2023 Diversity Summit Presenters
Pagina Brown 
Best Life Counseling, LLC
Presenting: Creating a Successful Neurodiverse Work Environment
Pagina Brown (she/her) MA, LPC, NCC, ASDCS, ADHD-CCSP, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Nationally Certified Counselor, certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist, and ADHD Certified Clinical Services Provider. She received her undergraduate degrees in psychology and sociology, from the University of Missouri – Columbia and her M.A. in counseling and guidance from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. Pagina sees a wide variety of adults and has specialties in treating attention deficit disorders, autism spectrum disorder, anxiety disorders, trauma concerns, and depression. She has advanced training and certification as an autism spectrum disorder clinical specialist and as an ADHD certified clinical services provider. Pagina also has experience working with people who have been in the foster care system and/or have been adopted, and those who struggle with food allergies.
Philip Deitch 
St. Louis LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce
Presenting: Show Me State Hate: An Overview of anti-LGBTQIA+ Policies and the Missouri Legislature
Philip Deitch (he/him) has been an out advocate and diversity facilitator for over 40 years. He is the STL President of the LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce; is Community Co-Chair on the US Attorney’s Hate Crimes Task Force; is active in faith community advocacy; holds leadership roles in anti-queer state-wide amendment initiatives; and is a former Community Center Executive Director. He is on the National Secretary founding Board of GLADD; is a member of the US Holocaust Museum’s Gay & Lesbian Committee; and is active with AIDS advocacy. He has given testimonies on LGBTQ issues in Jefferson City and taken over 250,000 photos documenting diversity.
Rachel D’Souza-Siebert 
Gladiator Consulting
Presenting: Time for Change: Reimagining Funder + Nonprofit Relationships
Rachel D’Souza-Siebert (she/her) is the founder of Gladiator Consulting, a boutique firm serving nonprofits across the country. Through Gladiator, Rachel has served as an innovator and pioneer in the Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF) movement, a global initiative to reimagine the nonprofit sector through a lens of radical collaboration, racial equity, social justice, and decolonization, and is a member of the CCF Global Council. Additionally, Rachel is currently the president-elect for the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater St. Louis Regional Chapter and has been an active supporter of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network and EPIP -Emerging Professionals in Philanthropy.
Michelle Fienup 
Best Life Counseling, LLC
Presenting: Creating a Successful Neurodiverse Work Environment
Michelle Fienup (she/her), M.Ed., LPC, ASDCS, ADHD-CCSP is an Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist specializing in working with the LGBTQ+ community and has experience working with individuals who may be struggling with Autism, ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma, and gender or identity issues. Michelle is dedicated to uplifting marginalized voices.
Elizabeth Fuchs
Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis
Presenting: Show Me State Hate: An Overview of anti-LGBTQIA+ Policies and the Missouri Legislature
Elizabeth Fuchs (she/her) is passionate about intersectional, anti-racist and anti-settler colonialist policies and deconstructing systems that perpetuate white supremacy culture. As a native St. Louisan, Fuchs contributes a local perspective to the social justice movement in the area. Fuchs leverages her intersectional identities and the positions of privilege they afford her – queer, white, cisgender and woman – to advance marginalized voices. In her previous role as manager of public policy and lobbyist for PROMO, Missouri’s statewide LGBTQ Advocacy organization, Fuchs learned the value of navigating policy through a theoretical social work lens. By recognizing the importance of relationships in advancing policy, social workers are uniquely trained to relate, to connect, and to empower. Prior to joining the faculty, she served as policy consultant and community healer with the Metro Trans Umbrella Group, as well as a reproductive justice activist with Planned Parenthood. Fuchs was chosen as The Advocate Magazine’s 2018 Champion of Equality for Missouri.
Natalie Galucia 
Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging
Presenting: Advancing an Age-Inclusive Society
Natalie Galucia (she/her), MSW has a background in social work and a passion for working with older adults. Currently, as the Center Manager for the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging at the Institute for Public Health at Washington University, she most enjoys working on the WashU for Life Initiative. This initiative seeks to increase age inclusivity across the campuses of WashU. She received her Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis.
Jason Hartsfield 
Starkloff Disability Institute
Presenting: Reconsidering the Business Case for Disability: Are We Failing Disabled Talent?
Jason Hartsfield (he/him) has made improving the lives of people with disabilities his mission throughout his career. As Starkloff Disability Institute’s Disability Inclusion Lead Consultant, Jason combines his background as a social worker and career advisor with his own personal experiences living with both chronic mental health conditions and ocular albinism. Jason has trained and consulted organizations including Ameren, BJC, Centene, Edward Jones, Emerson, Mercy Healthcare, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, Permobil Seating and Positioning, Wells Fargo, and World Wide Technology. His workshops and webinars on disability inclusion have attracted thousands of attendees from across the country. Jason has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University. He currently serves on the steering committee for the Gateway Employment Nexus and is an active member of the St. Louis Diversity and Inclusion Consortium and the STL SHRM DEIA Committee.
Sha Neice Hinton 
Washington University School of Medicine
Presenting: Equity Champions: Building and Sustaining a Community of Anti-Racism Advocates
Sha Neice Hinton (she/her) is the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Engagement Coordinator for Orthopedic Surgery. She earned a Master’s of Social Work from the George W. Brown School of Social Work, where she studied Social Impact Leadership. Before Washington University, she was a Program Manager at Affinia Healthcare. During her extensive career in the helping profession, she has worked with victims of domestic violence, the elderly, and families at risk of having their children placed outside the home.
Faybra Jabulani 
Forward Through Ferguson
Presenting: Time for Change: Reimagining Funder + Nonprofit Relationships
Faybra Jabulani (she/her) is the Lead Racial Equity Capacity Catalyst and Interim Executive Director of Forward Through Ferguson. She holds a Masters of Education from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and a Bachelors of Arts degree in African American Studies from Saint Louis University. She is a proud St. Louisan with a background in organizing community engagement, supporting nonprofit organizational startup, and facilitating Racial Equity initiatives. Her work has touched community advocates representing institutions, initiatives, and coalitions of varying identities, reaching approximately 400 changemakers and close to 100 institutions over the span of her three-year tenure at FTF. In addition to her leadership of the Racial Equity Capacity Building offerings and partnerships, she also provides strategic thought leadership, stewards a community participatory process, and supervises the project management of the Racial Healing + Justice Fund, a groundbreaking and transformational partnership between FTF, Deaconess Foundation and the Missouri Foundation for Health. She also is a contributor to the Antiracism in Health Equity Consortium that is convened by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute for Healing Justice & Equity.
Julian Magee 
Washington University School of Medicine
Presenting: Equity Champions: Building and Sustaining a Community of Anti-Racism Advocates
Julian Magee (he/him) joined the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in August 2021 as the inaugural Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for the Program in Physical Therapy. He earned a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Alabama State University. Julian is tasked with leading and developing innovative, comprehensive plans to foster a climate that is welcoming and inclusive for all who learn, teach, conduct research and visit the physical therapy program.
Nichole Murphy 
Forward Through Ferguson
Presenting: Racial Equity Capacity Building: Catalyze Organizational Change Through Data and Practice
An equity-minded and passionate systems thinker and community builder, Nichole Murphy (she/her), MSW, is committed to challenging herself and confronting systems that perpetuate inequity. In this role, she looks forward to being closer and more accountable to BIPOC, particularly Black and Brown, communities. Nichole is also a founding board member of 4theVille, a community-based tourism and arts organization created by Ville residents and community volunteers in order to restore pride in the legacy of the historic African American neighborhood and inspire reinvigorated community. Originally from the Baltimore area, Nichole has been in St. Louis – off and on – since beginning her studies at Washington University in St. Louis in 2010. Most recently, she served as a Community Engagement Coordinator working with Washington University students, staff, faculty, and community partners to further ethical and effective community engagement and partnerships.
Jeramia Ory 
Washington University School of Medicine
Presenting: Equity Champions: Building and Sustaining a Community of Anti-Racism Advocates
Jeramia Ory (he/him) is a DEI Education Specialist in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. As a Certified Diversity Facilitrainer, he develops and facilitates multiple identity experiences for academic and non-profit organizations. As a former science faculty member, he brings a unique academic teaching and research lens to his equity and inclusion facilitation practice. He is committed to teaching, learning, and dismantling all forms of systemic oppression in our society.
Deborah Rice-Carter 
A Red Circle
Presenting: Community Wealth Building as a Model of Equitable Development
Deborah Rice-Carter (she/her) is a state notary, community activist, and jewelry designer. She is seated on the Ferguson Senior Council, Ferguson Farmers Market Board, and The Ferguson Eco Team. Additionally, Deborah has vast experience in the medical field.
Claire Schell 
Claire Schell Consulting
Presenting: Cultivating Psychological Safety by Interrupting White Supremacy Culture
Claire Schell (she/her) consults with leaders on DEIB & anti-racism strategy, capacity-building, and integration into organizational culture. Before launching her practice, she led the Employee Experience team at USBCDC, overseeing DEI strategy, employee engagement and culture change. She serves on the board of Forward Through Ferguson and Creative Reaction Lab’s advisory board. She studied Sociology & Religion at University of Chicago and Wellesley College. She lives in Tower Grove with her husband and their two kids.
Erin Stampp 
Washington University School of Medicine
Presenting: Equity Champions: Building and Sustaining a Community of Anti-Racism Advocates
Erin Stampp (she/her) is the Director of Programming and Professional Development for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She has been serving communities as a diversity and inclusion practitioner for over 15 years in both the U.S. and internationally. She is passionate about achieving equity in outcomes for all individuals and has seen that diversity and inclusion efforts play a key role in the larger work of addressing health disparities and other inequities.
Chris Willcox 
A Red Circle
Presenting: Community Wealth Building as a Model of Equitable Development
Chris Willcox (he/him) is a Master of Social Work specializing in leadership and social change and a grassroots organizer who first worked with A Red Circle as a volunteer with St. Louis Mutual Aid, bringing an array of experience—including direct aid work, public policy research, and a social services background.