Stacey A. Gordon is a Diversity, Inclusion, and Career Strategist who works to reduce bias in recruiting and barriers to hiring. She is CEO of an organization focused on reworking how companies work. That includes how they recruit, hire, and engage women and professionals of color. Frustrated with hearing that companies don’t have the resources or are unable to identify skilled diverse professionals, Stacey combined her diversity & inclusion knowledge with her recruiting expertise to create education workshops, leadership development and provide other resources to help companies with their ‘pipeline’ problem.

Stacey is a highly rated coach practitioner who not only conducts career coaching but has facilitated coaching of Chief Diversity Officers and other D&I practitioners at several Diversity & Inclusion forums. She was recognized by Pepperdine University as a Top 40 Over 40 Leader, was a finalist for Los Angeles Business Journal’s Women Helping Women Award, and was recognized by Forbes as a Top 3 Business Leader Who Spoke Out About Diversity & Inclusion.

With an MBA from Pepperdine University’s Business School, Stacey is an Advisory Board Member to two career and technology-related companies, was previously employed as an Adjunct Professor teaching Diversity in Organizations at Phillips Graduate University and manages programs for Professionals In Human Resources Association, the largest SHRM affiliate in the country. She is the author of a book titled The Successful Interview: 99 Questions to Ask and Answer (and Some You Shouldn't) and four LinkedIn e-learning courses titled Recruiting for Diversity, Awareness of Unconscious Bias, Making a Career Change and Writing a Resume, which collectively have accumulated more than one million views. As a consultant and career strategist, Stacey has written career and diversity-related articles and provided content for Skillsoft, Essence, Black MBA Magazine, Forbes.com, Monster.com, and several career-related blogs. She was also a career segment guest contributor to Fox Business.