Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham

Founder/CEO at Promoting Good

Member since April 2023

Diversity/Women Issues

Education: Boston College - Boston University School of Law
Worcester, MA, USA

Biography

Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham is the founder and CEO of Promoting Good and a co-founder of Casita Cultura Latina. Valerie is a trilingual and multiracial immigrant from Mexico. A trained lawyer, she is a social good entrepreneur, an impactful diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant and inclusive leadership coach, and equity advocate/policy leader. At Promoting Good, she leads a growing firm that partners with organizations and leaders committed to creating transformation equity change nationally. At Casita Cultura Latina, she is elevating Latino culture and excellence while bridging and elevating deep societal issues affecting our Latino/a/e/x community in inclusive, intergenerational community spaces with a crew of gifted Worcester Latino/a/e/ leaders from across sectors.

Valerie is an active community leader and volunteer engaged with many non profit organizations in a variety of capacities.

Valerie obtained a B.A from Boston College in Political Science and French Literature and a J.D from Boston University School of Law, where she received the Faculty Award for Community Service.

Valerie has lived a life across borders and seeks to create belonging, respect, and justice for people wherever they reside, work, and play.

Passion

Promoting Good, Inclusive Leadership, Latino/a/e/x Culture, Social Entrepreneurship, Leading with Passion and Authenticity, Authentic Relationships, Creating Transformational Change, Leading as You

Best Story

Boldly living your values and passions without fear is how you succeed and find joy.

Origin Story

I am a founder, and our success and growth stem from living our values, saying no when opportunities arose that are not in line with our values, and passionately pursuing partnerships where there is mission alignment. As a DEI firm, we live and practice our values and model equity inclusion and belonging so that our clients see what brave and authentic leadership looks like and that they too can choose inclusive leadership. .

Topics/Keywords

leadership inclusive leadership diversity equity inclusion dei women leaders latinas culture entrepreneurship social entrepreneurship deib
I am willing to travel more than 100 miles
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I always get paid for speaking

Best Story

Boldly living your values and passions without fear is how you succeed and find joy.

Origin Story

I am a founder, and our success and growth stem from living our values, saying no when opportunities arose that are not in line with our values, and passionately pursuing partnerships where there is mission alignment. As a DEI firm, we live and practice our values and model equity inclusion and belonging so that our clients see what brave and authentic leadership looks like and that they too can choose inclusive leadership. .

I am willing to travel more than 100 miles
Yes
I always get paid for speaking

Topics/Keywords

leadership inclusive leadership diversity equity inclusion dei women leaders latinas culture entrepreneurship social entrepreneurship deib