Howard Ross

W1-E: Cultural Competence from Theory to Action
W2-A: Diversity, Inclusion and the Concealed Mind

About Howard Ross

Howard J. Ross, founder & Chief Learning Officer of Cook Ross Inc. is a builder of innovations in the field of diversity and inclusion and a unifier of people, organizations, and causes.  He is an influential business consultant and advisor to major global educational, corporate, philanthropic, and governmental organizations.  Howard has served more than 25 years as an influential business consultant to hundreds of organizations across the globe, specializing in leadership, diversity, and organizational transformation.  He is the architect of award-winning diversity and leadership education programs including ReInventing Diversity, the Diversity Toolkit, CultureVision, and Inner Journey Seminars DC.  Howard has engineered successful large-scale organizational culture change efforts in the area of diversity management and cultural integration in professional services corporations, Fortune 500 companies, and retail, health care, media, and government institutions.  Howard is past chairman of Leadership Greater Washington and a former director of the Greater Washington Board of Trade. He has served on boards of directors of several including Operation Understanding DC, Lydia’s House, Greater DC Cares, the National Council for Community and Justice, and INROADS of Greater Washington.  He also serves on the Diversity Advisory Board for the Human Rights Campaign.