Lecturer of Management and Organizations, University of Michigan Ross School of Business
Professional Development Coach and Author

Paula J. Caproni is a faculty member in the Management and Organizations Department at the Ross School of Business at theUniversity of Michigan. Professor Caproni received her MBA from the University of Massachusetts and her Ph.D. inOrganizational Behavior from Yale University.

She has presented her research at several conferences in the U.S. and abroad. Her article, “Work Life Balance: You Can’t Get There From Here” received the McGregor Award by the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science.

Senior Vice President of People and Culture, Start Early

Clarissa brings more than 15 years of experience on DEIB issues within academia, community, and non-profit sectors. Previously, she served as the diversity, equity and inclusion consultant at Michigan Medicine’s Office for Health, Equity, and Inclusion. In this role, she developed a DEIB strategic plan that created opportunities for individual growth and development, enhanced team culture and strengthened networks to build internal and external community equity. She currently leads DEIB, Facilities, and People and culture team at Start Early, a non-profit committed to closing the opportunity gap for children 0-5.

John H. Mitchell Professor in Business Ethics
Professor of Management and Organizations
Chair of Management & Organizations, University of Michigan Ross School of Business

Dave Mayer, PhD is the John H. Mitchell Professor of Business Ethics and Chair of the Management and Organizations Area at the Ross School of Business at the University Michigan. An award-winning researcher and highly rated and sought after teacher and speaker, he is an expert on helping people and organizations lead ethically, inclusively, and positively. 

Dave earned his BA in psychology from the University of California, Davis and Ph.D. in organizational psychology from the University of Maryland in 2004. He has published over 60 articles and book chapters including over 30 articles in leading refereed management and psychology journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Personnel Psychology. 

Clinical Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Learning Health Sciences,
University of Michigan Medical School

Helen Kang Morgan is Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan. She serves as the Associate Chair of Faculty Development and Faculty Life for the OBGYN department and has focused on gender and parenting considerations as a Wellness Faculty Associate for Michigan Medicine. At the University of Michigan Medical School Medical School, she led efforts to create specialty-specific Residency Preparation Courses for all medical students, and this has been a graduation requirement since 2019. She is completing a two-year term as Chair of the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) Undergraduate Medical Education Committee and serves on the APGO Board of Directors. Since 2020, she has served as a Co-Investigator and Program Evaluation Lead for the $1.7 million AMA Reimagining Residency Grant for APGO Right Resident, Right Program, Ready Day One. Her scholarly work focused on the transition to residency and faculty development, and she has over 90 peer-reviewed publications. 

 Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 

Darlene R. Slaughter is a visionary with a passion to remove barriers and provide equal opportunities for all.  As the first appointed Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Darlene will support leading a culture of engagement, innovation, accountability, trust, and diversity and inclusion for the 13,000 employees. 

Prior to joining WMATA, Darlene served as the Chief Diversity Officer for March of Dimes; United Way Worldwide; Linkage Institute for Leading Diversity and Inclusion; and led an integrated strategy to utilize and support the talents of the employees as Fannie Mae’s Chief Diversity Officer. 

Darlene’s work as a leader and in Diversity continues to be recognized. She has received many awards and honors, including Diversity Woman Media Elite 100; SAVOY’s Top 100 Influential Women in Corporate America, Profiles in Diversity Journal’s Women Worth Watching, Black Enterprises’ Top Executives in Diversity, and Heart & Soul’s Women of Substance in Finance, in addition to grace the cover of Inclusion Magazine. Darlene served on Twitter’s ICD Council, American University President’s Diversity Council and Alumni Board, and Springboard Foundation for Disability. She is a fellow and board member at Simmons University Inclusive Leadership Institute and a board member of the Social Capital Academy at Fullerton University in California.

Lecturer, Program in International and Comparative Studies

Klementina (Tina) Sula teaches networking to students in the Program in International and Comparative Studies at the University of Michigan. She helps learners articulate and activate their life's purpose so they can achieve their goals and aspirations. She is also philanthropic advisor and fundraiser, currently with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. She has also worked at Henry Ford Health and the University of Michigan in various development roles. Other experiences include working for the US Embassy in Khyiv, Ukraine, the United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, the Club de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, and for the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C. 

This past year, working with the University of Michigan’s Center for Academic Innovation, she launched a free online course on Coursera called How to Network: Leading Yourself to Lead Others to make the content she shares in her residential course available to a global audience. 

Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization Development, Eastern Michigan University Founder and CEO, Sensei Change Associates, LLC

Diana J. Wong, PhD is an Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization Development at Eastern Michigan University and founder of Sensei Change Associates, LLC, a consulting practice that supports strategic change for leading organizations. Her life purpose is to contribute towards rebalancing the inequities of our world through creative designs for transformational change. Her portfolio of practices include strategic planning, organizational culture change for implementing strategies, training and development for competencies to enable change, and executive coaching to facilitate crucial pivots of grow.

Founder and CEO, Summit Executive Advisory Group

Madelyn Yucht is an entrepreneur, business consultant and master executive coach with over 25 years of experience working with senior leaders and senior teams to advance their ability to achieve optimal performance. Her work spans domestic and international, public, private and non-profit sectors.

As a hands-on entrepreneur, having grown and sold three businesses, Madelyn offers distinctive insight helping senior leaders see themselves clearly, understand their impact, and act in a manner that generates a thriving organization. After working with thousands of leaders in hundreds of organizations, Madelyn focuses on top of the house leadership because of their exponential impact on an organization. If senior leaders are high functioning individually and collectively, organizations thrive. Conversely, when senior leaders behave badly, are missing important expertise/skills, or are unable to work together constructively, results are adversely impacted and organizations falter.

Madelyn’s distinctive expertise includes: organizational change, the formation and management of strategic alliances and joint ventures, negotiation, conflict management, decision making, strategic planning, organizational development, project management, TQM (Total Quality Management), and communication. Additionally, she is certified and experienced in a broad suite of leadership assessments including 360 feedback instruments, the Hogan personality suite, Myers Briggs, DISC, etc., used to deepen leaders and team awareness.

Moderator & Keynote Speaker

Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Pharmacy Services for U-M Health

Prepared with a Masters in Public Health from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and an Economics degree from Grand Valley State University, Dana Habers has served as a leader in health care for over 20 years. Her contributions are fueled by a passion for multidisciplinary teamwork to drive the well-being of our patients.  Dana joined U of M Health in 2016 as Chief Department Administrator for Radiology, and in late 2020 she led efforts to deploy Covid-19 vaccinations and therapeutics to our communities. Her role now spans Pharmacy and the new Office of Innovation, where she’s leading the development of products, services, and business models that enable our missions and solve strategic gaps.

Chief Operating Officer
Duke University Hospital

Mary currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Duke University Hospital, the academic flagship hospital of Duke Health System. Overseeing 15,000 staff and 1000 beds, Mary served as the incident commander for Duke’s COVID response, which became the model for the state of North Carolina and beyond. In the post-pandemic era, Mary has been instrumental in leading the operational efficiency and financial turnaround for both the hospital and larger system. Mary serves as the Executive Sponsor of the Duke Moms affinity group which fosters collaboration among working moms at Duke.  She also serves on the board of the Triangle Chapter of the American Red Cross, the UP Marquette Health System Board and is a sought after speaker on hospital operations.

President of Simmons University & Keynote Speaker