Honorary Co-chair
Deborah Rosado Shaw
Founder - Rosado Shaw Group, LLC.
Trusted advisor, strategist, and coach to some of the world’s best
companies and organizations seeking to win against the ever-growing
complexity of culture, talent engagement, diversity, and leadership.
Using a unique and reliable transformational approach to building high-
performance teams and powering critical business objectives, Deborah has
consistently produced game changing outcomes in a career that has
spanned being a successful entrepreneur, corporate leader, sales executive,
civic activist, and author.
Before establishing the Rosado Shaw Group, LLC. in 2004, Deborah started,
grew, and sold a multimillion-dollar international merchandising company with customers, which included
Costco, Walmart, and The Walt Disney Company. Most recently, she was PepsiCo’s SVP, Chief Global
Diversity & Engagement, serving 260,000 associates in 200 countries and territories. She established
what has been deemed their “most successful women’s leadership initiative to date” and founded the
company’s Global Transformational Leadership Program, “successfully taking a company-wide
conversation from one focused on inclusion to a broader dialogue about engagement of all employees
with each other and with the world.” She also spearheaded the strategy for the Global Women’s Initia-tive,
which includes $100 million dollar commitment from PepsiCo to impact 12.5 million women and
girls around the world.
Declared a “leading and powerful voice” by iconic PepsiCo Chairman Indra Nooyi and described as
“inspiring” by Oprah Winfrey, she was commended by President Bill Clinton for being “a testament to
America’s free enterprise system”.
Deborah serves on several boards including Teach for America. Previously she served on the World
Bank Group Diversity Panel and on the National Women’s Business Council - Advisors to the President,
Congress and SBA on women’s economic issues.
Deborah is the author of “Dream Big-A Roadmap for Creating Life’s Challenges and Creating the Life
You Deserve.” She is the Mom of five great kids and is married to the love of her life.