Are you looking to improve your business in 2023? Research has shown having more diverse and inclusive teams leads to better financial returns, higher innovation, increased employee engagement, and more market share. Diversity and inclusivity not only improve your business but also make your organizational environment more enjoyable to work in, making it easier to hire and retain top-level talent so you can stay competitive.

If you’re looking to take your business to the next level in 2023, BigSpeak Speakers Bureau works with the top Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) speakers. These speakers are top executives, consultants, and thought leaders who can help you create a more diverse and inclusive environment for your employees and customers.

1) Wema Hoover

Wema Hoover is a culture and DEI expert who has dedicated her career to serving as a catalyst for change and as a transformational leader. As a trusted C-suite and board-level advisor, Wema has leveraged her background leading global DEI efforts for companies like Google, Pfizer, Sanofi, and Bristol-Myers Squibb to help inform and guide corporate leadership through evolving corporate culture, creating inclusive work environments, and integrating DEI and sustainability to build high-performance organizations and drive business results.

2) Omar Johnson

Omar Johnson is a top leadership, work culture and diversity keynote speaker. He is a branding expert, founder of ØPUS United, and former CMO at Beats. Omar shares how he built diverse teams at Nike, Apple, Beats and other companies – and that diversity isn’t just the right thing to do, it also results in corporate sustainability and profitability.

3) Risha Grant

Risha Grant is an in-demand D, E, & I keynote speaker, consultant, and author of the book That’s B.S. How Bias Synapse Disrupts Inclusive Cultures. Risha works with small and large companies to help uncover unconscious bias and build more diverse and inclusive company cultures. Risha can show your business how to attract and keep diverse talent, communicate with diverse audiences, and capture new markets.

4) Anne-Marie Imafidon

Anne-Marie Imafidon is a top technology keynote speaker and co-founder of Stemettes, which inspires girls everywhere to follow careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Over six years, 40,000 girls across the UK, Ireland, and Europe have attended Stemette experiences.

5) Eliza VanCort

Eliza VanCort is a top empowerment keynote speaker, author, and advisory board member for the Performing Arts for Social Change. In 2018, Eliza gave a TEDx talk on “Women, Power and Revolutionizing Speech” in which she shared her harrowing, yet uplifting, personal story while offering actionable, transformative tools for meaningful personal and social change.

6) Robin Hauser

Robin Hauser is an Unconscious Bias keynote speaker and an award-winning director of documentary films at Finish Line Features. She has spoken about unconscious bias, the importance of diversity and inclusion, and women’s rights at organizations such as NASA, Google, Amazon, SXSW, the White House, and more.

7) Pat Wadors

Pat Wadors is a human resources expert, Chief People Officer at UKG, and considered one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology by the National Diversity Council. Pat is the creator of the DIB (Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging) framework, which champions employee belonging as the key driver of employee satisfaction and retention. “DE&I may capture your head,” she says, “but belonging captures your heart.”

8) Bernice Chao

Bernice Chao is an inclusivity speaker, author, Head of Integrated Creative, Zambezi, and Co-Founder of Asians in Advertising. Bernice helps audiences learn to fight against xenophobia while teaching the visibility mindset to advance their careers.

9) Paula Caligiuri

Paula Caliguiru is a team-building speaker, Distinguished Professor of International Business and Strategy, and author of Build Your Cultural Agility. In her talks, audiences will learn five key strategies for building trust when team members are of different cultures, generations, and functional areas.

10) Brianna Scurry

Briana is a top motivational keynote speaker who pioneered the first paid professional women’s soccer league as a founding player in 2001. Briana speaks about concussion awareness, success, and LGBT issues.

This article was originally published by BigSpeak Jan 4, 2023.