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Join AIA Grand Rapids and IIDA Michigan for a presentation with Jessica Bantom! Jessica Bantom is a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging practitioner, interior design consultant, and speaker whose mission is to help designers increase their cultural competence so they can create in ways that honor humanity.

About the Author and Speaker: Jessica Bantom

Serving in the role of Global Leader of Equity, Diversity, and Belonging for DLR Group, Bantom is active in the design industry as an engaged advocate committed to promoting DEIB in the industry and in practice. A graduate of the University of Virginia and Marymount University, Bantom is a skilled management consultant with over 20 years of experience, a compelling speaker, and a certified facilitator and coach with a passion for enabling individuals to take actions that create meaningful outcomes for historically excluded people.

You can purchase Jessica Bantom’s book, Design for Identity: How to Design Authentically for a Diverse World, as an add-on in the event registration. Books purchased will be received during the event. There will be an opportunity for a book signing!

*Book sale purchase option will close on 2/9/25. Don’t miss out!