
Contributors and Speakers
Better Man Leadership Contributors and Speakers, from our founding partners to our inclusive circle of collaborators.


A.J. Ali
A.J. Ali is the Director & Producer of “WALKING WHILE BLACK: L.O.V.E. Is The Answer,” an award-winning feature-length… Continue Reading →
Ray Arata
Ray Arata is the founder of the Better Man Movement, engaging men in intersectional allyship to create an… Continue Reading →
Ashutosh (Ashu) J. Bakhle
Ashutosh (Ashu) J. Bakhle is vice president in the Internet of Things Group and the general manager of… Continue Reading →
Bobby Bakshi
Bobby Bakshi is a leadership development and learning professional. Bobby’s personal mission is founded on his believing in… Continue Reading →
Justin Baldoni
Justin Baldoni is an actor, director, producer, entrepreneur and changemaker whose efforts are focused on creating impactful media… Continue Reading →
Brandon Barnett, PhD
Brandon is a corporate strategy leader with 25 years experience in the tech industry developing and implementing business,… Continue Reading →
DK Bartley
Mr. Bartley’s career has been effectively characterized as a subject matter expert for Diversity, Inclusion and Talent Acquisition.… Continue Reading →
Nita Baum
Nita Baum founded b*free in 2013 to transform Workplaces to HealingSpaces where work adds to, rather than detracts… Continue Reading →
Dr. Saliha Bava
Saliha Bava, Ph.D., consults with companies and organizations on leadership and team-building/culture, specifically on relational intelligence, collaboration and… Continue Reading →
Robert Beaven
Robert Beaven is an adept cross-team facilitator who enables diverse groups to collaboratively align to ensure effective change… Continue Reading →
Marcelo Bertolami
Marcelo Bertolami is Americas Territory General Manager at Intel. He has been part of the company for 15… Continue Reading →
Ashanti Branch
Ashanti Branch works to change how young men of color interact with their education and how their schools… Continue Reading →
Jennifer Brown
Jennifer Brown is an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, author, and diversity and inclusion expert who is deeply passionate about… Continue Reading →
Karen Brown
Karen Brown founded Bridge Arrow, a Chicago-based management consultancy, to make businesses more profitable by focusing on return… Continue Reading →
Darryl Butler
Daryl is a dynamic, results-driven senior executive with over 25 years of broad based, progressive experience in Marketing,… Continue Reading →
Mark Christofaro
Mark Christofaro is the high energy and charismatic co- founder and CEO of the ListenFirst group. For over… Continue Reading →
Bartosz Ciepluch
Bartosz Ciepluch (born in 1982), is Vice President of Intel Datacenter Group. He is also General Manager of… Continue Reading →
Sean Coleman
Sean Coleman is the founder and Executive Director at Destination Tomorrow overseeing the LGBT Community Center in the… Continue Reading →
Tony DeGruy
Tony DeGruy (He, Him, His) is a Technical Systems Engineering Leader for Cisco’s Workforce Experience team within the… Continue Reading →
Donnelly Edmond
Experienced Financial Controller with a demonstrated history of working in the semiconductors industry. Strong finance professional skilled in… Continue Reading →
Sumayyah Emeh-Edu
Sumayyah Emeh-Edu has over 20 years professional experience leading various initiatives within higher education and corporate sectors, focused… Continue Reading →
James Farr
As a boutique firm, Tunnel Vision LLC focuses on the development, execution, and assessment of business value propositions… Continue Reading →
Jason Gant
Jason Gant is a learning designer and facilitator with a specific interest in mindfulness and athletics. He has… Continue Reading →
Jim Gordon
Jim Gordon is an Intel veteran of 23+ years and has held a variety of roles over this… Continue Reading →
Mark Greene
Keynote speaker and author Mark Greene writes and consults on relational practices, diversity/inclusion and masculinity for organizations worldwide.… Continue Reading →
Dr. Ed Gurowitz
Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D has spent over 30 years on the front lines of organizational transformation, providing training and… Continue Reading →
Eleanor Tabi Haller-Jorden
Eleanor Tabi Haller-Jorden is the president and CEO of The Paradigm Forum GmbH (TPF), a global consultancy and… Continue Reading →
Amy Henderson
Amy Henderson is one of our nation’s leading voices on the critical role of parenting and caregiving in developing the… Continue Reading →
Jennifer & Judith Howard
Jennifer and Judith met at work and were friends for several years before having a romantic relationship. They… Continue Reading →
Ben Hurst
Ben Hurst (he/him) is an activist, host, presenter, podcaster, model, public speaker and the Head of Facilitation and… Continue Reading →
Eldra Jackson III
Personal growth pioneer, leader, group facilitator, and published writer, speaker Eldra Jackson III is high impact and emotionally… Continue Reading →
Lawler Kang
League of Allies believes superior performance is generated when people of all backgrounds can work together on equal… Continue Reading →
Mike Kaufmann
Mike Kaufmann is chief executive officer of Cardinal Health, a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor… Continue Reading →
Michele Keele
Michele joined the Better Man team 2 yrs ago. Besides finances, Michele loves handling project management and logistical… Continue Reading →
Derek and Ryan Killebrew
Derrick and Ryan, who said their vows in 2016; precisely two years after beginning their courtship. Having both… Continue Reading →
Jon Levitt
Jon has facilitated workshops and forums for 20 years, and as volunteer staff on numerous Mankind Project trainings,… Continue Reading →
Mita Mallick
Mita Mallick is a corporate change-maker with a track record of transforming businesses, who gives innovative ideas a… Continue Reading →
Luke Manton
When Luke Manton was diagnosed with Adult Onset Tourettes Syndrome, he thought his career was over. Unable to… Continue Reading →
Elfi Martinez
Elfi Martinez is a walker of several worlds. From inner-city Chicago to Wall Street to Hollywood, he has… Continue Reading →
Jim Massey
Jim Massey is here to change the world around him for good. He embraces this as the foundation… Continue Reading →
Don McPherson
Don McPherson is the author of You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity, which chronicles… Continue Reading →
Perkins Miller
Perkins Miller is CEO of Fandom, the world’s largest entertainment platform powered by fan passion. With more than… Continue Reading →
Katie Mooney
Katie Oertil Mooney is Managing Director of Diversity Best Practices at Seramount. She is an accomplished DE&I leader and… Continue Reading →
David Ortiz
A highly collaborative diversity and inclusion leader with a solid human resources generalist background coupled with progressive marketing… Continue Reading →
Nathaniel Peixotto
Gen Z entrepreneur and co-founder of AyeBud, social media expert and multi-hyphenate in the making with a bright… Continue Reading →
Chuin Phang
Chuin Phang creates inclusive global workplaces as a thought-partner to leaders, mentor and champion of employees. He occasionally… Continue Reading →
Rosane Pires
Rosane Pires is an organic chocolate and coffee farm owner (@fincalafortunacolombia) in the Colombian Andes. She is passionate… Continue Reading →
Eduardo Placer
As a global facilitator, Eduardo has led workshops and spoken with groups at HBO, Google, Bank of America-… Continue Reading →
Corey Ponder
Tech policy professional passionate about building communities, spaces, and platforms focused on social impact and social justice. I… Continue Reading →
Jason Rosario
Jason Rosario is the founder of a purpose-led agency focused on decoding masculine psychology and is helping men… Continue Reading →
Mike Robbins
I’m an author, speaker, and coach who delivers keynotes and seminars to groups of all kinds throughout the… Continue Reading →
Jessica Robinson
Jessica Robinson is CEO of PurePoint International helping CEOs and C-level leaders bridge the gap among data security,… Continue Reading →
Neil Rodgers
After senior executive roles in the UK, Neil called time on his corporate career and pursued a portfolio… Continue Reading →
Joe Russo
Joe is accountable for the security, performance and reliability of Verizon’s global networks. He leads a team of… Continue Reading →
Tet Salva
In a world where we are often divided, Tet has mastered the art of bringing people and communities… Continue Reading →
Suki Sandhu OBE
Suki Sandhu OBE is one of the UK’s leading specialists in sourcing exceptional diverse talent and has been… Continue Reading →
Cristina Santos
Cristina Santos is senior vice president within HR for diversity, equity &inclusion at Capital Group, home of American… Continue Reading →
Graeme Le Saux
Graeme Le Saux was a very high profile British footballer between 1989 until 2005, for Chelsea and England,… Continue Reading →
Trevor Stevenson
Trevor Stevenson is originally from the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, and has worked in indigenous rights movements… Continue Reading →
Carin Taylor
Carin Taylor is chief diversity officer at Workday and has global responsibility for the development and execution of… Continue Reading →
Loan Tran
Loan Tran is a Durham, North Carolina based organizer, writer, and educator. In 2013, they coined the phrase… Continue Reading →
Jennifer Tarjanyi
From the boardroom to an ayahuasca retreat center and back to the boardroom via El Camino de Santiago.… Continue Reading →
Vik Tymchenko
Viktor (Vik) A. Tymchenko is VP, Datacenter and AI and Director, Platform Hardware Engineering Division, Intel Corp. His… Continue Reading →
Dale Thomas Vaughn
Dale Thomas Vaughn has worked with some of the most influential people in the world including billionaire industry… Continue Reading →
Manuel Wachter
Manuel Wachter is the Founder and CEO of EqualPlus, based in London, UK. He is a global expert… Continue Reading →