Susan MacKenty Brady

MODERATOR
CEO, Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership

Susan MacKenty Brady is a global leader committed to fostering a future of respect and human connection through genuine, human-centered leadership. As the founding CEO of the Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership and the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Chair for Women and Leadership, she aids organizations in developing high-performing cultures driven by respect. A sought-after speaker with over 25 years of experience, Susan has consulted for more than 500 organizations worldwide, instructing leaders on cultivating environments where individuals thrive and businesses succeed. She is the lead co-author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Arrive & Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership, along with three other books, and her insights have appeared in ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and others.

Her next book, All the Difference: How the Best Leaders Transform Complex, Strife-Filled Teams into Their Organization’s Most Powerful Strength, co-authored by General Leslie Smith and Stuart Kliman, is set to be published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2026.

Greg Morley

Senior Business and Human Resources Leader

Greg Morley has led people and cultures across the globe for close to three decades as a senior Business and Human Resources leader at multinationals GE, Disney and Hasbro and served as Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Moet Hennessy, a division of LVMH. Leading and partnering with teams spanning countless nationalities and cultures across 80 countries, Greg has seen what truly makes people feel connected and able to thrive. He speaks from experience, showing how belonging and resilience are not soft skills — they are leadership imperatives. Whether working with executives or front-line teams, Greg helps organizations build cultures where people feel respected, heard, and can be their very best. Greg is the author of BOND: Belonging and the Keys to Inclusion and Connection and his latest release, RALLY: A Guide to Resilience, due out in 2026.

Mary Shapiro

Professor of Practice, School of Business, Simmons University

Mary Shapiro has focused on advancing individuals of multiple social identities into leadership for the past 30 years—as an Organization Behavior professor, Chair of Leadership Development at Simmons University, and now as a Fellow of Simmons’ Institute of Inclusive Leadership and faculty member in Harvard’s School of Continuing Education. Concurrently, Shapiro continues to work with individuals to make their best contributions by navigating the often unintentional or invisible barriers that impede their path to leadership. She consults with organizations to build inclusive work cultures and with teams to build the relationships and processes necessary to produce innovative, high-quality output. Her driving principle is building cultures that enable all people to fully contribute.

Shapiro researches and publishes in the areas of women and their careers; organizational efforts to move toward gender equity; and teams. In addition to journal articles, her books include The HBS Guide to Leading Teams, published by Harvard Business School Press, which captures strategies and stories from 30 years of working with teams. She also co-authored two books on interviewing and career strategies that recognize the nuances of many dimensions of diversity. Her case studies, distributed through Harvard Business School Press, feature women protagonists leading change, leading ethically, leading as introverts, and transforming organizational work cultures. She developed the Communication Styles Diagnostic, an online tool used by thousands of managers to improve their effectiveness with individuals and teams.

Throughout her career, Shapiro has consulted with Fortune 500 companies, private institutions, non-profits, and start-ups, including CVS, Liberty Mutual, The Brookings Institution, Axon/Taser, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Partners HealthCare. She works with numerous Boards of Directors and, for 12 years, served on the Executive Board of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (GSEMA).

Leslie C. Smith

66th Inspector General, Vice President of the Association of the United States Army, Visiting Professor - Georgia Southern, Board Director

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Leslie C. Smith brings a distinguished career of leading through complexity as the 66th Inspector General of the U.S. Army. Known for building trust under pressure, he now teaches leadership across sectors as Vice President for Leadership at the Association of the U.S. Army, a visiting professor at Georgia Southern University, and Corporate Board Director. Les offers a simple, powerful message: leadership begins with integrity, clarity, and human connection. His stories illuminate how unity across difference drives mission success.

Les’s next book, All the Difference: How the Best Leaders Transform Complex, Strife-Filled Teams into Their Organization’s Most Powerful Strength, co-authored by Susan MacKenty Brady and Stuart Kliman, is set to be published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2026.