Yasamin Gordon (she/ her) is Director of Equity, Inclusion & Culture for Opportunity Consulting, a Washington D.C. Based equity consulting firm- where she is responsible for ensuring equitable policy within growth, innovation, and organizational culture and is responsible for ensuring all projects and client engagements in contain a lens of equity and anti racism, in order to produce the greatest possible positive impact. She is a social justice policy professional with 20 years of experience leading change within organizations in the Public Education, Municipal Government, Transportation, and Non-profit private sector. She holds tertiary degrees in Social Work and Applied Social Studies and has a thorough understanding of systemic racism, institutional oppression, equitable policy development, anti-racism advocacy, community outreach & inclusion practices. Yasamin most recently worked as the Equity Director for the City of Winooski, where she developed new strategies for increased civic engagement, inclusion of diverse voices among municipal leadership, and improved the voting process to increased opportunity for all residents. Prior to that, for 15 years she held leadership roles as the Lead Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coach and Co-Director of Behavior Systems for one of the largest public school districts in her home state of Vermont. Her passion is working to dismantle and redevelop systems in order to successfully improve lives and increase opportunities for marginalized communities.