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Ruth Rathblott
High Performance
Resilience
Transform workplace diversity with Ruth Rathblott, speaker and inclusion advocate. Ruth works with organizations to embrace uniqueness, overcome challenges, and build inclusive cultures, leveraging 25 years of leadership experience at HEAF and Big Brothers Big Sisters NYC.
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Ruth is a natural leader and advocate for diversity, dedicating her entire 25-year career to creating opportunities for those who face obstacles in their daily lives. She firmly believes in the power of inclusion, education, and providing opportunities for people to achieve greater success.
For 15 years, Ruth played a key role at Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City, contributing to its effectiveness and expansion. As the CEO of the Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF) for the past seven years, Ruth leads a 31-year-old college access and success program for underserved youth in NYC. Her work aligns with HEAF's mission of offering a range of educational, developmental, leadership, and personal resilience opportunities.
Ruth's own experience with a limb difference has made her a renowned inspirational speaker and coach on diversity, inclusion, embracing uniqueness, and overcoming life's challenges.
If you are looking to make progress in creating a more diverse and inclusive workforce, Ruth is the person to turn to. She will help you take two important steps in the right direction.
Ruth brings a wealth of experience from her 25-year career dedicated to fostering diversity and creating opportunities for those facing challenges. Her personal journey and professional success as a leader in nonprofit organizations make her an authentic and inspiring speaker on diversity and inclusion. Booking Ruth will empower your team or business to embrace uniqueness and drive meaningful progress towards a more inclusive environment.
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Email ruth.rathblott@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Ruth's availability and fees. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and a bit about your audience.
Ruth Rathblott draws on her personal experience of living with a limb difference to frame her talks around the theme of embracing uniqueness, using her own life narrative as the primary vehicle for delivering messages on diversity, inclusion, and overcoming challenges.
Ruth Rathblott speaks on diversity and inclusion, resilience, and embracing uniqueness as shaped by her own experience with a limb difference. She serves as CEO of the Harlem Educational Activities Fund, a college access and success programme for underserved youth in New York City, and previously held a senior role at Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City across a 15-year tenure.
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