2024 March
March 21, 2024
8:30am – 2:00pm
InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown
The Los Angeles Business Journal was proud to host the 2024 Diversity, Equity + Inclusion Symposium and Awards Program. We honored diversity, inclusion, and equity champions in the Los Angeles region for their ongoing efforts to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace and business leadership while simultaneously creating an inclusive environment that enables diversity and equity to thrive.
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2024 DE&I Symposium & Awards Agenda
Symposium
8:30am – Check-in & Networking
9:00am - Welcome Remarks
Panel Discussions
9:05am - Building a Case for Equity
9:50am - Blending the Generations for Success
10:35am - Evolution of DEI: Where We Are & Where We Want to Be
Awards Luncheon
11:30am – Check-in & Networking
12:00pm – Opening Remarks
12:15pm – Lunch Service
12:30pm - Awards Program
2:00pm - Closing Remarks
(subject to minor changes)
NOTE: All ticket sales come with a 6 month subscription to the Los Angeles Business Journal
PANELISTS AND TOPICS
Building a Case for Equity
Shannon Bradley, MBA
Chief Health Equity, Diversity
and Inclusion Officer
Keck Medicine of USC
Teresa Maxwell
DBE Compliance Officer & Outreach Manager
Skanska USA Civil
Yossi Mintz
Co-Founder / Executive Director
The Friendship Foundation
Josh Schimmels
Publisher & CEO
Los Angeles Business Journal
Blending the Generations for Success
Laura Mitchel
District Senior Manager
Wells Fargo Bank
Marcela Oliva
Professor of Architecture and
Environmental Design
Los Angeles Trade-Technical College
Kunal Shah
President/CEO, Electrical Engineer
PBS Engineers, Inc
Fred Tan
Tax Principal
BDO USA
Lillian Yan
Vice President – West Division Sales Officer
HNTB Corporation
Evolution of DEI: Where We Are & Where We Want to Be
Alice C. Juarez
Los Angeles Regional Executive
Wells Fargo Bank
Andraéa LaVant
Founder & President
LaVant Consulting
Kristina Martel
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Strategic Director
American Cancer Society
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