Dr. Humphreys is the Director of the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business. Dr. Humphrey's also is a member of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors - the State of Georgia. Dr. Humphreys has published over 200 applied and academic studies regarding marketing research, economic forecasting, transportation, and economic development. Nationally, Dr. Humphreys is best known for his detailed estimates of the spending power of African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, and American Indians, but in Georgia, he is best known for his detailed economic forecasts of the state's economy.
http://www.uga.edu/

Ralph G. Moore, CPA, is President of Ralph G. Moore & Associates (RGMA), a Chicago-based management consulting firm founded in 1979. RGMA is one of the nation's premier change management firms specializing in integrating supplier diversity into corporate strategy and the formation of diverse strategic alliances The company provides corporate clients an array of supplier diversity services including program strategy & development, workshops and seminars, senior management orientations, strategic planning, program assessment, supplier development & training, and benchmarking services. RGMA also is a leading consultant to government agencies in the area of Affirmative Action program development and implementation. In addition, RGMA assists entrepreneurs acquire capital; develop business plans and structure strategic alliances.
http://www.rgma.com/

Stephen Young is Founder and President of Insight Education Systems, a management consulting firm specializing in diversity leadership and organizational development services. As a recognized leader and foremost expert in this field, Mr. Young frequently consults with senior executives and management teams of numerous Fortune 500 companies. For more than a decade, Young has been a featured speaker at business conferences worldwide. He is much sought after for his powerful and engaging presentation style. Young's widely acclaimed seminar MicroInequities: The Power of Small™ has been embraced by over 10 percent of the nation's top corporations and is being touted by corporate America as the new paradigm for diversity.
http://www.insighteducationsystems.com/

Over the past 20 years, Dr. R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr., has been at the forefront of developing and implementing innovative concepts and strategies for maximizing organizational and individual potential through Diversity Management. As the industry thought leader, Dr. R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr., CEO of Roosevelt Thomas Consulting & Training (RTCT), has moved the concept of diversity to new levels of application. His leading edge constructs of Diversity and Managing Diversity have been widely circulated in his books: Building a House for Diversity; Beyond Race and Gender; and Redefining Diversity. These are considered landmark works in the diversity field. His fifth major work, Building on the Promise of Diversity, was released in the fall of 2005.
http://www.rthomasconsulting.com/

Dr. Sondra Thiederman is one of the nation's leading experts on workplace diversity, cross-cultural business, and bias reduction. As President of Cross-Cultural Communications, a San Diego based training firm, Sondra has 25 years experience as a speaker, trainer, and author helping professionals in Fortune 500 companies, public sector organizations, and dozens of associations find ways to successfully navigate our increasingly-diverse workplaces.
http://www.thiederman.com/

Pamela is the President and Co-founder of Springboard - Partners in Cross Cultural Leadership. Springboard, a leadership development company, was founded in response to the growing interest of companies to provide executive leadership development for their junior, mid- and senior women professionals. Springboard provides a unique and tailored set of executive leadership seminars and training experiences for women in corporate and non-profit organizations, with an emphasis on cross-cultural leadership. Springboard also provides companies with an assessment of the organizational climate for mobility and success of their women professionals. For colleges and universities, Springboard develops leadership seminars and curricula for undergraduate students.
http://www.springboardleadership.com

Weldon Latham is a senior partner of the law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, where he chairs the Firm's Corporate Diversity Counseling Group. His legal practice includes employment law, corporate law, and government relations. Representing numerous multinational corporations, major women and minority-owned businesses, municipalities, and government agencies, Mr. Latham has been recognized as one of the premier authorities on corporate diversity. Mr. Latham consults and advises corporations on diversity crisis prevention, mitigation and management as well as, assisting in the implementation of "best practice" diversity initiatives. In this area Mr. Latham has been integral in the resolution of high profile class action suits alleging race and gender discrimination. For his representation of Texaco, Coca-Cola and General Motors, DiversityInc magazine dubbed Mr. Latham "the Brains Behind Diversity Crisis management".
http://www.abanet.org/minorities/partners/