Events and Media Appearances
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Upcoming and Recent Appearances
- Speaker: Coach for Race + Gender Equity @ ICF International Coaching Week | May 11, 2023 @ 11am PT | Online
- Speaker: Claim What You Want for Your Career | May 2, 2023 @ 1130am PT | Online
- Speaker: Navigate Work Culture with Confidence | April 18, 2023 @ 1pm PT | Online
- Speaker: Accelerate Your Career by Working Around the Bullies @ BoulderSQL | October 13, 2023 | Online
- Facilitator: Tech Layoff Support Group | January 25, 2023 | Online
- Pre-Con Full Day Session: Race + Gender Equity Toolkit @ PASS Data Community Summit | November 15, 2022 | In-person + Online NOTE: My speaking was cancelled due to COVID
- Watch my interviews on Experts Talk and Data Platform WIT team to learn more about what the pre-con covers.
- Slides are here.
- Speaker: Adaptive Leadership in Tech Workplaces @ PASS Data Community Summit | November 16, 2022 | in-person + Online NOTE: My speaking was cancelled due to COVID
- Speaker: How is my data biased? | Race + Gender Equity | September 13, 2022 at 3:30pm PT | Online Event | The question isn’t IS your data biased, it’s HOW is it biased and how do we reduce the bias?
- Speaker: Stepping Stones from Diversity Learning to Equitable Actions @ Data Platform Diversity, Equity, Inclusion | Online Tech Event | August 18, 2022 @ 9am PT
- Showcase Business: Celebrating Dreams with Business Impact NW | May 26, 2022 @ 6-8pm | In-Person + Streaming
- Speaker: Wonder Women Tech – Inclusion and Belonging Conference “Land Acknowledgements – An Equity Tool” | May 4-5, 2022
- Speaker: Data Platform WIT – Mental Wellness Day “SELECT * FROM Life WHERE Person = ‘me’” | April 8, 2022 @ 1140am
- “Truly outstanding #DPWIT session from @CindyGross today” – Gina Meronek
- “wonderful and very helpful talk”
- “very powerful as always”
- Quoted: Business Insider / Tech Insider 3 Former Tech Workers Explain What Drove Them Out of the Industry Subscriber Link or PDF | April 7, 2022
- 3 women explain how harassment and other workplace issues pushed them out of the industry for good
- “In the end, while he was saying, ‘I will support you if you go to HR,’ the message I clearly got was ‘you’re off promotion track if you report to HR'” – Cindy Gross
- Advisor & Facilitator: Women in Cloud: Mastering Executive Leadership and Presence “Develop Executive Courage” | March 31, 2022 @ 3pm Pacific
- Trainer: Tech Toolkit for Coaches & Entrepreneurs | March 15, 2022 @ 1p Pacific
- Gracious Space Facilitator and Coach: Leadership Eastside Adaptive Community Leadership Class of 2023 | 2021 to 2023
- Speaker: Women in Cloud 2022 | January 26, 2022
- Power Talk: Adaptive Leadership in Tech Workplaces
- Roundtable Advisor: Inclusivity and Sustainability
- Additional Power Talks from WiC
- Speaker: PASS Data Community Summit “Women In Technology Panel — Gender Equality: How far have we come?” | November 11, 2021 @ 10am Pacific | Recording available for 6 months
- “Simply OUTSTANDING- my favorite session of the conference!”
- “They did a great job of balancing broader frameworks with actionable insights.”
- “… brought down the damn house.”
- “Best session ever!”
- Speaker: Voices of Change – The Facts and Myths about Critical Race Theory | October 25, 2021
- Video passcode Ek.qw8*5
- Guest Blog: Befriending an HR Dragon… What if HR was on my side? | HRuprise | June 2, 2021
* Top 10 HRUprise Blog for 2021! - Speaker: WomenTech Global Conference 2021 “Stepping Stones from Diversity Learning to Equitable Actions” | June 8, 2021 @ 410p Pacific
- Coach: Anti-Racism Group + Individual Coaching | January-March 2021
- Storyteller: Ellevate’s Raise Her Voice: Northwest Hear the remarkable stories of triumph, trials, and adventure from women in our own communities. | March 9, 2021
- Related blog: Surviving White Male Bars in Tech
- Video – I speak from 24:49 to 31:24
- Speaker: Data Platform WIT Day “Stepping Stones from Diversity Learning to Equitable Actions” | March 5, 2021
- Speaker: Opened the 2021 SheEO.world US Venture Announcement with a Land Acknowledgement | February 22, 2021
- Related blog: Land Acknowledgements
- Executive Mentor: Women in Cloud Summit – Executive Mentor, Ambassador, and Volunteer | January 28, 2021
- Podcast: “Dragons, sexism, inclusivity and Wonder Woman costumes” on Erin Keam’s Conversations about Closets with my Closest 1000 friends. | December 12, 2020
- Meetup: Election Day Refuge, a Zoom meetup | November 3, 2020
- Podcast: “The more complete story of NDAs” – the financial harms of facing a bully at work on Money Un-Tabooed with Jen Sapel. This is my own story of harassment and how I’m using my experience to change work cultures via coaching: | October 27, 2020
- Speaker: North Dallas Developers User Group “Be a Dragon of an Ally” | June 3, 2020
- Speaker: Riveter Community – “Be a Dragon of an Ally” Watch the video | May 26, 2020
- Speaker: Riveter Community Online – Interrupt Bias and Anxiety During Remote Work | March 24, 2020
- Related blog Remotely Biased – A Befriending Dragons Story
- Recording Interrupt Bias Recording & Checklist
- Podcast: Dealing with Workplace Harassment, Bullying, and Discrimination on Soul Fire Radio with Kate Olson Video | Audio| February 4, 2020
Related blog: Reclaiming My Voice, Becoming Me — A Befriending Dragons Story - Workshop: Reclaim Your Voice: Heal & Thrive after facing bullies or harassers Women in Cloud Summit – Community Discussion #CloudCommunityConnect #SheSoars | January 25, 2020
Related blog: Anti-Bullying Cultures are the Foundation for Tech Success - Workshop: Reclaim Your Voice: Heal & Thrive after facing bullies or harassers The Riveter Bellevue | December 10, 2019
Related blog: Reclaiming My Voice, Becoming Me — A Befriending Dragons Story
Events and Publications
My speaking and training experience spans 20+ years
Subject Matter Expertise
Generative Coaching, Career Pivots, Workplace Thrival, Culturally Mature Coaching, Gracious Space, Diversity/Equity/Inclusion in Tech, Anti-Bullying and Anti-Harassment in Tech, Adaptive Community Leadership, Race & Gender Equity, LGBTQIA+ & Women’s Rights, Bias in Remote Work, Land Acknowledgements.
Speaker, Panelist, Moderator, Facilitator Experience
Leadership Eastside, Ellevate, Wonder Women Tech, Money Un-Tabooed, SQL PASS Summit, HRUprise, Idaho Public TV: Dialogue, Microsoft Executive Briefings for Big Data, SQL Server, & Data Warehousing in Azure, Leadership Eastside Gracious Space Facilitator, Idaho Sanity Rally, Add the Words Rally, SQL Saturdays, 24 Hours of PASS, Boise Code Camp, Seattle’s Dev Boot Camp, Idaho Democratic Party State Convention, many internal and customer Microsoft technical and diversity talks, Riveter, Women in Cloud, Data Platform WIT, & Add the Words TV+Radio+Newspaper interviews.
