PHILADELPHIA DIVERSITY COUNCIL PRESENTS Sixth Annual Philadelphia Diversity & Leadership CONFERENCE Diversity: Driving Business Forward September 1, 2015 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue Philadelphia, PA Young Conaway is proud to support National Diversity Schnader Council and the congratulates 6th Annual Diversity & Leadership Theresa E. Loscalzo Conference and all the and congratulates Pennsylvania Diversity Council Anne Shea Gaza Recipient of the honorees 2015 Multicultural Leadership Award YoungConaway.com DELAWARE Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis llp Rodney Square 1000 North King Street 1600 Market Street, Suite 3600 Wilmington, DE 19801 Philadelphia, PA 19103-7286 NEW YORK 215-751-2000 Rockefeller Center 1270 Avenue of the Americas www.schnader.com Suite 2210 * www.schnader.com/Jakarta New York, NY 10020 CALIFORNIACALIFORNIA DELAWARE JAKARTADELAWARE* NEW J ERSEY NEW YJORKAKARTA PENNSYLVANIA* WASHINGTON,NEW JERSEY D.C . FOUNDER’S WELCOME DENNIS KENNEDY Founder & CEO, National Diversity Council Greetings, It is my privilege to welcome you to our 6th Annual Philadelphia Diversity and Leadership Conference. Since the inception of the Philadelphia Diversity and Leadership Conference, we have made great strides in fostering an environment for diversity and inclusion. However, there is still much more to be done. In order to remain competitive in today’s global economy, organizations must be innovative and creative when it comes to maintaining diversity within their workforce. They should also actively seek to mold leaders and encourage employee engagement throughout every level of their infrastructure, in order to ensure organizational objectives are not merely fulfilled, but exceeded. To achieve these goals, businesses must constantly strive for change and promote environments of inclusion, while also educating employees on the importance of these policies. Our conference will afford organizations the opportunity to explore tools and resources necessary to build diverse workforces and remain competitive on the global stage. The event will also provide a valuable opportunity for individuals to network together and grow in their knowledge of diversity and leadership, which can be utilized to craft long and distinguished careers. Finally, our speakers and various panel sessions will offer a unique perspective on a plethora of topics, including the creation of a diverse workforce, essential leadership skills, personal branding, and diversity and inclusion best practices. I encourage you to join us and not only actively participate with your colleagues, but take your newly acquired knowledge back to your organization and share it with your coworkers, managers, and senior leadership, in order to promote a diverse and inclusive environment for all. I would like to take this time to thank our sponsors who see the value in our Philadelphia Diversity and Leadership Conference and continue to provide financial support to keep us going. I also want to acknowledge our speakers who have made a commitment to be here. Finally, I would like to thank the conference organizers and volunteers who worked diligently to bring you a top-notch conference. Dennis Kennedy Founder & CEO National Diversity Council DiversityFIRST™ 3 Celebrating Difference. Realizing Success. Pfizer congratulates Bert Bruce, recipient of the National Diversity Council’s Multicultural Leadership Award Diversity is as crucial to building a successful business as it is to creating a vibrant culture. At Pfizer, colleagues of all backgrounds and abilities will find leaders who inspire them to top performance; managers trained to develop and nurture diverse talent; and a culture committed to helping each colleague build a fulfilling career and reach his or her full potential. Learn more. Visit pfizercareers.com. KEYNOTE SPEAKER DONNA BRAZILE VETERAN DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL STRATEGIST, FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR BRAZILE & ASSOCIATES LLC Veteran Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile is an adjunct professor, author, syndicated columnist, television political commentator, Vice Chair of Voter Registration and Participation at the Democratic National Committee, and former chair of the DNCs Voting Rights Institute. Last, but never least, she is a native of New Orleans. Aside from working for the full recovery of her beloved New Orleans, Ms. Braziles passion is encouraging young people to vote, to work within the system to strengthen it, and to run for public office. A New Orleans native, Ms. Brazile began her political career at the age of nine when she worked to elect a City Council candidate who had promised to build a playground in her neighborhood; the candidate won, the swing sets was installed, and a lifelong passion for political progress was ignited. Four decades and innumerable state and local campaigns later, Ms. Brazile has worked on every presidential campaign from 1976 through 2000, when she served as campaign manager for former Vice President Al Gore, becoming the first African-American woman to manage a presidential campaign. Author of the best-selling memoir Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics, Ms. Brazile is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, a syndicated newspaper columnist for United Media, a columnist for Ms. Magazine, and an on-air contributor to CNN, NPR, and ABC, where she regularly appears on This Week with George Stephanopoulos. In August 2009, O, The Oprah Magazine chose Ms. Brazile as one of its 20 remarkable visionaries for the magazines first- ever O Power List. In addition, she was named among the 100 Most Powerful Women by Washingtonian magazine, Top 50 Women in America by Essence magazine, and received the Congressional Black Caucus Foundations highest award for political achievement. A former member of the board of directors of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, responsible for leading the states rebuilding process in the aftermath of two catastrophic hurricanes, Ms. Brazile is the proud recipient of honorary doctorate degrees from Louisiana State University and Xavier University of Louisiana, the only historically Black, Catholic institution of higher education in the United States. Ms. Brazile is founder and managing director of Brazile & Associates LLC, a general consulting, grassroots advocacy, and training firm based in Washington, DC. DiversityFIRST™ 6 KEYNOTE SPEAKER TONY PLANA AWARD-WINNING STAR OF UGLY BETTY AND DIRECTOR OF STAGE AND SCREEN Tony Plana recently starred as Ignacio Suarez, the widowed father to America Ferrera’s Ugly Betty, in ABC’s landmark, groundbreaking hit series for which he received the 2006 Golden Satellite Award from the International Press Academy, an Imagen Award, and an Alma Award. Ugly Betty was the first Spanish speaking series to be adapted to English for a major American network and received the highest ratings and the most critical acclaim of any Latino-based show in the history of television, most notably 11 Emmy nominations and a Golden Glove Award for best comedy. Previously, he also starred in Showtime’s original series, Resurrection Boulevard, and was nominated for two Alma Awards for best actor. Resurrection Boulevard was the first series to be produced, written, directed and starring Latinos, and the most awarded series in Showtime’s history including an Alma Award for the best television series of 2002. Besides recurring roles on Alpha House, Madam Secretary, Jane the Virgin, Cristela, Motive, The Fosters, and the CW’s newest hit, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, his latest television features are Meddling Mom for Hallmark Movie Channel with Sonia Braga and The Jodi Arias Story for Lifetime where he plays the renowned prosecutor Juan Martinez. He has directed two feature film comedies, A Million to Juan with Paul Rodriguez and The Princess and the Barrio Boy, the first Latino family film to be produced by Showtime, starring academy award nominee Edward James Olmos and Maria Conchita Alonso. The film received two 2001 Alma Award nominations for Best Made for Television Movie and Best Ensemble Acting and won the 2001 Imagen Award for Best Made for Television Movie. Plana’s television episodic debut was 2001’s Resurrection Blvd.’s Saliendo, which garnered critical acclaim, receiving a GLAAD Award for best dramatic episode of the year and a SHINE Award nomination for sensitive portrayal of sexuality. He has directed several episodes of Nickelodeon’s hit series, The Brothers Garcia, receiving a Humanitas Award nomination and winning the Imagen Award for its third season finale, Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover. He also directed the DiversityFIRST™ 7 season finale of Greetings from Tucson for the Warner Brothers Network and the Halloween episode of Desperate Housewives in its final season on ABC. As an actor Plana has starred in more than 60 feature films, including JFK, Nixon, Salvador, An Officer and a Gentleman, Lone Star, Three Amigos, Born in East L.A., El Norte, 187, Primal Fear, Romero, One Good Cop, Havana, The Rookie, Silver Strand and Picking Up the Pieces with Woody Allen. He has also appeared in the action thriller Half Past Dead with Steven Segal, & Morris Chestnut; The Lost City, with Andy Garcia, Bill Murray, and Dustin Hoffman; and Disney’s highly acclaimed GOAL, The Dream Begins! Recently released feature films include El Muerto starring Wilbur Valderama, Towards Darkness with America Ferrera, and AmericanEast with Tony Shaloub. His latest features are America with Edward James Olmos and Pain & Gain with Mark Wahlberg directed by Michael Bay.