Mya Harris, a Washington, DC native, is a passionate leader and advocate for inclusivity at Benefit Cosmetics. As co-chair of the Black@Benefit employee resource group, Mya drives impactful initiatives that uplift Black employees and foster a sense of belonging. From organizing Juneteenth celebrations to hosting networking events, her work creates meaningful opportunities for connection, empowerment, and community building.

In her professional role as an operations and supply chain planner, Mya excels in production planning and launching new products, bringing precision and a collaborative spirit to managing complex supply chain projects. Her dedication to teamwork and problem-solving ensures seamless execution across initiatives.

Outside of work, Mya is an active member of the African American Shakespeare Company and finds joy in giving back to her community. Her resilience, leadership, and dedication to empowering others make her a driving force both within Benefit Cosmetics and beyond.

Antonio never asked for permission to change inequitable systems. As a teenager, he became financially independent and the patriarch of his family, navigating through racial systems in Birmingham, Alabama.

For more than 15 years, Antonio has advised organizations across multiple sectors on race and equity to drive systems change. He works with chief executives and leadership teams in education, tech, and healthcare to apply a DEI lens on a range of issues that include strategy, innovation, and change management.

With deep expertise leading complex systems during uncertain or pivotal moments, Antonio developed an equity change process that has transformed organizational operating models, services, and performance by centering on the experiences of the global majority. Amid the pandemic, Antonio leveraged his insights on generational trends and the future of work to help organizations across diverse industries and geographies digitize their user experience by scaling new technology and platforms for thousands of educators and front-line workers.

Antonio host The Promised Land podcast and uses storyteller traditions passed down from his grandmother to galvanize audiences on topics that expand our collective consciousness and imagination. Antonio is currently in fellow with the Innovation for Equity in Leadership program. Antonio is leveraging his experience to design and launch an organization that curates reclamation journeys for Black people to experience their full humanity, freedom, and dreams.

Miracle Olatunji is a Gen-Z leader, changemaker, and author of Purpose: How To Live and Lead With Impact.

Miracle is a mission-driven entrepreneur, community builder, and author of Purpose: How To Live and Lead with Impact. She is an advocate for gender and racial equality, mental health, and financial literacy. She is also the creator of Her Wallet Media, an inclusive financial literacy and wellness platform. She has been honored as a “Young Futurist and Game-changer” by The Root Magazine and her work has been featured in Forbes, The Female Lead, and other publications. Miracle was part of a campaign by Melinda Gates and the Harvard Business Review called ‘Equality Can’t Wait’ focused on accelerating progress towards gender equality globally. Recently, Miracle partnered with Colgate on ‘The Optimism Project’, an initiative to empower fellow Gen Zers.

Dr. Maya Rmeity is a visionary DEI Advisor with over 17 years of experience driving cultural and organizational transformations. A former UN Women Consultant, Dr. Rmeity has tailored D&I policies to align with the unique GCC cultural context, helping local corporations build impactful and inclusive workplace cultures. As Co-founder of Impactiv, a pioneering social enterprise, she champions mentorship as a powerful tool for talent development, with a focus on empowering women, youth, and aspiring leaders.

Sarah Phillips (she/her) is an experienced HR Business Partner currently specialising in Talent and ED&I at Kellanova. In her role she leads leadership development, ED&I capability building and learning initiatives in Ireland and across Europe.

Sathya Bala (she/her) is a leader, board member, entrepreneur, speaker and community organizer. She spent most of her career working at large organizations like Sainsburys, Deloitte, HSBC and Barclays. Before starting her business, her last role was Global Head of Data at Chanel, during which time she also launched the cross-company Data Meets DEI forum, which she still runs today. In 2021, she launched her own business, True Change, which works to make organizations more inclusive using data and storytelling to drive change. Sathya is also founder of My Skin My Story, a global community that empowers women of color. Sathya embraces her cross-cultural lived experience in her work, as a Sri Lankan Tamil woman, born in Singapore, who grew up in Sydney, and moved to London as a young adult.

Isabelle Demangeat is a seasoned DEI expert with 25 years of experience in coaching, training, and leadership development. Based in Berlin, she works in four languages across Europe, India, and virtually with global clients, focusing on interculturality and diversity, gender dynamics, and multi-site teams. She holds certifications in multiple psychometric tools, mediation, and organization development, and collaborates with universities and training institutes to develop future leaders and trainers.

Originally from Spain and based in NYC, Nacho leads the implementation of a comprehensive and impactful inclusion and belonging project aligned with the Company’s strategic plan. I coordinate and supervise different markets all over the world: the USA, the rest of America, Asia, Oceania, South Africa, and Mediterranean countries, with corporate responsibilities in HQ.

Laraine Kaminsky is the President and CEO of GlobalLK, a consulting firm committed to developing inclusive leaders for a global economy. With experience in 96 countries, she specializes in addressing cultural, religious, gender, and generational dynamics to enhance organizational effectiveness. Drawing on extensive global experience across public and private sectors, she focuses on implementing DEI strategies that drive sustainable impact.

Miranda Johnston is a Relationship Manager on the Relationship Expansion Team at Seramount. She is responsible for service delivery of member benefits, partner engagement, and success plan development. Miranda joins us from EAB where she supported universities in their student success & equity efforts. Prior to that, Miranda worked in ABA therapy, providing services to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families. Miranda earned her BS in Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University.