January 14 -15, 2020 l New Orleans Marriott l 555 Canal Street
MEET AMBER CABRAL
Founder and CEO, Cabral Company
Inclusion and Diversity Consultant
Amber Cabral is a business consultant focused on
helping organizations, educational institutions and athletics programs create
and execute strategies to achieve sustainable leadership and inclusion
objectives. She is the founder and principal consultant at Cabral Consulting,
LLC, where her programming has touched thousands of leaders, including Fortune
500 executives and educators from leading universities.
Formerly a Senior Strategy Manager on the Global
Culture, Diversity and Inclusion team at Walmart Stores, Inc. She has
experience developing and executing strategies to embed culture, diversity and
inclusion into the employee lifecycle to ensure business relevance and diverse
representation. During her tenure with Walmart, Amber also served as a leader
in Global Talent Management, where she designed and launched several
organizational development resources, revised the Mentor Me and Corporate
Intern Program experience, and created customized strategies to achieve
attraction and retention objectives.
Previously, Amber spent eight years in health
insurance serving in service and support roles of progressive
responsibility. During her career at Blue Care Network of Michigan,
Cabral was appointed as a lead for corporate diversity and inclusion
initiatives and was recognized for supporting the creation and launch of
company-wide diversity training. She also gained experience in developing
targeted marketing tactics and stimulating business growth through advertising.
Originally
from Detroit, Michigan, Amber currently resides in the Washington, DC
metropolitan area. She is visibly passionate on the value of improving
representation, education, and opportunity for underrepresented, diverse
people. In her free time, she writes articles focused on race, culture
and working-class life, consumes copious hours of podcasts and audiobooks, and
loves to travel.
Closing Keynote
I N C L U S I V I T Y : Your Key to Taking Your Agency to
the Next Level
We've discussed the "what", and the "so
what", but now what? Fortune 500 diversity strategist, Amber Cabral, will
lead us on tactics, tools, and strategies that will help in moving your agency
forward, no matter where you are on the journey of inclusion and
diversity. Inclusion and diversity
starts with YOU! Get ready to shift your mindset and raise your own awareness to
some of your unconscious biases so we can together implement some easy
solutions to better navigate the world of inclusivity!