Sumreen Ahmad is a Global management consultant with 20+ years’ experience in leadership development, human capital and organization design, journey and change management and strategic planning. Extensively experienced in mobilizing and leading global initiatives, Sumreen spearheaded the efforts to develop the professional standard for all change management practitioners worldwide and has extensive experience leading organization wide transformational efforts for Accenture’s 720,000+ employees. She is a recognized expert in building inclusive, equal and innovative cultures – through her leadership of Accenture’s Interfaith and Faith inclusion priority – in addition to speaking at a variety of industry conferences including; Working Mother Media, Diversity Best Practices and The Forum for Workplace Inclusion. Sumreen is committed to translating her professional skills back into community building by driving strategy development for the non-profit community and delivering youth leadership training. She serves as the Strategic Planning Lead and Board Member for Zaman International – a SE Michigan based non-profit humanitarian organization that provides wraparound services to women and children in extreme poverty – recognized for the impact delivered as part of the CNN Heroes. Sumreen leaves in Canton, MI with her husband and children.

Russ Anderson is the Director of the Baby Care and Family Care Stewardship & Compliance program at the Procter & Gamble Box Elder Plant. Russ has worked in various positions at Procter & Gamble over the last 26 years primarily in the Finance & Accounting function. Highlights over his career include helping start up the Box Elder plant location, leading the finance organization on the Charmin toilet tissue brand, representing all North American  plants in designing and implementing a new budget/actual software and working in Costa Rica as an ex-pat. Prior to P&G, Russ worked for Coopers & Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers) in external audit where he obtained his CPA license. Russ has a Bachelors in Accountancy degree from BYU (’91) and a MBA – Finance from the University of Texas at Austin (’98). Russ met his wife Kari his first week of his freshman year at BYU and they are celebrating their 33rd wedding anniversary this year. They are the proud parents of four children and also have two amazing grandchildren. Russ enjoys the outdoors: hiking, waterskiing, walking Marlie the dog and any and all beaches.

Darin Belnap is the Director of the Feminine Care Stewardship & Compliance program at the Procter & Gamble Box Elder Plant and the North America Fem Care Stewardship Director. Darin has worked in a variety of roles at Procter & Gamble over the last 27 years primarily in the Finance & Accounting function. Highlights over his career include starting up the Feminine Care and Baby Care Operations at the Box Elder Plant, being a part of a team to implement the International Trade Organization to streamline and systematize our international logistics and customs operations in North America, and leading the Latin America Cost Accounting organization in Costa Rica as an expat. Darin has a Bachelors degree in Marketing from USU (’94) and an MBA – Finance from the BYU (’96). Darin met his wife on a leadership retreat before their senior year in high school and they will celebrate 33 years of marriage this month. He is fluent in Spanish and loves the latin culture. They have 2 wonderful children who are both graduates of BYU. Darin enjoys hiking, E-mountain biking, pickleball, traveling to warm places in the winter. He is a proud owner of a 4 pound yorkie named Miss Kitty.

As Chief Impact Officer and head of the Forbes Impact Lab, Seth guides Forbes’ work toward transforming its worldwide audiences and philanthropic partners into global communities focused on igniting business, social and cultural impact. 

Prior to joining Forbes, Seth founded Applied Optimism, a community and business design lab, and was part of the senior leadership team of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, a global foundation focused on strengthening communities and reducing inequality. He also worked for 13 years as an Atlanta-based corporate attorney, most recently as a partner at the international law firm of Holland & Knight LLP, leading its Atlanta corporate and M&A team.

Liz Darger is the Senior Associate Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) at BYU, where she has worked since 2015. She serves as the sport administrator for women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, women’s gymnastics, the spirit squads, and men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field. She also oversees human resources and gender equity for the athletic department. Liz serves in several campus roles including as a Sorensen Fellow for BYU’s Sorensen Center for Moral & Ethical Leadership, and as a campus Title IX liaison. She is a Utah Women & Leadership Project Ambassador and serves on the Big 12 Conference SWA Committee. Additionally, Liz is a member of the NCAA Common Ground Leadership Team, tasked with exploring how representatives of faith-based and LGBTQ communities can work more cohesively in college sports and higher education to model respect for all.

Liz holds a bachelor’s degree in family sciences, a master’s degree in school counseling psychology, and a doctorate in educational leadership, all from BYU. Liz wrote her dissertation on “Latter-day Saint Women and Leadership in Higher Education” and is passionate about the impact women leaders can make in families, in the workplace, in communities, in the Church, and in the world.

Liz Is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served on the Young Women General Advisory Council of the Church from 2018-2023.

Prior to BYU Liz worked as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Utah Valley University. Before that she worked at Timpanogos High School as a school guidance counselor, varsity women’s basketball coach, and women’s athletic director.

Liz grew up in Boise, Idaho. She enjoys watching musical theater, cheering on nieces and nephews, and playing pickleball with friends. All of which are even better if she’s doing them at Bear Lake.

Sarah Davis is the Founder, President and Chief Creative Officer of Fashionphile. Entrepreneur Magazine called Fashionphile one of the 100 “Smartest, Most Innovative, Hands down Brilliant Companies on our Radar”. She was named one of Forbes Magazine’s Ten Female Entrepreneurs to Watch. She graduated from Brigham Young University and served a mission for her church in Minnesota. She has a law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law. Sarah met her husband Steve at BYU and they have four children.

Co-Founder, Believe Interfaith ERG PayPal Inc. Neetu is a devout follower of Sikh faith and strictly follows principles of Sikhism in her personal and professional life. She is a strong proponent of disruptive innovation and a true champion of change. In her primary role, Neetu manages a team of Program Managers who are responsible for delivering Risk solutions to PayPal customers. Neetu’s strong passion about equity and inclusiveness led her to co-find PayPal’s Interfaith Employee Resource Group (ERG), Believe. At the community front, Neetu has served as academic advisor at Saint Mary College. She has also served as Vice Chair of Neighborhoods Commission and Advisory Board Member at city of San Jose, CA. Neetu earned her Executive MBA with Honors from St. Mary’s College of California.

Brian is based in Austin, Texas and is a Senior Manager of HR Talent Management at Equinix. Beyond his work in HR, Brian serves on the global leadership team of FaithConnect (Equinix’s interfaith employee resource group). Prior to joining Equinix in 2020, Brian was a Director within the Customer Experience Team at VMware for 7 years holding several responsibilities which included partnering with senior executives across global organizations to identify and drive material actions based on voice of customer data. Brian also has an 8-year track record of success at both Dell and VMware in direct sales, sales leadership, channel sales, and customer success.

Outside of work, Brian enjoys spending time with his wife and 3 children. He also recently co-authored a children’s book titled “Equinix – The Place I Work” to help children grow and learn about the important role Equinix plays in the tech industry. Other interests include community service, coaching youth sports, and playing pickleball.

Megan Hughes Johnson supports senior leaders across sectors to engage religious diversity in positive and productive ways. At IA since 2006, Megan built the organization’s higher ed consulting model and led many of its premier leadership programs. Megan’s undergraduate work in culture and politics at Georgetown University and her graduate work in religion and conflict at the University of Chicago Divinity School sparked her passion for bridge-building. Prior to joining IA, she worked for Seeds of Peace where she developed leadership programs for young people from conflict zones around the world. Megan is motivated by her Christian faith to welcome the stranger and love her (religiously diverse) neighbor. She lives in Cincinnati where she enjoys exploring new playgrounds and pop-up markets with her family.

Scott is an interdisciplinary strategy consultant and data science leader. With McKinsey & Company he has advised leading organizations on strategy and leads implementation projects. Scott has expertise in people analytics, retail & commercial banking, risk management, and B2B sales analytics. He currently serves as the Special Projects Manager in the Office of the Chief People Officer at McKinsey & Company. In 2021 Scott started Faith@McKinsey, an interfaith discussion group, where McKinsey colleagues have the opportunity to share what they believe and why in an environment that embraces diverse points of view with curiosity and respect. Scott also teaches courses in the Strategy major at BYU’s Marriott School of Business.

In her professional life, Becky Pomerleau most recently served as Senior Director in Internal Audit at PayPal where she also co-led PayPal’s interfaith Employee Resource Group, Believe. Prior to joining PayPal, she was an ex-pat in Zurich, Switzerland leading the Finance integration of an acquisition. She started her career in external audit with Deloitte and served in progressive Internal Audit roles for several companies thereafter. She holds a Masters and Bachelors in Accountancy from the University of Missouri where she also competed in Cross Country and Track.

The course of her life was forever altered in November 2014 when on a ski trip to Colorado celebrating her fifth wedding anniversary Becky unexpectedly suffered a series of heart attacks caused by Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) leading to a heart transplant just weeks later. She has since found her calling advocating for freedom of religion and belief, women’s heart health and organ donation. Becky volunteers as an Advisory Member of SCAD Alliance, promotes the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women movement, serves on the Stanford Patient and Family Advocacy Council for Heart Transplant and represents Team USA at the World Transplant Games.

Sara Rahim is part of the Innovation team and works with partners to positively engage religious diversity across the business and health sectors. Previously, Sara has led multi-stakeholder engagement to accelerate collaboration between governments, businesses, and non-profits. With field/travel experience in 50+ countries, Sara is passionate about inclusive design, training, facilitation, and community building. Sara has trained over 50 non-profits and social enterprises across the country on workforce development best practices in her role at Cara Collective. Sara holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago. In her free time, you can find Sara planning her next trip, hiking, or hanging out with her cat Goose.

A dedicated husband and father, Izzy has been with Equinix for 14 years. He has been pastoring for 15 years and is now planting a church in Palmetto, Fl. During his time at Equinix he has held several positions ranging from Capacity & Asset Management to his most current role in leading transformation in Legal Operations. However, his most prized role has been as the Christian lead and now also as America’s Ambassador for the overall Equinix FaithConnect group. In this role he has had the opportunity to help impact the lives of his co-workers by helping them understand how they can live out their faith openly in the workplace without fear of judgment or exclusion.

Marsie Sweetland is the founder of Equinix FaithConnect, a Fortune 500 belief-based Employee Resource Group that is open to all faiths, non-faiths, and worldviews. Through interfaith and religious literacy events with some of the top companies in the world (Google, PayPal, American Airlines, Apple, and more), FaithConnect strives to forward Equinix’s goal of building a diverse and inclusive culture where every employee can say, “I'm safe, I belong, and I matter.” FaithConnect ranked Equinix as the #3 top faith-friendly workplace in the 2023 Religious Equity Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) Index. By day, Marsie is a Sr. Client Executive, managing the global relationship with some of Equinix’s largest customers, and she is employee #97 at Equinix. Outside work, Marsie is a Taskforce Member for the Faith & Media Initiative, an Advisor for AI & Faith and a Board Member for the International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination, ICAAD. Marsie is also the co-founder of definehate.org, whose goal is to provide an accurate and transparent dataset of hate speech to help AI researchers create algorithms that protect marginalized groups against discrimination, prejudice, and hateful acts of violence.

Shawn Trotter serves as a Vice President at Dell Technologies and has been there for 24 years. She has been in numerous sales leadership and enablement roles and currently is responsible for hiring, training and developing all early in career sellers globally. She is also an ICF certified Executive Coach. She has been married to her husband Wil for 31 years, has two wonderful children, Drake (age 30) and Matteson (age 20), one grandbaby girl Deklyn (age 19 months). Over the years, Shawn has co-authored two children’s books and currently serves as a board member for the Lone Star Paralysis Foundation in Austin.