SPS Elevate Speaker Series: Navigating Your LGBTQ+ Identity at Work

As part of the SPS Elevate Speaker Series and LGBTQ+ History Month, you're invited to "Navigating Your LGBTQ+ Identity at Work", hosted by the SPS Office of Student Life and the Career Design Lab. Columbia University School of Professional Studies' Chief Diversity Officer, Erwin de Leon, Ph.D., will moderate a graduate student and business professional panel in a discussion of navigating and expressing one's LGBTQ+ identity in the workplace. Topics include identity when interviewing, discussing identity as a new employee, understanding identity intersectionality, and more! 

Moderated by Erwin de Leon, Ph.D.

Panelists Include:

• Carolyn Suna, MS in Sports Management Candidate, Columbia SPS
• Rebecca Mattis-Pinard, Global Talent Learning and Development Director at IDEO
• Matthew French (They/He), DEI Speaker & Trainer

Hosted by Office of Student Life |  Co-hosted with the Career Design Lab

About the SPS Elevate Speaker Series

Through their degree programs, SPS students become masters of their respective fields and industries. Our Fall 2021 Elevate Speaker Series looks to empower SPS Students outside of the classroom, preparing students to navigate the complexities of entrepreneurship, activism, sustainable finance, identity, the media landscape, and overcoming life's challenges. Learn more about this five part, virtual series and RSVP on SPS Engage!