Zsofia Duarte is a Director of Assessment and Strategy at Seramount, bringing a rich background in social research, policy, and advocacy with a focus on contemporary social issues. During her tenure at Seramount, she has led numerous high-impact global workplace assessments, aimed at evaluating and enhancing workplace equity across private, public, and governmental sectors. Zsofia excels at identifying cultural challenges within organizations and providing actionable, transformative solutions.

Prior to joining Seramount, Zsofia worked at JUST Capital. There, she worked on the human rights research team developing innovative research plans and generating dynamic research insights on how the U.S.’ top 1,000 companies are managing the human rights and community impacts of their business operations, both in the U.S. and abroad.

Prior to her time at JUST Capital, Zsofia was selected for a graduate placement at the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, a leading research center committed to disrupting generational poverty through research, policy, and action. There, she harnessed both research findings and a community collaborative approach to help develop and implement services grounded in evidence-based practices and stakeholder investment.

Zsofia was awarded an MS from Columbia University and a BA with Honors from Bates College. She currently lives in NYC and finds any excuse to travel, try a new sport, or find live music.

Paule Anne Kaziewicz is a Senior Director of Assessment and Strategy at Seramount. She brings over 15 years of experience helping clients thoughtfully achieve their goals to drive culture change through evidence-based research and storytelling. Paule Anne has executed numerous groundbreaking thought-leadership projects at Seramount, including the most recent report, “From Pledge to Progress: Corporate America One Year After George Floyd’s Death.”

Prior to her current role, Paule Anne was a founding member of Bonnier Custom Insights at Bonnier Corporation, where she partnered extensively with clients in the epicurean, luxury, outdoor, and automotive industries. There, she was responsible for executing primary quantitative and qualitative research projects from concept ideation and inception through presentation of findings to support over 30 multi-platform media brands and cross-media campaigns.

Paule Anne holds a bachelor’s degree in art history and French studies from Smith College and a master’s degree in integrated marketing from New York University. A resident of New York City, she is a spirited chef, entertainer, and traveler who also speaks French fluently.

Dr. Shyama Venkateswar is currently the Senior Director, Learning, at Seramount, where she heads up the development and design of tailored DEI curriculum and workshops based on client needs to tackle complex workplace culture and talent challenges.

In 2021, she was appointed to the NYC Commission on Gender Equity by the Mayor of New York. She has more than 20 years of experience in addressing social and policy issues, and has built her career in the higher-education and nonprofit space.

Most recently, Shyama served as director of the Public Policy Program at Roosevelt House and as a faculty member at Hunter College, City University of New York, a position that she held for eight years. There, she led the expansion and governance of the program, crafted new and innovative curriculum, taught the Capstone curriculum, and played an instrumental role in implementing initiatives for student and faculty development, with a focus on providing opportunities for first-generation learners, immigrants, undocumented and other underrepresented students through comprehensive mentoring programs.

Before arriving at Hunter College Public Policy Program, Shyama was director of Research and Programs at the National Council for Research on Women (now merged with the International Center for Research on Women). In this role, she helped provide the vision and strategic direction of the council’s policy agenda on economic security and women’s leadership, and received grants from foundations and corporate philanthropy. Shyama has also served as the founding director of Mercy Corps’ Action Center to End World Hunger, and as director of the Asian Social Issues Program at the Asia Society.

Shyama is a graduate of Smith College and received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in political science.

Jess Kramer is Director, Event Programming at Seramount, developing impactful live experiences that shift mindsets and accelerate inclusion. At Seramount, she leads the content curation and manages programming for Seramount’s annual member and non-member marquee events advocating for diversity, equity & inclusion in the workplace. She determines program themes, designs and develops agendas, and identifies, secures, and preps 100+ speakers annually for Seramount’s virtual and in-person conferences that reach audiences of up to 2,000 people each across a wide variety of industries.

Jess is also a writer and public speaker on the topics of neurodiversity and disability inclusion in the workplace. Prior to working in events and management consulting, she worked as a writer, researcher, and editor.

Based in Brooklyn, NY, Jess enjoys live music, theater, and dancing; walking dogs at her local animal shelter; escaping the city to hike, kayak, and swim; and traveling around the world.

Bridgette Scales is Managing Director of DBP and Seramount’s Advisory team. She is a diversity, equity, and inclusion expert with experience in sales and human resources. Bridgette joined Seramount from American Airlines in 2020, where she was the human resources business partner for customer experience. There, Bridgette was responsible for collaborating on people policies, talent management, career development, succession planning, departmental training initiatives, and aligning employee strategies with American Airline business goals.

Prior to her time at American Airlines, Bridgette spent 27 years at Proctor & Gamble. During her tenure at P&G, she was instrumental in developing and implementing strategies, programs, and processes across a complex and matrix organization. As a DEI practice leader for North America, Bridgette guided and counseled senior leaders on the integration of strategies that included awareness, cultural competency, leadership development, accountability and employee engagement. This led to better processes in the identification of high-potential employees, reduction in attrition rates of minorities, and increased DEI scores on the corporate employee survey.

Bridgette currently serves on the Global Advisory Board for the Women’s Leadership Forum within the P&G alumni network. She also sits on the She Runs It Foundation board’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Advisory Council and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.

She has a BA from the University of Oklahoma, an MBA from the University of Phoenix, and a Senior HR Professional certification from HRCI.

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.