Neurodiversity and Disability Employee Resource Group

Emily Ladau: Disability rights activist, writer, and speaker

• Addressing how to be a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people and how you can help make the company a more accessible, inclusive place
• Exploring how the implicit and explicit biases we hold can disempower the disability community, and reframing our thinking and actions to ensure our work uplifts intersectional disability perspectives

Sara Hendren: Design researcher and author of What Can A Body Do?

• Examining the lack of accommodation in current tools, furniture, and our environment
• Helping organizations understand universal design and reframing their accessibility work to better serve their employees, clients, and communities

Steve Silberman: Award-winning science writer and New York Times-bestselling author of NeuroTribes

• Exploring the long misunderstood history of autism and the vital role its played in shaping our modern world
• Advocating that society should honor and nurture neurodiversity and help individuals make the most of their native strengths and special interests

John Hendrickson: Atlantic Reporter and author of Life on Delay

• Speaks on overcoming the societal and mental health issues faced by those who stutter
• The evolution of speech therapy and the self-help movement within the stuttering community

Parenting and Caregiving Employee Resource Group

Eve Rodsky: New York Times-bestselling author and creative leadership expert

• Creating a time-management system to help working parents rebalance family responsibilities and “invisible work”
• Fostering a gender equality company culture to  helps attract and retain top talent

Lauren Smith Brody: Author of The Fifth Trimester

• Preventing discrimination and keeping women and parents in the pipeline to leadership
• How to design the future of work for caregiving employees

Dr. Dana Suskind: Pediatric physician and author of Thirty Million Words: Building a Child’s Brain and Parent Nation

• Outlining how companies can and should help families meet the developmental needs of their children
•  How to use science and the tools of public health to ensure all children reach their full potential

Indigenous Heritage Employee Resource Group

D.J. Vanas: Member of the Ottawa Tribe, author of The Tiny Warrior and host of the PBS special Discovering Your Warrior Spirit

• Warrior Spirit in Leadership
• How to navigate change with confidence and clarity, continue serving well, maintain perspective, health (and a sense of humor)

David Treuer: Author of The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee and Rez Life

• Speaking with depth and insight about the effects of multiculturalism, education, and assimilation
• Exploring the intense struggles to preserve Native identity and tells an essential, intimate story of a resilient people in a transformative era.

Tommy Orange: Award-winning author of There, There

• The urban Indigenous experience
• Showcasing the identity and power, dislocation and communion, and the beauty and despair woven into the history of a nation and its people

Mental Health Employee Resource Group

Dr. Thomas Insel: Neuroscientist, psychiatrist, and national leader in mental health research, policy, and technology

• Speaking on the recent progress in the use of technology to diagnose mental health conditions and deliver mental health care
• Exploring what we need to do to ensure that innovation delivers on its promise to transform mental health

James Hatch: Retired member of the Naval Special Warfare Development group, author of Touching the Dragon, and founder of Spike’s K9 Fund

• Eradicating the stigma surrounding mental illness and sharing how recovery is a team effort
• Empowering those who are struggling to reach out to their own support networks and ask for help

Robert Kolker: Award-winning journalist and instant #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Valley Road

• Speaking about the importance of destigmatizing mental illness and bringing awareness to the patient experience through the story of the Galvin family
• Deconstructing the tangled history of mental health treatment in America and exploring the promise of future breakthroughs in treatment, prediction, and even prevention of schizophrenia