Bavarde Speakers

Chris Jones
CEO & Co-Founder, Spectra Diversity, Inc.
Chris' DE&I's journey began with social activism (imagine a long-haired blond hippie Viet Nam war protester). It moved to empathy as several of my close friends died of AIDS in the 1980s when we didn’t know what it was, how it was transmitted and if there would ever be a cure. And this continued till date.

Leslie Alessandro
Sr. Manager Talent Acquisition and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Talent Acquisition and DEI professional (Acceleration Community of Companies (ACC) ) with a proven track record of leading transformational diversity staffing efforts and managing complex recruitment with an emphasis on top-tiered

Diana Alonso
Associate HR Business Partner
Diana is a proven people champion and change catalyst with five years of success in employee relations, training strategy, operations evaluation, design, facilitation, and management of learning programs. She enjoys building healthy, resilient, inclusive, and sustainable cultures for employers and employees.

John Lullen
Manager of Marketplace Diversity Solutions - Technology Enablement
As a Manager of Marketplac