Kimberly B. Davis currently serves as Senior Executive Vice President, Social Impact, Growth Initiatives & Legislative Affairs at the National Hockey League, the premier professional ice hockey league in the world. In this capacity, Kim leads a role reporting to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to attract, develop and retain fans - with a specific focus on multi-cultural audiences - through culture, youth participation, and social impact initiatives. 

Ms. Davis has been recognized as #1 on Sportsnet's list of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Sports, as well as honored in Sports Illustrated's "The Unrelenting" Most Powerful Women in Sports, Hockey News' 2020 "Top 100" Most Influential Leaders in the Sport, Essence Magazine's "Woke" - 2019 Change Agents, Adweek's "30 Most Powerful Women in Sports," and Sports Business Journal's "GameChangers." She has received other notable recognitions including Savoy Magazine's "Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America" and was showcased in Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business." In 2012, she was profiled with First Lady Michelle Obama in Essence magazine's "28 Most Influential Black Women in America."

Hamza Khan is a multi-award-winning marketer, bestselling author, and global keynote speaker whose TEDx talk “Stop Managing, Start Leading” has been viewed over a million times. He shares actionable insights on resilience, productivity, and leadership to help people and organizations thrive in the future of work. Through his consulting, writing, teaching and speaking, Khan empowers people and businesses to transform ideas into action.

From New York to Singapore, from Los Angeles to Sydney, Khan is a global thought leader who has spoken to hundreds of audiences across many industries, in numerous countries. His clients have included some of the world’s most dynamic companies and organizations, including PepsiCo, LinkedIn, Deloitte, PwC, Trivago, and over 100 colleges, and his insights have been featured by notable media outlets such as VICE, Business Insider, and The Globe and Mail. He is also the author of Amazon bestseller The Burnout Gamble: Achieve More by Beating Burnout and Building Resilience.

Khan works alongside young people and new talent as Managing Director of Student Life Network, Canada’s largest and most comprehensive education resource platform, which reaches over 2.7 million students. He is also the co-founder of Splash Effect, a boutique marketing & creative agency, as well as SkillsCamp, a soft skills training company. As an educator, he is currently an instructor at Seneca College and Ryerson University, teaching courses on digital marketing and social media. 

With a passion for advanced analytics, Ted Nasimok brings over 20 years of experience applying data driven insights to generate in-market success.  As a Director in Intelligent Analytics, he delivers high precision models and solutions to ensure our clients have the right items in the right stores at the right prices and with the right promotions. 

Taralyn Parr is the Director of Diversity and Inclusion at McCarthy Tetrault LLP, where she plays a key role in the development and integration of the firm’s comprehensive and award-winning equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) strategy, Inclusion Now. Taralyn is responsible for building and evolving McCarthy Tétrault’s EDI capacity by designing and delivering industry-leading programs and policies that support the firm’s efforts to increase representation of underserved groups, foster an inclusive culture, and advance their recognition as an EDI leader in the legal industry.

Taralyn has had a lifelong passion for diversity and inclusion, earning a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Gender Equality and Social Justice and Religions and Cultures at Nipissing University, and a Master of Arts degree in Women’s Studies and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa. Taralyn is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Toronto in Adult Education, specializing in Workplace Learning and Social Change, and is a part-time instructor in the faculty of Administrative Studies at York University.
 

Bobby Sahni is a veteran and thought-leader in the multicultural marketing and advertising industry. Bobby was the Head of Multicultural Marketing at Rogers Communications and has been a pioneer in developing, executing and managing diversity and multicultural marketing initiatives for a number of best-in-class organizations. He is Co-Founder and Partner at Ethnicity Matters - a multicultural marketing & advertising agency dedicated to helping companies drive new growth and sales by engaging North America’s fast growing, big spending ethnic and new immigrant communities. 

Bobby has earned national and international recognition for his work and thought leadership. Bobby also loves teaching, having guest-lectured at many universities and regularly speaks at industry events and conferences across North America. Bobby has also served a variety of advisory boards including Imagine Canada, Seva Food Bank, Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer and Credit Valley Conservation Foundation. Most recently, Bobby was elected to the Hockey Canada Board of Directors and is on a mission to help grow the game of hockey for all Canadians. Bobby earned his MBA from the global Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA program with cross-cultural studies in Hong Kong, Germany, Miami, Chicago and Toronto. He also holds a Bachelor of Science & Business degree from the University of Waterloo.
 

Lou Strickland is the Country Quality Head at Bayer Inc., which has been her professional home for the last 27 years. Over the years, she has brought her management skills to a variety of departments including Health and Safety, Distribution, Customer Service and Real Estate and Security as well.

Lou’s personal goal of bringing her authentic self to the workplace inspired her to participate in Bayer’s Diversity and Inclusion journey.  Four years ago, with the support of our Canadian Leadership Team, she launched BLEND in Canada, Bayer’s LGBT+ Business Resource Group. As well, Lou is a member of the Global Leadership Team for BLEND, leads the Transgender Working Group, a team working globally to support transgender employees in Bayer’s workplace and is a member of the Bayer Canada’s Diversity and Inclusion Council.