Kioshana LaCount Burrell has more than 12 years of experience in Leadership and Workforce Development, having held positions in the non-profit, corporate, and public sectors. Her primary areas of expertise include workforce development strategy and implementation, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and engaging instructional design. She is passionate about working with organizations and individuals to create accessible pathways to professional growth and cultivate cultures of belonging.

Kioshana is also an internationally published, best-selling author. Her most recent work, “Building Beyond the 9 to 5” is a collection of inspirational stories from Black women entrepreneurs around the world. Kioshana has dedicated much of her career to uplifting Women and People of Color in the workplace, and continues to do so through collaborations with organizations such as Repro Jobs, the Experience Management Institute, Charles River Laboratories and Dynamic Educational Systems, Inc. She currently lives in central Ohio with her husband and three children.