Melinda Briana Epler

Melinda Briana Epler is the Founder and CEO of Change Catalyst and the creator and host of the Leading With Empathy & Allyship show. Melinda has over 25 years of experience developing business innovation and inclusion strategies for startups, Fortune 500 companies, and global NGOs. Using her background in storytelling and large-scale culture change, she is a strategic advisor for tech companies around the world, working with them to solve diversity and inclusion together.

Melinda is a TED speaker who speaks, advises, and writes about diversity and inclusion, inclusive innovation, empathy, and entrepreneurship. She is the author of the book “How to Be an Ally” (McGraw-Hill) and the host of the popular “Leading With Empathy & Allyship” podcast. She has spoken on hundreds of stages worldwide, including SXSW, Grace Hopper, Wisdom 2.0, the World Bank, White House, Clinton Foundation, Black Enterprise, Google, Indeed, Capital One, UC Berkeley, and McKinsey.