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Wema Hoover

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New York, NY, USA

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Leader: Formerly led Global DE&I efforts at Google, Pfizer, Sanofi and Bristol-Myers Squibb

Wema Hoover has dedicated her career to driving tangible results while transforming corporate cultures. She is a national and global thought leader in diversity, equity and inclusion, organizational development, authentic leadership, and women’s empowerment. An inspiring and impactful speaker, Ms. Hoover leverages both her own lived experiences as Black woman and track record as a global DEI leader to help organizations achieve the true potential of diversity, equity and inclusion. 

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Keynote Speeches

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Leading At the Edge: Thriving in Complexity and Change

In today’s ever changing global landscape, complexity isn’t a challenge, it’s the new constant. In this compelling keynote, Wema Hoover equips senior leaders with the mindset and methods needed to lead through ambiguity, disruption, and transformation. Drawing on two decades of executive advisory work with Fortune 100 organizations, she shares practical strategies for navigating high-stakes change while sustaining team engagement, trust, and performance. Attendees will leave with a renewed sense of clarity, resilience, and direction for leading at the edge.

The Future-Ready Leader: Building Capabilities for What's Next

Leadership is no longer about titles, it’s about adaptability, influence, and foresight. In this forward-thinking session, Wema breaks down the essential leadership capabilities needed to drive results in a rapidly evolving world. From emotional agility to systems thinking, she offers a roadmap to future-readiness for individuals and organizations alike. This keynote is ideal for leadership summits and talent acceleration programs focused on shaping the next generation of impactful, agile leaders.

From Burnout to Breakthrough: Reimagining Performance in the Modern Workplace

As leaders push for results, they must also create space for well-being, renewal, and human-centered performance. In this energizing keynote, Wema Hoover redefines what high performance looks like in the age of constant connectivity and change. Blending neuroscience, leadership practice, and enterprise culture insights, she shares how to build sustainable performance systems that avoid burnout while accelerating innovation and impact. A must-hear message for executive teams managing scale and speed.

Strategic Presence: Executive Presence, Influence & Gravitas in a Global, Hybrid World

What sets exceptional leaders apart isn’t just what they know—it’s how they show up. In this high-impact keynote, Wema explores the art and science of strategic presence and how leaders communicate, influence, and inspire across cultures, functions, and hybrid environments. Designed for senior leaders and high-potential executives, this session offers a toolkit for building trust, visibility, and alignment across global teams. It’s not only about gravitas, it’s about intentional, authentic leadership.

Audience reviews:

  • Amazing presentation on systemic embedding of interventions and equity by Wema Hoover, GPHR! - Opal Group
  • Wema delivered a wonderful session for our manager's retreat. "Reframing Diversity, Equity & inclusion" was a great topic for our group, which encouraged more participation than we normally see. They all gave very positive feedback as well. - Director, Doubleline
  • Thank you Wema for your presentation today [on] Creating Connections Across Community, Culture and Customers. It was a powerful discussion that will help further our efforts to create an inclusive environment for our team members and business partners. - MediaAlpha
  • Amazing presentation on systemic embedding of interventions and equity by Wema Hoover, GPHR! - Opal Group
  • Wema delivered a wonderful session for our manager's retreat. "Reframing Diversity, Equity & inclusion" was a great topic for our group, which encouraged more participation than we normally see. They all gave very positive feedback as well. - Director, Doubleline
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Speaker Biography

Before founding her own consultancy, Wema Hoover was most recently Google’s Global Head of DEI. She has served as a trusted C-Suite and board-level advisor to Fortune 500 companies, leading global DEI efforts at Pfizer, Sanofi, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. In these roles, she developed multiple Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Councils to build internal capabilities related to belonging, unconscious bias, cultural competence, and global leadership.

Her experience working across cultures was gained while living and working abroad and leading globally diverse teams in the US, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. In addition to her roles leading DE&I efforts for Google, Pfizer, Sanofi, and Bristol-Myers Squibb, she has developed high-impact collaborative partnerships with worldwide organizations such as the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, Mercer, and McKinsey to harness the most progressive HR, culture, CSR, and DEI practices. She served as a member of the Coqual (Center for Talent Innovation) Hidden Brain Drain Task Force, providing best practice DEI research working across global markets in China, India, and the US. Ms. Hoover is also a National Member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and a sought-after speaker on DEI. Additionally, she is an executive coach who holds a Master of Science in Human Resource Management and a Master’s-level Certificate in Organizational Change Management, both from New School University. Ms. Hoover is also a board member of Ten By Three, a nonprofit that reduces poverty by creating a cycle of entrepreneur driven growth resulting in sustainable financial independence.

Wema Hoover is a sought-after writer and has published articles on DEI, women’s empowerment, racial equity and inclusion regularly in publications such as Fast Company, Inc., Diversity Magazine and NAMI. She is currently working on a book about her experiences and the power of actualizing the benefits of diversity and inclusion.  

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