WorkPride 2023: Starting a Career in Diversity & Inclusion – Everything You Need to Know

Diversity & Inclusion has come a long way professionally in the last decade, and is set to grow considerably more by the end of the current. However, despite the rise of the industry and the increase in opportunities for marginalised communities and allies to promote diversity and inclusion, a lot of questions still remain as people weigh up taking the plunge and embarking on a new career. Our panel will feature D&I specialists sharing their thoughts, answering your questions, and exploring the things that you should be aware of before you start your journey towards helping to embed a culture of diversity and inclusion into peoples' lives.

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Sponsored by: EY and VF Corporation

Speakers:

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Saski .

LGBTQ+ Inclusion Specialist Consultant
www.saski.co.uk

Saski is a well established LGBTQIA+ Inclusion training consultant in both schools and the workplace. She is also a Life Coach and Mentor, Official PRIDE Host, Interviewer for Podcast, Radio and online. Panel Moderator and Singer. Saski’s mission is to positively spotlight the LGBTQIA+ community through these various strands of her work and create environments where everyone can be their true authentic self. In addition she is also a Pride ambassador for Pride Life Magazine, Includability.com and a PRIDE365 Champion. Saski has the unique ability to be versatile on a wide range of subjects, whilst engaging both her audiences and panellists, bringing about the best conversations for education and awareness. Humour meets grace and knowledge meets respect...it’s what Saski does best. A keen advocate for positive promotion and equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community and all, Saski has appeared on several BBC TV and Radio shows and panels, promoting inclusion. She has also worked closely with a variety of charities and organisations, as an LGBTQ+ Inclusion trainer, interviewer, and Host. Collaborations include Inclusive Companies, MyGwork, HR.com, Diva Magazine, Pride Life Magazine and various UK PRIDE’s, Mermaids and Diversity Role Models Youth charities, Clexacon, The British Youth Council and P3 Parenting Network to name but a few.  Find out more here www.saski.co.uk and follow Saski on Facebook & Instagram @Saskisinger & on Twitter @Saskisinger1

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Char Erskine

Senior Inclusion Manager
Taylor Wessing

Senior Inclusion Manager at Taylor Wessing, with special interest in all things equity, inclusion and social justice. I think of myself as a corporate hippie on a mission to bring social awareness and the corporate world together.

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Laetitia Tierny

IDEA Director EMEA
VF Corporation

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Angela Qithi

EMEA Diversity Recruiting Leader
Oracle

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Sharon Murray

Head of Culture and Inclusion
Currys

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Stephanie Huckel

Head of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, North America
Reckitt

In her role as head of diversity, equity, and inclusion for North America, Stephanie designs, manages, and implements DEI strategies and programs in the U.S. In this role, she works closely with local HR teams, local employee resource groups (ERGs) and the US and Global Reckitt D&I Boards to ensure alignment and connectivity. Stephanie has more than 15 years of experience in full-time strategic diversity and inclusion roles. She co-founded Offices of Diversity and Inclusion at three organizations – International Game Technology (IGT), Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, and Baystate Health. Stephanie also founded and ran Huckel Inclusive, a diversity and inclusion consulting firm with LGBTQ expertise, which is now run by her fabulous husband, Ethan Huckel. Wherever she works, Stephanie’s colleagues quickly come to know her as a DEI champion. Her passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion is fueled by a long-held belief that we should all live and work in inclusive and welcoming environments that provide every individual with a genuine sense of belonging. The recipient of Providence Business News’ 2020 Diversity Champion Award, 2019 Forty Under 40 Award, and Bay Path University’s Bold Woman Award, Stephanie has a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy and a Bachelor of Arts in General Psychology. She lives with her family in New Jersey, USA.

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	Organisation	myGwork
	Date & Time	Jun 19, 2023 13:00 EDT
	Location	Zoom