review and competed nationally on the moot court team. In 2009, Meldie furthered her legal education by obtaining a Masters in Law at Chapman University School of Law. She authored a legal article that was published in the California State Bar Journal in 2011. In 2013, Meldie published an article in the Orange County Lawyer Magazine entitled “Senate Bill 115 Would Give Sperm Donors Standing to Petition for Paternity.” [Read the Article] Meldie also published a 2019 article for OC Lawyer on Special Education, titled “Learning your ABCs, 123s, and IEPs: Special Education in Public Schools.”

Career and Service

Passion for public service, and a desire to help women and children, led Meldie to a career in the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. She was a prosecutor for 16 years. During that time, Meldie completed over 100 criminal trials and hundreds of preliminary hearings on felony cases. Meldie specialized in legal research and writing for a large portion of her career. She researched, wrote and argued over 250 felony motions, and she has argued before the Court of Appeal. She also developed and conducted training for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, various police agencies, colleges, and law schools. Meldie served as an adjunct professor at Western State School of Law, teaching classes on research and writing, and domestic violence. 

During the course of her career, Meldie was committed to protecting the citizens of Orange County, especially the most vulnerable, children. Her passion was helping families of domestic violence, and she was specially assigned to handle these cases at both the misdemeanor and felony level. For her outstanding service to victims and witnesses of domestic violence, Meldie was awarded the “Courts Community Service Award” by Victim Assistance Programs, CSP, Inc., and recognized for her hard work and dedication to the community by the Orange County Board of Supervisors. Meldie was also recognized as a “Diligent Prosecutor” for tenacity in the prosecution of DUI cases and sensitivity to the needs of DUI victims by MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving).

Law Partnership Dedicated to Children

This commitment to and compassion for helping women and children led Meldie to enter the law partnership of Gurwitz Moore in 2010, a boutique law firm assisting families with children with special needs, children experiencing discipline issues at school and in the criminal justice system, and family formation through adoption and assisted reproduction. In 2012, Meldie opened her own law practice, Moore Law. Meldie continues to grow her firm, practicing with her team at Moore Law for Children, Professional Corporation, in these specialized areas.

Practice Areas:

  • Adoption

  • Assisted Reproduction Technology

  • Estate Planning

  • Family law

  • Juvenile Delinquency

  • School Discipline

  • Special Education

  • Title IX Investigations

Education:

  • Chapman University School of Law, Orange, California, 2009 L.L.M.

  • Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California, 1994 J.D.

  • Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1990 B.A.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

  • California Association of Lawyers for Education (CALE), Co-Founder and Co-President

  • Orange County Bar Association (OCBA)

  • Orange County Women Lawyers Association (OCWLA)

  • California State Bar Association

  • American Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAAA)

  • Academy of California Adoption Lawyers (ACAL)

  • National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)

  • Past Employment Positions:

  • Gurwitz Moore, L.L.P., Partner, 2010-2012

  • Orange County District Attorney's Office, Deputy District Attorney, 1994-2010

  • Western State Law School, Adjunct Professor, 2002-2003

READ MORE ABOUT MELDIE:

“A SON’S PERSPECTIVE ON HIS MOM”

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Meldie Moore

Connect with Meldie

Meldie Moore

Founder and Director, Moore Law for Children

(949) 336-7711  

meldie@moorelawoc.com

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361 Forest Ave., Suite 201, Laguna Beach, CA 92651


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Wonder Woman in Business, Mary Kimber

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Mary Kimber

Mary Kimber is [a TOTALLY AWESOME HUMAN BEING — my insert] an entrepreneur and business owner, living and working in the mountains of southern Colorado. After working inside of law firms for nearly 40 years, she started her consulting company, Fort Kimber Partners, in 2014, providing marketing and business development strategies to lawyers and law firms. Mary also has a thriving art business, selling her watercolors and doing commissions via her web site, marykimber.com.

Growing up in Montana, Mary was surrounded by mountains, fields, wildlife and nature. One of five siblings in a boisterous, political family, her family encouraged self-expression and the family learned to speak up for and defend arguments over the day’s news at the family dinner table. Mary studied art at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design for two years, and transferred to the San Francisco Art Institute where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. After graduation, like many artists, a lifestyle was difficult to maintain without an income! Mary was fortunate to find a second career that allowed some creativity, in a more traditional setting, and she became a Marketing Director for large law firms. After a long career in the legal industry, Mary recently returned to painting from her home in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

Mary is married to Miles and they have two daughters and a granddaughter – the joys of their lives! They taught their children, from an early age, to love reading, fishing, skiing, swimming, hiking and camping. Most importantly, along with an appreciation of nature and all of its bounty, they taught them to engage in the arts via music, theater, writing or other pursuits. Even though their daughters are grown and living in other states, they enjoy the family home, “Fort Kimber” and visit as often as possible.

Living in the mountains above Colorado’s San Luis Valley has afforded Mary the opportunity to participate in community art shows, such as the Monte Vista Crane Festival, as well as public art projects, notably, the 2019 Swoop of the Cranes. Her cards are for sale at the Narrow Gauge Bookstore Cooperative, in Alamosa, Colorado, where she has twice exhibited her paintings as their artist of the month. Her art has been published in the Conejos Writer’s Circle books in 2018 and 2019, as well as the on-line art and writing blog, Monologging. Mary believes that painting is a constantly evolving endeavor. While she primarily work in watercolor, she also uses charcoal, pastels, pen and ink, and in recent years, has been involved in printmaking.

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Mary Kimber

Connect with Mary

Mary C. Kimber, Principal

Fort Kimber Partners LLC

719.379.3802 - Direct

720.373.5067 - Mobile

www.fortkimberpartners.com


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Wonder Woman in Business, Lori Gibson-Washington

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Lori Gibson-Washington

Lori Gibson-Washington, AKA Lori Gee Dub - the lady with 3 names is a laid-back facilitator, a calming speaker, an engaging mediator and a witty blogger that makes her The Calming Communications CoachTM.

Formerly, an instructor for International Business Negotiations at the University of California, Berkeley's International Diploma Program, Sacramento Area resident, Lori Gee-Dub has over 20 years’ experience consulting and coaching in the areas of differences in communications, conflict resolution, and leadership.

A wife, a bonus mom of 2, Gigi of 2 grandsons, a singer, Lori was educated at Georgetown University and UCLA. A certified Transformational Life Coach through the Life Mastery Institute, she is also certified in such personality styles instruments as Myers-Briggs, LIFO, and FIRO Element-B.

GeeDub loves consulting with groups to improve team dynamics for better productivity and profitability, and coaching individual professionals and leaders who are embattled and weary in their current work situations who want to use their wealth of experience to make major mindset and life changes.

Gibson Washington Consulting and Calming Coach Programs include:

  • Creating a Career that Feeds Your Soul - What Will Be Your Legacy?

  • Do You HEAR What I Hear? - The 4 Broadband “Soulutions” for Differences in Communication

  •  The 4 Sacred Shifts to Your Next Best SeasonTM-Choosing Your Thoughts, Words, and Dreams

  •  The 3R’s of Leadership - Going High When “They” Go Low

  •  Funneling Your Way to Success - Market Strategies that Convert Strangers to Clients

As a DEA strategist, program designer and facilitator Lori has:

  • Created and facilitated mentor programs for people of color wanting to promote into leadership positions

  • Designed and moderated DEIA dialogue sessions exploring intergenerational and cultural differences, assumptions, and biases

  • Conducted DEIA audits of websites and social media.

  • Made recommendations for images and correspondence to ensure inclusion and access for women of color.

  • Designed and conducted cultural competency assessments to explore cultural blindspots.

  • Generated reports with results.

  • Held sessions to generate action plans.

Lori Gibson Washington

Contact Lori

Lori Gibson-Washington
The Calming Communications Coach, Gibson Washington Consulting & Coaching

415-225-7128 | LoriGW@thecalmingcoach.com

www.thecalmingcoach.com | www.gwcdiff.com



Wonder Woman in Business, Mindee Mosher

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Mindee Mosher

As an ICF-certified Leadership and Career Transformation Coach and Owner of Better With ROSE LLC, Mindee Mosher works with growing professionals to find potential, possibilities and greater fulfillment. Using principles and insights from her experience in Psychology, Education, Marketing and Business Development, Mindee provides the “Career Change Method” online course and coaching packets that are accessible to everyone, in addition to one on one virtual coaching. Mindee also serves as Director of Marketing at Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP, a mid-size, regional law firm in the Mid-Atlantic.

Mindee Mosher