Please join the Climate and Engagement Committee as they host Tanya Odom for a meet and greet with the Clarkson Community. Please see the poster for details. Or contact diversity@clarkson.edu.
Tanya M. Odom, Ed.M. is a global consultant, writer, coach, and diversity, equity, and inclusion and civil rights thought leader.
- She has worked globally for over 20 years, in over 40 countries, as a consultant, coach, storyteller, and facilitator focusing on areas including: Organizational and Individual Well being, Inclusive Leadership, Race/Racism, Diversity and Inclusion, Challenging Conversations, Mindfulness, Educational Equity, and Youth Empowerment/mentoring.
- She is the co-author of “Evaluation in the Field of Education for Democracy, Human Rights and Tolerance.”
- Tanya was named by Diversity Best Practices as “A Diversity Thought Leader to Follow on Twitter.”
- As a mindfulness practitioner, Tanya weaves in mindfulness research and practice in her work with individuals and groups and connects it to leadership, teams, intentional inclusion, and the mitigating of unconscious bias.
- Often called an innovator and disrupter, Tanya is featured in a chapter in Dr. Patti Fletcher’s book “Disrupters.”
- Tanya was on the faculty of the Human Resources Management program at Georgetown University, where she taught courses in the area of innovation and creativity.
- Over the last several years, Tanya has been working as a strategic consultant to the United Nations on their gender parity by 2030 pledge and initiatives. Tanya has worked with 15 UN entities in 9 different countries focusing on inclusive leadership, unconscious bias, and women in leadership.
- Entrepreneur Magazine featured Tanya as one of the “3 Women Entrepreneurs Who Unleash Their Energy for the Greater Good.”
- Tanya is on the Board of Trustees of Vassar College. She is Chair of the Diversity Leadership Committee of the American Heart Association. Tanya is also a Board member of the Institute for Mindful Leadership, and the National Society for High School Scholars Foundation