Gracie Johnson-Lopez

Gracie Johnson-Lopez

MA, SPHR

NC, US
Advance the dialogue and engage your team with authentic, courageous and action driven approach to understanding "tough topics" like unconscious biases and leveraging diversity and inclusion.

Gracie is on a mission to empower individuals and transform organizations into inclusive cultures of belonging. She makes a compelling presentaton on building and growing profitable businesses by inspiring people to become inclusion champions. Her presentations are dynamic, authentic and courageously laced with humility and humor.


She was a senior level executive that lead and learned the impact of diversity and unconscious bias in the acaemic, public and insurance industries. She helped numerous company's increase productivity, employee morale and customer loyalty by aligning the culture and creating safe spaces for "real talk".

Trained as an HR professional and diversity & inclusion expert, she has a unique 25 year background in operational efficiency, talent managment and inclusive leadership. Her academic achievements include a Masters degree from Duke University with certifications in Diversity & Inclusion and Human Resources.

Gracie is on a mission to empower individuals and transform organizations into inclusive cultures of belonging. She makes a compelling presentaton on building and growing profitable businesses by inspiring people to become inclusion champions. Her presentations are dynamic, authentic and courageously laced with humility and humor.


She was a senior level executive that lead and learned the impact of diversity and unconscious bias in the acaemic, public and insurance industries. She helped numerous company's increase productivity, employee morale and customer loyalty by aligning the culture and creating safe spaces for "real talk".

Trained as an HR professional and diversity & inclusion expert, she has a unique 25 year background in operational efficiency, talent managment and inclusive leadership. Her academic achievements include a Masters degree from Duke University with certifications in Diversity & Inclusion and Human Resources.

The ABC's of Inclusion

Authenticity. Boldness. Commitment.  The ABC's of Inclusion.  Participants hear and ecperience how essential each of these 3 are to buliding a sustainable culture of inclusion.  Diversity, equity and inclusion are getting easier to talk about and most companies and leaders are engaged.  Yet the numbers often fail to add up. During this keynote or breakout, participant learn the practical strategies:
  • being real and creating safe spaces and moments for...
Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI)Audience ActivityEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changing

Getting Conscious About Unconscious Bias

Biases are like gravity:  unseen and heavy.  We are all biased and it matters.  This inspiring talk is about "I", not them.   Audiences hear powerful testimonies of real world scenarious and impact of implicit biases.  There are 7 strategies for addressing biases to include understanding, identifying, unlearning, mitigating, championing, practicing inclusion.  Gracie defines and demonstrates the humor and hurt in microagrressions, microinsults, mansplaining and...
Unconscious BiasAudience ActivityEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changing

Fired Up & Ready to Go!

Gracie bring humor, energy and passion in asking the audience are you fired up and ready to go.  This highly interactive talk ask leaders are they preparing today for the leadership required tomorrow?   Participants are inspired to:
  • Lead inclusively
  • Listen intently
  • Look to disrupt the status quo
  • Learn from others
  • Lean in
  • Light a candle and fire up others
Entertainment-basedAudience ActivityInspirational / Life-changing