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October 8, 2019: Fifth Annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit

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October 23, 2018: Fourth Annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit

2018 Summit

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Introductory Speakers

  • Angela Taylor, co-founder and director of The Dignitas Agency
  • Dr. Tony Roark, interim provost of Boise State University

Keynote Speaker

  • Dr. Tony Byers, former global Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Starbucks, “The Multiplier Effect of Inclusion”

Closing Speaker

  • Francisco Salinas, Boise State’s Director of Student Diversity and Inclusion

About Dr. Byers’ “The Multiplier Effect of Inclusion”

Boldly challenging the status quo and decades of diversity and inclusion practices, Dr. Byers is transforming Diversity and Inclusion from “the right thing to do” to the business imperative of our time. His presentation on the multiplier effect of inclusion will provide the perfect balance of “why now” and “how to” that will take attendees’ thinking on inclusion to the next level.

Attendees will learn from the success stories of companies that have evolved beyond “doing diversity well” to leveraging inclusion as a powerful business advantage. Dr. Byers will show how to build an inclusive culture through a breakthrough behavioral approach that overcomes biases and creates buy-in, as well as setting in motion a multiplier effect of inclusion that more than doubles employee productivity while positively impacting every aspect of the organization.

Co-Hosts

Boise State’s Blue Sky Institute/Responsible Business Initiative
Wells Fargo
Boise Cascade
Boise Valley Economic Partnership
University of Idaho-Boise

Sponsors

Wells Fargo
Boise Cascade
Micron
Happy Family
HP
Saint Alphonsus
Idaho Power
St. Luke’s
City of Boise
Boise State’s Office of the Provost
Boise State’s College of Health Sciences
Boise State’s School of Public Service
Boise State’s College of Engineering
Boise State’s College of Business and Economics

Read more about the 2018 Summit.

November 1, 2017: Third Annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit

3rd Annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit

Speakers

Keynote speaker: Christopher Bell, University of Colorado

Panels

“Financial inclusion: The Social Impact of Banking and the Capital Markets”

  • Ben Wright- Boise head of the Montana & Idaho Community Development Corporation; Alejandro Hernandez, Wells Fargo; Lisa Cooper, Figure 8 Investment Strategies

“Keeping Diverse Talent In Idaho”

  •  Trina Ponce, Diversity & Inclusion Program Manager at HP; Toni Carter, Inclusion and Diversity (I/D) Strategy Director for the Idaho National Laboratory (INL); Alex Suggs, Research and Consulting Coordinator at IBIS Consulting Group COBE & IBIS; Dawn S. Hutchison, Micron
    Technology’s Global Integration and Inclusion Manager
3rd Annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit

Presentations

  • “Unconscious Bias” by the Dignitas Agency

Co-hosts

Boise State’s College of Business and Economics, Wells Fargo, the City of Boise, the Boise Valley Economic Partnership, University of Idaho- Boise, Idaho Power, Saint Alphonsus and Micron.

Read more about the 2017 Summit.

November 17, 2016: Second Annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit

Speakers

  • Opening keynote speaker: Alejandro Hernandez, senior VP at Wells Fargo, on business responsibility for human rights
  • Closing keynote speaker: Camille Eddy, Boise State mechanical engineering student: bias in machine learning and experiences as an African-American woman in the technology industry

Panels

“Our Refugee Community as a Source of Top Talent”

  • Lisa Cooper, Figure 8 Investments; Marwan Sweedan, MD, CTBS; Matthew Burns, Idaho Bureau of Laboratories; and Tawna Miles, St. Luke’s Health System.

“How to Build a Workplace Culture of Inclusion”

  • Shannon Rush-Call, Micron Technology; Joanne Chu, EcoEthos Solutions; Thomas Kellogg, Mentor Artists Playwright Project; and Francisco Salinas, Boise State University. 

Workshops

  • Creating inclusive meetings using the Collaborative Operating System, led by Joanne Chu, EcoEthos Solutions and Shannon Rush-Call, Micron.
  • Finding your voice: playwriting as a tool for workplace inclusion led by Thomas Dean Kellogg, Mentor Artists Playwright Project (MAPP).
  • From campus to career: a student lunch conversation on inclusion, led by Alejandro Hernandez, senior VP, Wells Fargo.

Co-hosts

Boise State’s College of Business and Economics, Wells Fargo, the City of Boise, the Boise Valley Economic Partnership (BVEP) and the University of Idaho-Boise.

Read more about the 2016 Summit.

November 4, 2015: First Annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit

Speakers

  • Introductory Speaker: Ben Quintana, City Council Member
  • Opening keynote speaker: Lesley Slaton Brown, chief global diversity and inclusion officer at HP Inc.
  • Closing keynote speaker: Philomena Morrissey Satre, vice president of diversity and inclusion for Wells Fargo

Panel

Lead panel facilitators:
Karen Meyer, board president of Trailhead
Elizabeth Sendelbach, director of programs for College of Innovation and Design at Boise State.