Women In Listed Derivatives (WILD) and our event sponsor OCC cordially invite you to our Diversity & Inclusion Virtual event on Wednesday, April 14th at 11:30 AM CT featuring guest speaker Graci Harkema!

This will be a Free Virtual event via Zoom.

What You'll Experience & Learn in Graci's keynote on 'Overcoming Adversity & Rising in Inclusion' :

• Experience Graci's life story focusing on adversity, vulnerability, identity, and belonging as an immigrant, inter-racial adoptee, queer woman of color.
• The participants will learn how to turn our adversities into opportunities by leveraging the power of allyship and inclusivity, while harnessing our strengths and speaking our truth. 
• There will also be Q & A portion at the end of Graci's keynote

Graci Harkema's Bio:

Graci Harkema is the owner of Graci LLC, diversity, equity & inclusion consulting firm. She specializes in inclusion and implicit bias training, talent management and public speaking within the Fortune 500, small businesses and non-profit organizations. Graci is dedicated to building safe and inclusive work environments, while empowering employees to perform to their potential as their true selves. Graci is passionate about serving the community by volunteering her time on LGBTQ non-profit boards and committees. She is also an avid supporter of her parents’ faith-based non-profit, Heart for Central Africa, in her hometown of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Graci is recognized as a 2015 and 2020 ‘40 Under Forty Business Leader of West Michigan’ and is a 2020 award honoree of ‘200 Most Powerful Business Leaders of West Michigan’ by Grand Rapids Business Journal. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations from Grand Valley State University. For more, visit her website: graciharkema.com.or follow her on Instagram: @thegraciharkema

Women In Listed Derivatives (WILD) and our event sponsor OCC cordially invite you to our Diversity & Inclusion Virtual event on Wednesday, April 14th at 11:30 AM CT featuring guest speaker Graci Harkema!

This will be a Free Virtual event via Zoom.

What You'll Experience & Learn in Graci's keynote on 'Overcoming Adversity & Rising in Inclusion' :

• Experience Graci's life story focusing on adversity, vulnerability, identity, and belonging as an immigrant, inter-racial adoptee, queer woman of color.
• The participants will learn how to turn our adversities into opportunities by leveraging the power of allyship and inclusivity, while harnessing our strengths and speaking our truth. 
• There will also be Q & A portion at the end of Graci's keynote

Graci Harkema's Bio:

Graci Harkema is the owner of Graci LLC, diversity, equity & inclusion consulting firm. She specializes in inclusion and implicit bias training, talent management and public speaking within the Fortune 500, small businesses and non-profit organizations. Graci is dedicated to building safe and inclusive work environments, while empowering employees to perform to their potential as their true selves. Graci is passionate about serving the community by volunteering her time on LGBTQ non-profit boards and committees. She is also an avid supporter of her parents’ faith-based non-profit, Heart for Central Africa, in her hometown of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Graci is recognized as a 2015 and 2020 ‘40 Under Forty Business Leader of West Michigan’ and is a 2020 award honoree of ‘200 Most Powerful Business Leaders of West Michigan’ by Grand Rapids Business Journal. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations from Grand Valley State University. For more, visit her website: graciharkema.com.or follow her on Instagram: @thegraciharkema