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Virtual
Seattle
Seattle, Washington, 98101
United States

Byron Burkhalter

Byron Burkhalter earned his doctorate in Sociology from UCLA and focuses on issues of race, biracial identity, whiteness and multiracial political coalitions in US history, as he has for more than 30 years. He has taught at universities, spoken at large public rallies and published numerous pieces on these issues. His writings examine racial and sexual discrimination in the workplace, and explore the relevance of race in interracial relationships and racial and ethnic identities in online communities. He also helps groups of people do the hard work to recognize the privileges afforded them by the racism and white supremacy systemic in their everyday lives.

Joe Justice

Joe Justice works globally with agile organizations, bringing multinational companies twice the work in half the time. His teams have held 4 world records. He works with Tesla, autonomous and smart road technologies, ultra-lightweight structures, guest lectured at UC Berkeley, MIT, on behalf of Carnegie Melon, CU Denver, The University of Washington, spoken at Google, Microsoft, and others. Joe's work has been featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, CNN Money, the Discovery Channel, and others has been a guest lecturer at MIT and Oxford University. Joe tests management strategies, autonomous technologies, and production techniques in his own hobby company first. He serves as CEO of the prototyping and automotive manufacturing company, WIKISPEED Inc., with activities in 23 countries.

Sara Sanford

Sara Sanford is the founder of Gender Equity Now (GEN) and the architect behind the GEN Certification, the first gold standard for gender equity in US businesses. She is also a guest faculty member at the University of Washington's School of Information, where she teaches a graduate-level course on using research to drive ethical, data-backed decision-making in business. Sanford's track record of implementing evidence-backed solutions includes leading an initiative around women and wealth in the financial services industry, launching an international nonprofit to support rural education and working with local foundations to foster cultural competence in Washington’s K-12 schools. In all these roles, she saw that systemic problems are difficult to change through individual actions. With a focus on changing mechanics, rather than mindsets, she founded GEN. The data-driven tools GEN has developed go beyond vanity metrics to identify the cultural levers businesses can adjust to counter the impact of bias. Guided by the maxim, "You get the behavior you measure," Sanford believes we now have the tools for all business to be equity-centered, if they choose to be.