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Risha Grant is a CEO, Author & Speaker. She founded Risha Grant LLC, an award-winning, full-service diversity communications, training and consulting firm 18 years ago. Its mission is to utilize diversity communication strategies, tactics and training as a catalyst to create inclusive cultures in companies and communities.
Risha soon realized that diversity recruitment would be a very important element of this strategy. Therefore as an ancillary product, she founded DiversityConneX.com to assist her clients in creating a diverse workforce as well as to assist nonprofits with building diverse boards. DiversityConnex.com connects diverse professionals with careers, internships and board positions.
DiversityConneX.com, which boasts some of the most innovative technology in the nation matches and culturally fits potential career candidates into work environments. It is proud to have clients such as Morgan Stanley, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma, Webco, American Fidelity & Assurance Co., ONE Gas and OG&E among others as valued members.
Motivated by her passion to correct societal isms like racism, sexism, classism and plain old stupidism, it is Risha’s personal mission to expose the value of Diversity & Inclusion while shining a light on the economic impact it creates. To that end, she has personally raised more than half a million dollars toward Diversity & Inclusion economic development and empowerment projects throughout the state of Oklahoma. Using passion, persistence and knowledge to solidify a seat at the table, she has consulted with Governors, Mayors, NBA Teams and CEO’s of Fortune 500 companies and other business and community leaders to discuss and strategize Diversity & Inclusion initiatives.
Using her experiences running a Diversity & Inclusion communications firm as well as personal anecdotes, Risha wrote her first book. That’s B.S. – How Bias Synapse Disrupts Inclusive Cultures and the Power to Attract Diverse Markets will be published in May 2017.
Additionally, she is currently a board director for Leadership Oklahoma, Oklahoman’s for Equality, and the National Federation for Just Communities. She is also an executive committee member and board director for the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice.
Risha’s awards and honors include – The YWCA Women of Moxie, WNBA/Williams Women of Inspiration, and One of Top Ten Entrepreneurs by Engage Magazine, One of Four to Watch by the Tulsa World, Achiever’s Under 40, and Oklahoma Small Business Journalist of the Year and Small Business Journalist of the Year for Region IV among others.
