Eduardo Díaz, Director of the Smithsonian Latino Center

Eduardo Díaz is a 36-year veteran of the Latino cultural field. The Center supports research, exhibitions, public and educational programs, digital content, collections and publications about the Latino experience in the U.S. Díaz is the former executive director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, and previously served as the City of San Antonio’s director of Cultural Affairs. Díaz has a law degree from UC Davis, and bachelor’s in Latin American Studies from San Diego State.

Kaywin Feldman has been the Nivin and Duncan MacMillan Director and President of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) since 2008. Feldman oversees the museum’s staff of 250, its fine-art collection of over 89,000 objects, its 473,000-square-foot facility, and an annual operating budget of $32 million. During Feldman’s tenure, Mia has strengthened its national presence with ambitious special exhibitions; championed the use of digital technologies to support and enhance audience engagement; and strategically acquired major works of art for its permanent collection. Feldman serves on the boards of National Arts Strategies (NAS) and the Chipstone Foundation, and is a member of the Bizot Group. She is a past president of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), and a past chair of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). Feldman received an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the Memphis College of Art in 2008, and holds an MA in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London, and an MA from the Institute of Archaeology at the University of London. Her specialties are Dutch and Flemish art and Greek and Roman archaeology.

Mitchell Karp, Partner, VallotKarp

Mr. Karp is a partner of VallotKarp, a diversity and inclusion consulting firm based in New York City. He is a former human rights attorney.  During the last 25 years, Mr. Karp has provided diversity-related consulting services to financial institutions, law firms and other organizations in the U.S., Europe, and Mexico and helped clients to improve workplace dynamics. Mr. Karp holds a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, a J.D. from Rutgers Law School and a Masters of Organization Development from American University.  He is an adjunct instructor at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations in New York. 

Allison Rutledge-Parisi, Vice President, Chief Human Resource Officer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allison Rutledge-Parisi is the Chief HR Officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Prior to her role at the Met, Allison was the Chief Administrative Officer of Macmillan Learning, one of the world’s leading educational technology companies. As CAO, Allison oversaw Customer Service, Communications and Information Security, and the People Function with an especial focus on strategic human resources. From 2012 to 2014, Allison was the Chief People Officer of Fab.com, Inc., a global design e-commerce start-up, which had operations New York City, Pune, India, Berlin, Germany, and Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Prior to Fab, Allison was Chief Administrative Officer at Kaplan, Inc., a global educational service company serving students at every stage of their lives. At Kaplan, Allison oversaw human resources, technology, publishing and the distribution center. Prior to Kaplan, Allison was an attorney with the Manhattan law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, LLP, specializing in Intellectual Property and Technology. She is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School. She clerked for Judge Robert W. Sweet in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Angela Vallot, Partner, VallotKarp

Ms. Vallot is a partner of VallotKarp, a boutique diversity and inclusion consulting firm focused on helping organizations create more inclusive work environments where people can work together more effectively. Angela began her career as a corporate lawyer practicing for 17 years in two different law firms, She then became the first Chief Diversity officer of Texaco and later, Global Chief Diversity officer of Colgate Palmolive. Ms. Vallot graduated from Mills College and Georgetown University Law Center.