Join us at The Loading Dock as we discuss how social inequities happen and bias is created in this interactive session. As an entrepreneur or leader in your business, it's important to understand how to uncover bias and build best practices within your team to become allies for social justice.

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A small registration fee goes toward lunch! :)

Presented By: Jay Graves, Founder & President, Pathfinder Business Consultants

Jay is the Founder and President of Pathfinder Business Consultants, where he and his team help business leaders develop high-performance organizations through the power of diversity and inclusive leadership. In addition to leading Pathfinder, Jay is a partner in several entrepreneurial ventures and small businesses.

Before establishing Pathfinder, Jay was the Vice President of Sales for the US Roche Diabetes Care Division, where he was responsible for leading all field sales and sales operations functions. During his career at Roche, Jay developed leadership and mentor programs and spearheaded establishing a formal Diversity and Inclusion program for the Diagnostics Division. Jay’s approach to organizational excellence has been featured in articles and interviews in several leading publications.

Jay began his professional career in 1998 as an Intelligence Officer in the United States Army. In the Army, he held multiple leadership positions and global deployments, including tours in South America, Central America, The Caribbean, South Korea, The United Kingdom, Jordan, and Iraq. As a Counter-Intelligence officer, Jay was trained on behavior science methodology that he later incorporated into his transformational leadership philosophy and mentorship programs.

A native of Raleigh, N.C., Jay earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Military Science from North Carolina State University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.