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Verna Myers

Verna Myers

Harvard-trained Lawyer, Activist, Author, Cultural Innovator, Founder and President of The Verna Myers Company

Verna Myers is a top leadership keynote speaker and the Founder of The Verna Myers Company.

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Verna Myers is the Founder of The Verna Myers Company, a Baltimore-based consulting firm dedicated to eradicating barriers to diversity in the workplace. She is a Harvard-trained lawyer, activist, author and cultural innovator committed to making the most difficult conversations around bias, cultural competence, and inclusion accessible to all. Verna is an expert facilitator, motivational speaker, and strategic advisor to for-profit and nonprofit organizations. She has delivered keynotes at The World Bank, National Geographic, 21st Century Fox, NASA, Warner Bros., the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and tech companies such as Qualcomm. Notably, Verna was a recipient of The Network Journal’s “25 Influential Black Women in Business.”

Verna’s appearances and message of power and possibility have touched millions of lives, including her TED talk , “How to Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them,” which has been viewed over 1.5 million times. Verna is also the author of two best-selling books , a contributor to Refinery 29 and Huffington Post , and a cited expert fo r The Atlantic , Forbes , the Harvard Business Review , and TED NPR Radio .

Currently, Verna lives in Baltimore where she serves on the board for two organizations – The Center for Urban Families , which addresses workforce development and family services, and
UC Hastings College of Law’s Work Life Law Program , which advocates for gender and racial equality in the workplace.

In all, Verna is a visionary who teaches people how to understand, respect, and include others so each person operates at his or her fullest capacity in society. As Verna puts it, “Diversity is being invited to the party, Inclusion is being asked to dance.™”

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  • African American Keynote Speakers | Black Speakers
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Keynote Speakers
  • Harvard Business Speakers
  • Human Resources (HR) Keynote Speakers
  • Women in Business Speakers

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Verna Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them
Diversity is Being Invited to the Party: Inclusion is Being Asked to Dance

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