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Welcome to the
5th Annual C-Suite

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The Women of Color Foundation is proud to announce that we have assembled an amazing line up of faculty and speakers for the 2021
C-Suite Executive Women's Summit.

Alexandria Johnson Boone, MSODA

Chairwoman and Founder, Women of Color Foundation; Publisher & Chief Editorial Officer, C L Magazine; and President/CEO, GAP Communications Group

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October 24th - 26th, 2021
Walden Inn

In-Person Registration is SOLD OUT! | Virtual Registration is SOLD OUT

Meet the 2021 C-Suite Faculty | Monday, Oct. 25th

Special Sunday Only Presentation!

Kristina
Austin

MSEd LSW

Director of Community Engagement, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Project Director, Black Women’s Leadership Project, Women of Color Foundation

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Honorable
Pinkey S. Carr

Judge, Cleveland

Municipal Court 

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Honorable
Emanuella D. Groves

Judge, Eighth District of Ohio

Appeals Court

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Honorable
Lauren Moore

Judge, Cleveland

Municipal Court

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Honorable
Anita Laster Mays

Judge, Eighth District of Ohio
Appeals Court

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Crystal
Bryant

JD, MS, LSW 

Executive Director, Cleveland Branch NAACP and

Co-Founder, Cleveland VOTES

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Rachael
Sampson

BBA, MBA

Senior Vice President, National Director, Key4Women, KeyBank

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Danita
Harris

Emmy Award-winning News Anchor, News5, Cleveland's ABC Network Affiliate

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Meet the 2021 C-Suite Faculty | Tuesday, Oct. 26th

Ellen
Burts-Cooper

BS, MBA, PhD, MBB

Senior Managing Partner
Improve Consulting

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Larthenia
Howard

BS, MS, PhD

President
Stimuknowlogy Institute

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Heather
Burton

BA, MA, MS, PhD

Senior Director for Faculty and Institutional Diversity

Case Western Reserve University

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Diana
Gueits-Rivera

BA, MBA

Interim Executive Director,
Diversity & Inclusion

Cleveland Clinic

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Nancy
Mendez

BA

President & Chief Executive Officer

Starting Point

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Maria L.
Spangler

JD, MPA 

The Sherwin-Williams Company

Director, Community Engagement

The Sherwin-Williams Foundation

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