Diaz, Monica: - Monica Diaz has followed her heart into the D&I career, to passionately create the change that others aspire to achieve. With over 25 years as a thought and practice leader, speaker, coach, mentor, and trusted advisor, she has held executive leadership positions at some of the world's leading companies, including Merck, Microsoft, and ESPN (part of The Walt Disney Company). Monica's mission has been and continues to be to empower leaders at all levels in business, to transform their organization's culture and lead with a focus on impact. As President and Principal of her own consulting company, D&I-MD, she travels the world sharing her powerful expertise and insights with organizations that seek to build TODAY the bold and inclusive cultures of tomorrow. Monica has been recognized as a Leader of Team Innovation, honored with Multicultural Leadership awards and praised as one of the Top 10 leaders and Top 50 influentials in the Hispanic executive community.