Recent Speaking and Training Engagements

• July, 2017 – American Counseling Association Governing Council Meeting, Washington, D.C. –  “Being the Messenger – Addressing Structural Inequality in a “Post-Racial” Society” keynote presentation

• March, 2017 – IPMA-HR Virginia State Conference, Richmond, Virginia – “Disrupting Implicit Bias and Our Perceptual Lens” keynote address

• March, 2017 – IPMA-HR Virginia State Conference, Richmond, Virginia – “Let’s Talk! Examining Implicit Bias: Best Practices for HR Professionals workshop

• March, 2017 – National Council of NASA Space Grant Directors’ Meeting, Crystal City, Virginia – “Being the Messenger: Implicit Bias” workshop

•February, 2017 – Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina – “Building a Diverse and Inclusive College in the 21st Century” keynote address

• February, 2017 – Delaware Space Grant Consortium, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware – “Building a Diverse and Inclusive University in the 21st Century”

• February, 2017 – Delaware Space Grant Consortium, Wilmington University, New Castle, Delaware – “Pick up some S.T.E.A. M. and get excited about Space Grant” keynote address

• December, 2016 – Richmond Compensation Association Quarterly Meeting, Richmond, Virginia

• October, 2016 – Department of Social Services Annual Retreat, Lynchburg, Virginia

• October, 2016 – National Association of African Americans in Human Resources, Richmond, Virginia

• October, 2016 – City of Lynchburg Employee Development

• March, 2016 – NAACP, Lynchburg, Virginia Chapter – Annual Fundraising Banquet keynote address

• June, 2016 – Central Virginia Community College, Lynchburg, Virginia – Alliance for Excellence keynote address

• May, 2016 – Lynchburg Police Department, Lynchburg, Virginia – Conducted diversity and implicit bias training,  “Better Police Practices, Understanding Implicit Bias in the Workplace

• April, 2016 – First Baptist Church of South Lynchburg, Lynchburg, Virginia – Youth Summit keynote address

• April, 2016 – University of Delaware Physics Colloquium, Newark, Delaware – “Being the Messenger: Addressing Structural Inequality in a Post Racial Society”

• March, 2016 – Groom & Bloom Program, City of Lynchburg, Virginia – Conducted diversity and implicit bias training,  “Colorblindness in a Post Racial Society?: Understanding Implicit Bias in the Workplace”

• February, 2016 – Human Resources Office, City of Lynchburg, Virginia – Conducted diversity and implicit bias  training and debriefing, “Best Practices for Understanding Implicit Bias in the Workplace”

Contact Dr. Brian Chad Starks

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