

Visionary Speakers
Prepare to be inspired.
It’s a lineup unlike any other! You’ll hear from unconventional leaders, disruptors, and creative thinkers across a variety of industries.
Keynote Speakers
Jon Cook
Global CEO, VMLY&R
Simon Tam
Author, musician, activist, and troublemaker.
Victor W. Hwang
Vice President of Entrepreneurship, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Sabrina Wiewel
Senior VP & Chief Customer Officer,
Hallmark Greetings
Convention Speakers
Stella Guan
Visual Designer & Founder of Path Unbound
Candi Castleberry Singleton
VP of Diversity Partnerships Strategy + Engagement, Twitter
Katerina Jeng
Ginny Cheng
Recruiting Director, Zillow Group & Career Coach, Career Contessa
Suba Nadarajah
Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, VMLY&R
Telly Leung
Broadway and Television Star
Alex Ogata
Design Studio Director & Architect, Populous
Ninah Butler
Landscape Architect,
BHC RHODES
Ken Fong
Pastor and Podcaster,
Asian America: The Ken Fong Podcast
Angela Cooper
Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Mutual of Omaha
Naihao Fan
Global Cinema Designer and Associate, GastingerWalker
Lindsey Roy
Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer,
Hallmark Greetings
Samantha McCloud
Director of Community Involvement, Diversity & Inclusion, GastingerWalker
Abraham Gin
CEO of Gin Consulting & Senior Consultant, GiANT Worldwide
Kim Wallace Carlson
Director of Engagement – Entrepreneurship in Public Affairs, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Kloe Katubig
Community Organizer and Senior Interior Designer, HOK
Alana Muller
Founder and CEO,
Coffee Lunch Coffee
Ada Cheng
Professor-turned-storyteller, solo performer, and storytelling show producer.
Karen Narasaki
Civil Rights Advocate
Past President and Executive Director of the Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC)
Fred Keeton
Owner and Principal at Keeton Iconoclast Consulting, LLC
Nick Wolf
Project Management Consultant
Hallmark Cards
Jessica Nguyen
General Counsel, PayScale
Gena Fitzgerald
Global Procurement Director, Hallmark
Jenny Copeland
IT Program Manager,
Hallmark Cards
Rick Sakaguchi
Project Manager, Retired
Hallmark Cards
Nilyum Jhala
Vice President of Technology
Hallmark Cards
Natalie Gonzales
Editor, Hallmark Cards
Jonathan Thomas
Board Leadership
ArtsKC
Natasha Ygsi
Art Director, VMLY&R
Mia Park
Multidisciplinary Artist
Ryan Namata
HR Consultant,
IDSA (Infectious Diseases Society of America)
ERG Summit Speakers
Kim Cummings
AVP, Human Resources & Diversity
BNSF Railway
Santosh Mathew
Director of Technology, SAP, Mergers & Acquisitions / Diversity & Inclusion Leader / Sustainability Green Team Leader – Nielsen
Doreen M. Viloria
Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion Consultant
Bank of America
Nior Gonzales
Community Engagement Professional
Michael Gonzales
Co-Founder, Consultant & Speaker
The Diversity & Inclusion Consortium
Principal, NE&E Consulting
Lisa Strack
Diversity Recruiting Program Officer
Bank of the West
National Director of ERG Relations
NAAAP
Angie Pastorek, Ph.D.
Program Director and Faculty, Graduate Programs in Workplace Communication
The University of Kansas
Trace Ballard
LGBT Outreach Manager
Central Intelligence Agency
Farzana Nayani
Diversity, Equity &
Inclusion Specialist
ERG Architect & Advisor, NAAAP
Estrella Cramer
Procurement Compliance Director
UPS
Melinda Yee Franklin
Managing Director, Corporate & Government Affairs
Western Region, United Airlines
Vanessa Sims
SVP Executive Director,
Diversity & Inclusion
UMB
Tessa Xuan
Founder & Principal
WOC Group LLC
ERG Corporate Relations Manager, NAAAP
Tashina Charagi
VP of Operations Global Products and Technology
ADP
Lilian Cavaleri
Director, Business Analytics & Chair, Asia Pacific Network- CBRE
Market Leader, Pacific Northwest- Filipinos in Institutional Real Estate (FIIRE)
Melvina Young
Senior Writer & Creator
Hallmark Cards
Gaby Flores
Director, Office of Equity
and Diversity
Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, Kansas City
Dr. Andrea Hendricks
Senior Executive Director of Diversity, Inclusion Strategy
Cerner
Candi Castleberry Singleton
VP of Diversity Partnerships Strategy + Engagement, Twitter
Toki Toguri
Co-founder and Customer Success Manager, Diverst
Ann Chen
Manager, Marketing & Chair, Asian American ERG Steering Committee Communications- Experian
Bobby Griffin
Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion- CBRE
Kingman Ng
Director, HR Global Diversity & Inclusion- Eli Lilly and Company
Elizabeth Yang
NAAAP National President
Owner of the Law & Mediation Offices of Elizabeth Yang

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Community Partners
American Advertising Federation (AAF) - Kansas City • American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Kansas City • The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Kansas City • The Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City • International Relations Council • Kansas City Center for Inclusion • Kansas City Chinese Association •