DR. ROSHAWNNA NOVELLUS JOINS DIVERSITY STRATEGIST STACEY A. GORDON FOR A LIVE LINKEDIN LEARNING COURSE THURS, SEPT. 23, 10AM PT/1PM ET

“GOING VIRTUAL: HOW TO CAPTURE CAPITAL AND CONNECTIONS DESPITE COVID”

As priorities have shifted and people have begun re-evaluating their choices – both personal and professional, businesses are being started at a rate not seen in decades. Starting a new business or changing careers requires connections and capital. Black women especially have been impacted by these choices so Dr. Roshawnna Novellus and Stacey Gordon are going to address what you can do now to thrive, not only professionally, but personally.

Stacey A. Gordon, MBA – https://www.linkedin.com/in/staceygordon/ Stacey A. Gordon is a Diversity, Inclusion and Career Strategist who works to reduce bias in recruiting and barriers to hiring. Leading at the intersection of recruiting, career development, diversity and workplace culture, Stacey has delivered keynote speeches globally and developed educational content that has engaged professionals both in-person and in a virtual environment. She focuses on reworking how companies work. That includes how they recruit, hire and engage women and professionals of color.

Stacey is the creator of the number one resume course at LinkedIn learning and her unconscious bias course has been translated into several languages. She is a highly rated coach practitioner who 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 best-selling interview guide 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 SHRM, FastCompany, Skillsoft, Forbes, NPR Radio, BBC Radio, Essence Magazine, and Monster.com, to name a few. She was also a career segment guest contributor to Fox Business.

Dr. Roshawnna Novellus – https://www.linkedin.com/in/roshawnna/ Dr. Roshawnna Novellus is the Founder and CEO of EnrichHER, a financial technology platform with regulatory approval to help women secure funding to grow their ventures. EnrichHER is disrupting traditional and predatory lending terms through its credit model and lending environment. EnrichHER’s investment platform is fueling the growth of women-led businesses by enabling female founders to secure capital in an affordable and non-dilutive way. Dr. Novellus is a gender equality advocate who believes in economic empowerment and inclusive economic growth. Roshawnna served on the Commission on Women for the City of Atlanta and was honored as one of the Women Who Means Business by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, one of the 40 Under 40 by Georgia Trend, and as a Halcyon Fellow for Social Impact.