Past event

The Data-Driven Blueprint for Workplace Success

Sienna Brown, Mara Gates, Rob Ribar
February 25, 2025 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET Virtual Free to attend
The Data-Driven Blueprint for Workplace Success

About this session

Diverse teams don’t just drive innovation — they outperform, outengage, and outdeliver other teams. Join us to uncover key insights from PowerToFly’s flagship report, What Talent Wants 2025, to learn what leaders need to build high-performing, future-ready teams in an era of rapid change. Backed by data from over 1,100 diverse professionals across 20 industries and 50 countries, we’ll uncover what today’s top talent seeks in a workplace and how businesses can attract, recruit, and retain them.

Join us on Tuesday, February 25th at 1 PM ET for a deep dive into the survey with PowerToFly’s Sienna Brown and Mara Gates. Plus, we want to hear from you: What are you and your teams hoping for in 2025?

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how inclusive hiring, skills-first strategies, and equitable workplace cultures lead to stronger collaboration, increased productivity, and long-term success.

Plus, this event will be eligible for SHRM credits!

Can’t attend live? Register anyway and we’ll deliver both the recording of this event and the survey itself directly to your inbox.

Meet the speakers

Sienna Brown

Sienna Brown

Head of Growth at PowerToFly

Sienna J. Brown is a visionary Leadership Strategist and Global Speaker with over a decade of experience partnering with global leaders and institutions. As the Head of Growth at PowerToFly, a scaling Series-B start-up, Brown drives innovation and expansion.

Throughout her career, Brown has been instrumental in helping organizations gain investment while prioritizing diverse talent. Her expertise lies in developing strategic programming to enable, elevate, and re-energize leaders to guide organizational transformation. Brown's approach focuses on redefining work through inclusion, impact, influence, and integrity.

Previously, as Sr. Director of DEIB at PowerToFly, Brown built a department from the ground up, delivering strategic learning and development programs that increased employee engagement and advocacy in over 50+ global organizations.

Her work has gained recognition on platforms such as Forbes, TedX, Insider, CNN, and NPR. Brown collaborates with organizations to create transformative strategies that secure employee, consumer, and financial investment while staying true to their vision and values.

Mara Gates

Mara Gates

Learning Experience Manager at PowerToFly

Mara Gates is PowerToFly’s Learning Experience Manager. For the past 7 years, she’s focused on creating inclusive and impactful learning experiences in academic and corporate settings. Her mission is to empathetically educate and empower people to own their professional and leadership journeys.

Rob Ribar

Rob Ribar

Director, Events & Marketing

Robert Ribar is a New York based professional with over fifteen years of experience in programming diverse content, community engagement, executing dynamic events and comprehensive marketing campaigns. He currently leads PowerToFly’s B2C and B2B events, including the Diversity Reboot virtual summit series, the biggest conference in DEIB. Rob also oversees the company’s dual marketplace marketing strategy as well as playing a key role in community growth and partnership programs. At PowerToFly, Rob has produced events for American Express, Meta, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft and Slack, just to name a few. Prior to joining PowerToFly, Rob served as Production Coordinator at DKC/Hangar4, working on events for Pixar, Jaguar LandRover, FanDuel, L’Oreal and producing the reopening of the Hudson Theatre on Broadway. He also worked as the Associate Producer for the Tony Award winning production company Triptyk Studios developing works for film, television and the stage with such artists as Stevie Wonder, Linda Perry and James Gandolfini. In his spare time, he co-hosts the Dear Watchers comic book podcast, writes scary stories and programs film screenings under the Sleepover Trading Company banner.

About PowerToFly

The bridge between professionals and the companies building what's next.

PowerToFly connects talent, community groups, and industry leaders in one platform. Meet hiring managers, recruiters, and peers from anywhere — and with our virtual events and exclusive career content, hone your skills and grow your network all in one place.

Community
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AI professionals
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Women & BIPOC
75%+ The voices most underrepresented in tech are overrepresented here — by design.
Years building
12+ Connecting talent with companies that value it, since 2014.

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