Did you know that Black and Latinx talent are the top ethnic groups contributing to the growth in US population? For this conversation, we are joined by Shannon Morales, CEO of Tribaja, a company dedicated to connecting tech and startups with Black and Latinx talent and Samantha M. Fennell, Founder of Athari Collective, a social impact firm that builds and executes meaningful initiatives for leading brands and conscious companies, for a wide-ranging talk on actively building a more equitable and diverse future.
Diversity Reboot Summit
Building a More Equitable Future: A Conversation with Shannon Morales, CEO of Tribaja and Samantha M. Fennell, Founder of Athari Collective
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Meet The Speakers
Shannon Morales
Founder & CEO, Tribaja
Shannon Morales is a proud Afro Latina, mother of 3, and first-generation graduate. She started working in diversity recruiting after experiencing unconscious bias in the workplace and set out to find equitable employers. In 2020, she pivoted the business model to be a community-driven talent marketplace dedicated to advancing marginalized groups in tech and startups. She now has a 2400 active member slack channel and over 3000 newsletter subscribers. Her latest accomplishments include being a Founder in Residence at Bubble, awarded “Culture Builder of the Year” by Technically Media, and winner of the LTX Fest pitch competition.
Samantha Fennell
ROI-Driven, Equity-Focused Social Entrepreneur | Helping Premium Brands and Emerging Market Companies Do Well By Doing Good | Fe
I am founder of Athari Collective, a modern social impact firm that builds and executes meaningful initiatives for premium brands and emerging market companies. With equity at the core of our mission, we strive to help build a world in which businesses of all sizes demonstrate responsibility and accountability for their bottom line and the betterment of society in equal measure. We do this by focusing on both internal and external outcomes: integrating diverse human capital into organizations and building programming and communication aligned with corporate social purpose. If you don’t know your corporate social purpose, we will help you discover it, live it, and share it. Athari Collective is the culmination of my 20+ years of global brand building, communication strategy experience, and corporate know-how, laser-focused on solving the biggest social problems of our time.