As NLI’s global practice leader on DEI, Janet impacts millions of leaders around the world to advance DEI at their organizations. A long history of driving change and building culture in large, complex organizations has given Janet deep expertise around DEI practices and principles, especially in the area of communications. In fact, she broke barriers as one of the first – and for a long time, only – black C-level speechwriters in the Fortune 100. Her three TED presentations challenging businesses to get serious about inclusion, have – collectively – over 2.5 million views. Her superpowers? Applying neuroscience to solve DEI challenges, building actionable DEI frameworks and strategies and brokering honest DEI conversations among top leaders. Janet’s career evolved from a technical systems analyst role at Morgan Stanley into various corporate and agency marketing and public relations roles, including founding her own firm. Her most recent position was speechwriter for the CEO and senior leadership of UPS, one of the world’s largest shipping and logistics companies, with more than 500,000 employees globally. Janet led UPS’s diversity, equity, and inclusion communications, writing and producing an award-winning video, The Power of Difference, writing award-winning executive speeches, and serving as a founding member of the UPS Equity, Justice & Action Task Force. She developed the task force’s mission and vision statements, established the company’s framework for action to address racial inequity, and authored the group’s first-year accomplishments report and recommendations. Janet also served as Senior Director, Social Impact and The UPS Foundation, working to advance UPS’s global philanthropy, social impact and community engagement efforts. Janet holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Davidson College, a master’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from Georgetown University, and post-graduate certificates in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University and Yale University.