Belonging and Inclusion Leadership Summit
The Belonging & Inclusion Leadership Summit 2025 is designed to empower leaders across industries to create environments where everyone feels valued, respected, and positioned to drive innovation and achieve high performance.
Fostering Inclusive Excellence: Religious Literacy and DEI in Business
Dr. Neelam Khoja is a seasoned DEI expert with over a decade of experience in driving impactful diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within corporate and community settings. Currently serving as the Senior DEI Specialist at BCG X in New York, Neelam has successfully scaled mentorship programs, embedded DEI processes, and led global career advancement initiatives. Her work extends to community engagement, including her leadership role at Global Encounters and as a speaker and author for the Aga Khan Council in the United States. Neelam holds a PhD in Histories and Cultures of Muslim Societies from Harvard University.
Face to Face Speaker Forum: Jesmyn Ward
In partnership with Face to Face Speaker Forum, the Program for Leadership and Character will welcome Jesmyn Ward for a conversation about educating character across differences. Ward is an American novelist as well as Professor of English and Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities at Tulane University, where she teaches creative writing. She is a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and the first woman and the first person of color to win two National Book Awards for Fiction. In 2016, she won the Strauss Living award, given every five years by the American Academy of Arts & Letters for literary excellence. In 2018, she was recognized among Times 100 Most Influential People, and she is the winner of the 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. This moderated discussion will take place December 5 at 6 p.m. inside Wait Chapel at Wake Forest University. This event is held in partnership with Wake Forest Universitys Leadership and Character Program. This is event is free and open to the public.
