IE UNIVERSITY proudly invites you to LGBT@WORK NYC, an international
forum inspired by our student-led LGBT@Work conference, for LGBTQ
professionals to explore what it means to "Lead Out Loud."WHY
LGBT@WORK NYC?
On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall riots and
the first World Pride in North America, IE is excited to offer a
unique networking platform for the free exchange of ideas from
international LGBTQ professionals, alumni, and allies. This is the
first time IE has presented an LGBT@Work satellite event in North
America.
WHAT IS LGBT@WORK?
Since 2006, IE Out & Allies Club, IE University's student-led LGBTQ
organization, has presented LGBT@Work
[https://www.ielgbtatwork.com/], the longest-running LGBTQ work
conference in Europe and the third-largest business school LGBTQ
conference in the world.
MEET THE LGBT@WORK NYC PANELISTS
Our incredible panelists will share best practices, international
experiences, insight reports, and their own stories.
Selisse Berry [https://www.linkedin.com/in/selisseberry/], Founder of
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
Selisse Berry is the Founder of Out & Equal Workplace Advocates. Since
1996, Selisse has built the Global LGBT Workplace Equality movement by
creating a network of multi-national companies and federal agencies to
work toward LGBT education, empowerment, and visibility. When Selisse
founded Out & Equal, less than 4% of Fortune 500 companies had LGBT
protections. Through her tireless efforts 96% of companies now protect
their LGBT employees. In the past 20 years, Selisse’s work has
impacted more than 40 million people in over 50 countries. Selisse has
been awarded with honors from universities, corporations, media
institutions, and legislators around the world. Selisse is the editor
of Out & Equal at Work and the namesake of the San Francisco Business
Times Selisse Berry Legacy Leadership Award.
Brian Rolfes [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianrolfes/], Partner,
Global Recruiting at McKinsey & Company.
Brian Rolfes is the Partner at McKinsey who leads global recruiting
strategies, polices and operations. Prior to this role, he worked in
several positions at McKinsey: he was a junior Partner serving the
financial sector, with a focus on customer relationship marketing, and
he also was the Director of Professional Development for McKinsey
Canada. Currently, Brian is also one of the Firm’s diversity
leaders, having co-founded McKinsey’s global GLAM (GLBTQ@McK)
network more than twenty years ago. Prior to joining McKinsey, Brian
was a human rights lawyer and aspiring academic in human rights. He
studied Public Administration at Carleton University and then law at
the Universities of Saskatchewan, Oxford (Rhodes Scholar) and
Cambridge. He is called to the bars of Ontario and Saskatchewan. Brian
currently leads the Ontario Rhodes Scholar Selection Committee. He has
served as a member of the Mayor of Toronto’s diversity counsel and
as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Community
Church of Toronto. He received a “Leaders to be Proud of” award by
the Canadian business gay community in 2010. In 2018, Brian and his
husband Brad received the “Together Towards Zero” award for their
longstanding support of the Aids Committee of Toronto. In 2018, the
Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto gave Brian the Board of
Directors Leadership honor and the Financial Times named Brian as #17
on the top 100 LGBTQ OUTstanding global role models. Brian shares his
interest in politics, law and travel with his husband Brad who is the
head of litigation of one of Canada’s largest law firms, Blakes.
Brian and Brad love to sit on the dock of their cottage, contemplating
life.
Fabrice Houdart [https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabricehoudart/], Human
Rights Officer at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR) in New York
Fabrice works on Free & Equal
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an unprecedented United Nations campaign for LGBTI equality. He
co-authored and leads a project on Global LGBTI standards of conduct
for Business
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which is being rolled out globally since September 2017. To date 250
of the largest companies in the World have expressed support for the
initiative. Previously, Fabrice was Senior Country Officer at the
World Bank where he worked from 2001 to 2016. At the Bank, he authored
economic development analyses on Yemen, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and
Tunisia and provided contributions to the 2012 Gender World
Development Report (WDR) and the 2011 Conflict, Security, and
Development WDR. He holds a B.A. in economics and management from
Dauphine University in Paris and an MBA from American University in
DC. Fabrice serves on the Board of Outright Action International
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Housing Works
[https://url.emailprotection.link/?a-S-WWd_Ke3yNCaxrynsdzyRSJsPKhq-ZJcEX7UrH7DY~], Alturi
[https://url.emailprotection.link/?au54ESMU82rVDJFonqCq5Fo9GSJK6xadDJwfuQvhS1P8~],
the KindRED Pride Foundation [https://www.kindredpride.org/] and the
Institute of Current World Affairs
[https://url.emailprotection.link/?atd-W3O8zFdD-xuUC1kQMrQEqokkgoA7zQO5oDIqAfRQ~]
(ICWA). He lives in New York City with twin sons Maxime and Eitan.
Michelle Raymond
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelledraymond/], DIVERSITY &
INCLUSION CONSULTANT, MODERATOR
Michelle Raymond, Michelle "Michi" Raymond is a public speaker,
international recording artist, and diversity and inclusion activist.
She is an International MBA alumna of IE Business School, with over 10
years' professional experience in diversity and inclusion (D&I) and
financial services. Previously, Michelle was a leader of Morgan
Stanley’s Wealth Management Washington DC pride network team,
serving as the corporate committee member to the U.S. National Gay and
Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) . She is a demonstrated leader and
Global D&I consultant for multinational corporations and higher
education institutions in North America and Europe, and has been
profiled in interviews with Poets & Quants and Financial Times. Michi
is the former director of IE University's annual LGBT@Work Conference,
the third- largest LGBTQI* workplace inclusion conference organized by
a business school in the world. She has spoken and performed for
numerous major diversity events around the globe including World Pride
Summit, TEDxIE Madrid, Capital Pride USA and World Pride Madrid. She
is the recipient of the 2016 McKinsey & Co. LGBT Leadership Award
(Europe), Board Member of REDI, and Senior Adviser of IE
University’s LGBTQ Club. Additionally, Michi is an award-winning
international folk musician, opening for Grammy Award-Winning pop
stars at international pride festivals including Miley Cyrus and Troye
Sivan, for crowds of over 250,000 people.
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