Rock Your Profile with LinkedIn’s Jazmin Garcia

Jazmin Garcia

Jazmin Garcia is a Queer, First-Gen, Mexican- American with eight years’ experience in policy, programs and philanthropy, including developing over 200 Latinx leaders for a nationally recognized program. She is a Nonprofit SMB Talent Advisor @ LinkedIn Corporation and serves as the Global Network Lead for the Hispanics of LinkedIn Alliance, their Latinx ERG. Additionally, she leverages her leadership roles as a Rock Your Profile Ambassador and LinkedIn Coach as a way of empowering every member of the global workforce with the skillset to maximize LinkedIn to connect them to economic opportunity. Her experience growing up across borders in San Diego, California and Tijuana, Baja California inspired a curious leader and prompted her passion for public service and social impact. She resides in the beautiful neighborhood of River West in Chicago with her partner and loves traveling and exploring the world.

Irene Tang (She/They)

Irene (she/they) is a Program Director at StartOut, the leading national nonprofit accelerating LGBTQ+ entrepreneurship, where she oversees research and insights. She product manages the StartOut Pride Economic Impact Index which analyzes the impact of LGBTQ entrepreneurs on the economy, uses data to generate recommendations to improve those outcomes, and displays what they could achieve with equal access. Prior to StartOut, she managed programs at Google, learning and development projects at CBS Interactive, and led the nonprofit project Nice Queer Pals. She holds dual BA’s in Economics and Psychology from the University of California - Berkeley, and a Product Management certification from the Haas School of Business. In her spare time, Irene likes to support her local community, play basketball, learn pickleball, and spend time with her family.

LaFawn Davis

LaFawn Davis is Senior Vice President of Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) at Indeed. She leads teams that focus on Sustainability, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, Accessibility, Social Impact, Inclusive Hiring Products and AI Ethics. The focus of Indeed’s ESG commitments are to close the opportunity gap, break down bias and barriers, and conserve the environment.

She is a globally-recognized operator with 20 years of experience serving in leadership roles at innovative Fortune 50, 100 and unicorn technology companies like Google, Yahoo, PayPal and Twilio. Leveraging this experience, she brings deep expertise for transforming companies through driving results, creating a culture of psychological safety and belonging, and building high-performing teams.

LaFawn is an advisor, speaker at events worldwide and a frequent contributor to articles as seen in Fast Company, Forbes, TIME, Variety, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. She was recently named one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Women of Impact, which is an annual celebration of the women leading today’s most influential, innovative companies, and changing lives while they’re at it. For two years in a row, she was named one of Fast Company’s Queer50, a ranking of the most influential and innovative queer women and nonbinary people transforming the world of business, tech, and beyond. The San Francisco Business Times also recognized her as one of the Most Influential Women in Business. She serves as an Advisory Board Member of Lesbians Who Tech and Power to Fly. LaFawn is also a Limited Partner in Operator Collective, an Angel Investor and a Fellow of the Black Venture Institute.

Dr. Kryss Shane, LSW, LMSW (She/Her)

Dr. Kryss Shane, LSW, LMSW (She/Her) has been featured as America’s go-to Leading LGBT+ Expert in The New York Times, ABC News, Yahoo!, and CNN. She is a cast member of TLC's "I Am Jazz." Her writing has appeared in the Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, Huffington Post, International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership, The New Social Worker Magazine, and many more.

She is the author of 3 books: "The Educator's Guide to LGBT+ Inclusion," "Creating an LGBT+ Inclusive Workplace: The Practical Resource Guide for Business Leaders," and "Creating an LGBT+ Inclusive University: A Practical Resource Guide for Faculty and Administrators." For more: ThisIsKryss.com. IG: @ThisIsKryss

Dr. Karen L. Uslin Ph.D.

Karen has spent almost twenty years in the fields of Holocaust Studies, Catholic-Jewish relations, Jewish Studies and Musicology. She has recently accepted a position as the Director of Research for the Defiant Requiem Foundation, which focuses on preserving the legacy of musicians from the Terezin concentration camp. Karen is also currently adjunct professor of Musicology at Rowan University and Adjunct Professor of Jewish Studies at Stockton.

Since receiving her PhD from Catholic University in 2015, Karen has become known for speaking both in the United States and Europe on interreligious relations and Genocide studies. She is also a frequent guest on the podcast History Hack, and has several upcoming podcasts that will be released. Karen has presented at various conferences both nationally and internationally. Once the pandemic is over, Karen will be spending a month as a fellow at Uppsala University in Sweden as a visiting fellow to research Jewish culture in Sweden post-World War II.

Ashley Brundage

Ashley T Brundage started her second career as a means of survival. Fighting discrimination, harassment, and homelessness she found employment as a part time associate then rose to national Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion in less than 5 years at a major financial services organization. She captured this process of career development in her new award winning book and online course called Empowering Differences. Personally she enjoys time with her 2 teenage boys who serve as the main source of inspiration and empowerment for her. She volunteers for numerous organizations most notably as the Vice Chair for the GLAAD National Board of Directors, which works to accelerate acceptance for the LGBTQ+ Community.