Member Webinar: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2023

Katie Oertli Mooney is a Managing Director at Seramount. She is an accomplished DEI leader and thought partner with expertise in driving strategy and growth of diversity and inclusion change management, planning and programs. Prior to joining Seramount, she was responsible for overseeing the client delivery, staffing, operations and growth as Vice President of Jennifer Brown Consulting. She was accountable for the firm’s successful consulting project delivery to clients from the Fortune 1000, government agencies, startups, to nonprofits.

Prior to that, she managed the DEI enterprise learning and development strategy at Capital One specializing in differential investment programming to support historically underrepresented talent and communities of color. She is currently on the Board of Directors for the GSBA; the largest LGBTQ and allied chamber of commerce in North America and is supporting the organization in 2020, by advancing diversity, equity and inclusion for the Board of Directors, for the benefit of GSBA staff, members, partners and the LGBTQ+ and allied community of Washington State. Katie has a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management with a concentration on Diversity and Inclusion Management from Georgetown University. She is based in Seattle, WA.

Lis Rakanovic is an IT Audit and Compliance Lead, where she is responsible for managing and supporting internal audits, external and regulatory inspections, and compliance related activities that impact Information Research – Business Technology Solutions (IR BTS) globally.

Lis is a Chemical Engineer by training, and holds a Master of Science in Regulatory Compliance and Quality Systems, from Northwestern University. Lis began her career at AbbVie in 2014 as part of the Post-Market QA team that prepared for Duodopa launch in the U.S. Lis pivoted her path into the Office of Ethics and Compliance (OEC) in 2019 and was responsible for developing compliance metrics for Executive Leadership, Board of Directors and other key stakeholders.  

Lis is currently the Global Chair of AbbVie’s Asian Leadership Network (ALN) and is responsible for leading, developing, and executing the ALN’s short- and long-term strategies aligned with the enterprise Equity, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EEDI) mission and vision. She manages 50+ volunteer leaders and leads the organization of more than 4,400 members. Lis has been a member of all the seven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) since joining AbbVie in 2014, she led the first AbbVie Eid event in 2016, and partnered with EEDI to launch the Diversity Calendar at AbbVie. Lis is passionate about representation and fosters safe and inviting environments in which diverse perspectives are shared, so that everyone feels valued. Lis has collaborated with companies such as Odyssey Impact to promote cultural competency and inclusion across AbbVie. Lis was recognized for her EEDI contributions in the inaugural Legal and OEC Outstanding IMPACT Award in 2021. 

Jerry Won is a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator and host who has worked with some of the world’s most recognized brands in corporate and higher education. He speaks on a variety of topics including authentic storytelling, personal branding, creator economy, and the Asian American experience in the workplace.

He is the Founder & CEO of Just Like Media, an Asian American storytelling company whose award-winning podcast brands Dear Asian Americans, MBAsians, The Janchi Show and Asian Podcast Network have partnered with McDonald’s, Focus Features and the US Census

Prior, he was a Senior Strategy Consultant at Accenture and sales leader at start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. Jerry has a BS from USC Marshall and an MBA from Michigan Ross, where he served as President of the Student Government Association. He currently serves on the Marshall Volunteer Leadership Council and the Michigan Ross Sanger Leadership Center Advisory Board. Along with his wife Kyung and his two children, Jerry lives in Southern California.