Tiffany Jana

Tiffany Jana
Born (1977-06-13) June 13, 1977
El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater University of Phoenix (BS, MBA)
Occupation Diversity Consultant, Author
Years active 2003–present
Spouse(s) Matthew Freeman

Tiffany Jana (born June 13, 1977) is the co-founder of TMI Consulting Incorporated, a diversity and inclusion management consulting firm founded in 2003 and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. TMI Consulting is a benefit corporation as well as a certified B Corporation and earned the 2016 Best for the World[1][2] honor from the nonprofit B Lab that certifies B Corps worldwide.

Jana is the co-author of Overcoming Bias: Building Authentic Relationships across Differences (2016, Berrett-Koehler), which received an endorsement from 2016 Vice-Presidential candidate Tim Kaine.[3] TMI consulting is featured in the The B Corp Handbook: How to Use Business as a Force for Good[4] by Ryan Honeyman, and Jana gave a talk in December 2012 as part of TEDxRVAWomen. In 2013, Jana was a winner of both the Style Weekly Top 40 Under 40 award[5] and the Women Worth Watching award from Diversity Journal.[6][7]

Jana is an international public speaker, having provided the keynote address for the 2015 Hong Kong Social Enterprise Summit,[8] sessions at the German Marshall Fund's Bilbao Urban Innovation Leadership Dialogues,[9] and the Dialogues for Change in several German cities including Berlin, Leipzig, Ludwigsburg, and Bottrop.[10][11][12] She participated on a panel as part of Adweek's 2016 Adweek New York conference at Thomson Reuters featuring her book.[13] In August, 2015, Jana was appointed for a 5-year term by the Governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe to the Board of Trustees of the Science Museum of Virginia.[14] On November 11, 2016, Mayor-elect of Richmond, VA, Levar Stoney named Jana as co-chair (with lobbyist and former gubernatorial aide Bill Leighty) of his transition team.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Richmond-based TMI Consulting named Best for the World". Progress-index.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  2. ↑ "The List – Best for the World". Bftw.bthechange.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  3. ↑ Jana, Tiffany; Freeman, Matthew (1 November 2016). "Overcoming Bias: Building Authentic Relationships across Differences". Berrett-Koehler Publishers – via Amazon.
  4. ↑ "TMI Consulting | B Corporation". bcorporation.net. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  5. ↑ "Tiffany Jana, 36 | 2013 Top 40 Under 40 | Style Weekly - Richmond, VA local news, arts, and events". Style Weekly. 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  6. ↑ "Classes 2013". Women Worth Watching. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  7. ↑ "Tiffany Jana". Women Worth Watching. 2013-09-07. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  8. ↑ "Ms. Tiffany Jana - Social Enterprise Summit 社企民間高峰會". Ses.org.hk. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
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  10. ↑ "U.S. and German Cities for Sustainable Urban Development | The German Marshall Fund of the United States". Gmfus.org. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  11. ↑ "Breakout Brief : Dialogue for Change : Talking about Equity and Inclusion" (PDF). Gmfus.org. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  12. ↑ "Dialogues for Change Final Workshop | The German Marshall Fund of the United States". Gmfus.org. 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  13. ↑ "Advertising Week - New York [Sep 26 - 30 ] / Speakers". Newyork.advertisingweek.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  14. ↑ "Governor - Newsroom". Governor.virginia.gov. 2015-08-28. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  15. ↑ "Richmond Times Dispatch [Friday, Nov 11, 2016]". www.richmond.com. Retrieved 2016-11-12.

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