Empowering Differences With Ashley T. Brundage Communicate Like You Give A Damn podcast

Empowering Differences with Ashley T. Brundage

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According to Ashley T. Brundage, Award-winning leadership and empowerment expert, some people have more access to empowerment than others. As a transgender woman, Ashley used her own coming out journey to develop a leadership program through her company, Empowering Differences, that drives out the “power” from empowerment for leaders. Ashley believes in leveraging differences to impact change as she shares with Kim her original resources to help others grow from the inside out while learning more about themselves. Not only does Ashley share her current efforts in the DEI space, but also teaches us what works and doesn’t work when striving to make progress as a senior leader of a large organization.

ABOUT ASHLEY T. BRUNDAGE:

Ashley T Brundage is the President & CEO of Empowering Differences. While seeking employment at a major financial institution, she self-identified during the interview process as a woman of transgender experience and subsequently was hired. Starting as a part time teller she rose to VP, Diversity and Inclusion in less than 5 years. She captured this 4-step process of empowerment to cultivate change in her new book and online course. Ashley credits her success to those closest to her for providing actionable allyship including her 2 teenage sons, Bryce and Blake.

Since beginning transitioning in 2008, she has worked tirelessly to promote awareness and acceptance of gender identity and expression. She works to accomplish this goal by volunteering in the community and holding education sessions for corporations. She served on the Corporate Advisory Council for the NGLCC- National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, and was the past chair and creator of NGLCC’s TGX Initiative. She chaired the successful bid to host the NGLCC convention in 2019, and Visit Tampa Bay named her their Tourism Champion. In 2018, she started serving on the board of the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts. In 2019, she was voted on the National Board of Directors for GLAAD and served as the Vice Chair of the board before leaving in 2022 to focus full time on her growing company that expanded its reach by tracking how empowered people are for their common differences.

Ms. Brundage speaks locally and nationally about her transition, empowerment, workplace equality, leadership, and diversity, equity & inclusion. She has also been interviewed in several publications and media outlets, including Tampa Bay Times, The Business Journal, The Miami Herald, Fox, ABC, CBS, Las Vegas Review Journal, Milwaukee Biz Times, the Daily Beast, Fairygodboss, InStyle Magazine, BBC World Service Radio, Bloomberg Businessweek, Business Insider, and Forbes while being named their compassionate leader award. Ashley has been recognized in many areas and has received numerous awards locally, nationally, and internationally for her work and volunteerism. She was won the Stevie Award in 2021 and 2022 as the global social change champion for LGBTQ community. She approaches her advocacy and empowerment work very apolitically, and this is evident as in 2022 she served on a committee for the Biden White House and won an award from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as a community spirit award for her commitment to women and girls in Florida.

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About Kim:

Kim Clark (she/her) focuses her work on the communicator and content creator's role in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). She is the co-author of The Conscious Communicator: The fine art of not saying stupid sh*t, an Amazon #1 bestseller and the leading voice for DEI communications and social justice messaging for brands.

She speaks at conferences, writes custom workshops, writes inclusive communications guides, and consults with companies on all things related to diversity, equity, and inclusion communications. Kim is a member of the LGBTQ+ community, a cisgender woman, Native American (Muscogee Nation) and a mom of two kids with disabilities. These marginalized identities and the privileges that come with society seeing her as White motivate her daily for social change.

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