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FEATURED GUESTS
Andrea Hoffman
Andrea Hoffman is an advisor, dealmaker, strategist, speaker, author, and the founder and CEO of boutique management consulting firm Culture Shift Labs (CSL). CSL advises companies, cities, and philanthropists on growth and innovation through diversity and inclusion. Andrea consults with C-suite executives across a wide range of industries on finding new growth opportunities. By helping clients see past long-held perceptions regarding the intersection of innovation, inclusion, and diversity, she guides them to insights that unlock new business opportunities. As a top-tier confidential advisor, strategist and dealmaker for the past two decades, she has leveraged proprietary methodologies to solve diversity issues and expand revenue for clients such as BMW, Carnegie Hall, Credit Suisse, GE Ventures, Lumina Foundation, Shutterfly, SAP, Kapor Center for Social Impact, Ford Motor Company, Verizon, Scholastic, Sony Electronics, and Time-Life, among others.
Skip Spriggs
Skip Spriggs is President and CEO of The Executive Leadership Council, the preeminent membership organization for black CEOs, board directors, and senior-most executives at Fortune 1000, Global 500, and equivalent companies. He leads the organization’s efforts to increase the number of global black executives in C-Suites, on corporate boards, and in global enterprises. Spriggs most recently served as senior executive vice president and chief human resources officer at TIAA. He has held executive leadership roles at The Home Depot, Levi Strauss & Co., and CIGNA Corp., where he served as senior vice president of human resources, chief diversity officer, and president of the Cigna Foundation. He is currently a member of the boards of TIAA, FSB (TIAA Direct), Savannah State University’s College of Business Administration, and the Institute for Corporate Productivity.
Beth Stewart
Beth Stewart is the founder and CEO of Trewstar Corporate Board Services, a firm that places highly-qualified women candidates on corporate boards. Her clients range from Fortune 10 to mid- and small-cap and pre-IPO companies across industries throughout the US. Beth brings over 20 years of experience as a corporate board director to Trewstar, including previous directorships at Carmax, General Growth Properties, and Avatar Holdings. Beth started her career at Goldman Sachs as one of the first analysts in the investment banking division. After graduating from business school, she rejoined Goldman Sachs and continued her career in Real Estate investment banking. She went on to be an active investor and consultant as well as an adjunct professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Business. A recognized expert on board placements, Beth has been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Forbes, and HBS Alumni magazine and has appeared on Yahoo! Finance.
Hope S. Taitz
Hope S. Taitz is currently the CEO of ELY Capital. She began her investment banking career as a mergers and acquisitions analyst at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Now acting as an investor and advisor with expertise in media, technology, and the consumer, Taitz helps innovative enterprises grow through financial leadership and connections to established corporations. Taitz, a strong advocate of women on boards, currently sits on the boards of Athene Holding Ltd., MidCap Finco Holdings Ltd., Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., Summit Hotel Properties Inc., and ATTN. She previously served on the boards of Apollo Residential Mortgage Inc., Diamond International Resorts Inc., as well as Lumenis Ltd. Taitz’s nonprofit service includes sitting on the board of the New York City Foundation for Computer Science Education and previously included service on the board of nonprofit Girls Who Code.
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• Perry, Mark J. "Only 53 US companies have been on the Fortune 500 since 1955, thanks to the creative destruction that fuels economic prosperity.” AEIdeas. (May 23, 2018).
