Dr. Shaunna Payne Gold (she/her/hers) is the Founder & Owner of Gold Enterprises, LLC an independent, 100% woman- and minority-owned consulting firm founded in 2016 which provides inclusive strategic planning, educational sessions, executive coaching, and facilitation services for aspiring multicultural and anti-racist organizations that value everyone, capitalize on cognitive diversity, while being profitable and philanthropic. Dr. Gold's most recent post was the Assistant Provost for Diversity & Inclusion at Towson University near Baltimore, MD. She brings 24 years of experience in DEI strategic planning, facilitation, Multicultural Organizational Development, Intergroup Dialogue, Truth & Racial Healing Circles TM, and project management. Dr. Gold was recently honored as a 2020 Leader in Diversity by the Baltimore Business Journal and the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for Towson University in 2020 and 2021. Dr. Gold holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from James Madison University, a Master of Divinity in Campus Ministry from Eastern Mennonite University, and a Doctor of Education from The George Washington University. She is a first-generation college student, originally from Altavista in Southern Virginia.