I was formerly the Deputy Director Training, Compliance, and Strategic Initiatives in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and was responsible for the coordinated implementation of President Obama’s Executive Order on Diversity and Inclusion. I designed, developed, and implemented several initiatives to ensure government-wide progress on diversity and inclusion. These initiatives included helping to create the first-ever government-wide diversity and inclusion strategic plan as well as the associated 47-page implementation guidance.

I was the chief architect of a new way to measure inclusion (The New IQ) that was adopted government-wide, developed a 6-step change management process course with over 600 government-wide change agents graduates, and designed, implemented, and managed the first-ever government-wide diversity and inclusion accountability audit process known as Feedback Assistance Roundtables (FARs).

I retired as a Lt Colonel from the United States Air Force in October 2007, after 23 years of service. During my service I was attached to Air Force Special Operations, served as a Management Engineer, and was a Computer and Communications Commander. My last assignment was as the Air National Guard’s (ANG) Director of Cultural Diversity Transformation.

I have served and been involved in numerous Leadership and Diversity initiatives at the local, state, and national levels. I have lectured on diversity and inclusion at several educational institutions including MIT, Harvard, and West Point. I authored a book on diversity leadership titled, “Cultural Leadership: The New Chemistry of Leading Differently.”

I spend my time reading, writing, and chasing my grandkids around the house.