Elise Ahenkorah is an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker and inclusion advocate. She is educated in Law & Justice, International Relations, Change Management and is currently pursuing her MBA. She is also an alumni from Cornell University’s coveted diversity and inclusion strategic planning program.

As Principal and Inclusion Strategist for inclusion FACTOR, she designs data-driven strategies to build inclusive workplaces and communities for public and private sector-based clients across North America and the UK. She also serves as Diversity and Inclusion Specialist for one of Canada’s leading food retailers — Sobeys.

Elise is actively involved in the community serving as Alberta's first Black Pride executive in her past role as Vice President of Calgary Pride and currently, as the founder of #shemeets — a non-profit that supports the success of women of colour (WOC) entrepreneurs, and innovators through mentorship, workshops, community connections, and knowledge-sharing.

Elise’s innovative DE&I strategies and community contributions have been recognized by the Canadian Centre for Diversity as the 2019 Community Contributor Award recipient and by the University of Calgary as with the 2020 Diversity Days Staff Excellence award.