Tiffany Jana (born June 13, 1977) is the founder of TMI Consulting Incorporated, a diversity and inclusion management consulting firm founded in 2003 and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. TMI Consulting is a benefit corporation as well as a certified B Corporation and earned the 2016 Best for the World[1][2] honor from the nonprofit B Lab that certifies B Corps worldwide.
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| Born | June 13, 1977 El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Phoenix (BS, MBA, DM) |
| Occupation(s) | Diversity Consultant, Author |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Jana is the co-author, with Matthew Freeman, of Overcoming Bias: Building Authentic Relationships across Differences (2016, Berrett-Koehler), as well as co-author, with Ashley Diaz Mejias, of Erasing Institutional Bias: How to Create Systemic Change for Organizational Inclusion (2018, Berrett-Koehler). The former received an endorsement from 2016 Vice-Presidential candidate Tim Kaine.[3] TMI Consulting is featured in The B Corp Handbook: How to Use Business as a Force for Good[4] by Ryan Honeyman and, more recently, Jana has become the co-author, with Honeyman, of the second edition of The B Corp Handbook (2019, Berrett-Koehler). Dr. Jana helped rewrite the new edition from a perspective of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Launched April 23, 2019, the second edition was an instant best-seller on Amazon, hitting #1 in New Release in Green Business, #3 in Green Business overall, and #8 in Corporate Governance on the first day (and improving those positions on day two to #1 in Green Business, #1 in Corporate Governance, and #3 in Environmental Economics). The B Corp Handbook 2nd Edition was awarded an IPPY medal in Business Category (45) of the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards.[5]
Jana's fourth book, co-authored with Michael Baran is titled Subtle Acts of Exclusion: How to Understand, Identify, and Stop Microaggressions (2020, Berrett-Koehler). The day after Subtle Acts of Exclusion launched, Jana and Baran presented the book with its subtle acts of exclusion term for microaggressions at the Forum on Workplace Inclusion, the largest diversity, equity and inclusion conference in the United States. Their session was called "There's Nothing Micro About Microaggressions".[6] Four months before the book went on sale, Publishers Weekly featured it in an article about up and coming books.[7] Subtle Acts of Exclusion went on to win two international awards: the getAbstract Readers’ Choice 2020 International Book Award[8] and the 2020 McAdam Book Award.[9]
In December 2012, Jana gave a talk as part of TEDxRVAWomen. In 2013, Jana was a winner of both the Style Weekly Top 40 Under 40 award[10] and the Women Worth Watching award from Diversity Journal.[11][12] In 2017, Jana was one of the winners of the 2017 Enterprising Women of the Year Award from Enterprising Women magazine.[13]
Jana is an international public speaker, having provided the keynote address for the 2015 Hong Kong Social Enterprise Summit,[14] and the Dialogues for Change in several German cities including Berlin, Leipzig, Ludwigsburg, and Bottrop.[15][16][17] They participated on a panel as part of Adweek's 2016 Adweek New York conference at Thomson Reuters featuring her book.[18] In August, 2015, Jana was appointed for a 5-year term by the Governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe to the board of trustees of the Science Museum of Virginia.[19] On November 11, 2016, Mayor-elect of Richmond, VA, Levar Stoney named Jana as co-chair (with lobbyist and former gubernatorial aide Bill Leighty) of his transition team.[20] Jana was appointed to a four-year term on the board of directors of the Richmond Economic Development Authority on January 9, 2017[21] and was subsequently named one of Inc. magazine's Top 100 Leadership Speakers for 2018.[22] Dr. Jana was appointed to the Virginia 2020 Census Complete Count Commission by Governor Ralph Northam in January 2019.[23]
Dr. Jana identifies as gender fluid and non-binary, and prefers singular they pronouns.[24]
References
edit- ^ "Richmond-based TMI Consulting named Best for the World". Progress-index.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The List – Best for the World". Bftw.bthechange.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ^ Jana, Tiffany; Freeman, Matthew (1 November 2016). Overcoming Bias: Building Authentic Relationships across Differences. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. ISBN 978-1626567252.
- ^ "TMI Consulting | B Corporation". bcorporation.net. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
- ^ "IPPY Awards 2020". www.ippyawards.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "There's Nothing Micro About Microaggressions". forumworkplaceinclusion.org. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- ^ "Building a Better Workplace: Business Books 2019-2020". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "20th International Book Award Winners 2020". journal.getabstract.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "Alliance Unveils 2020 McAdam Book Award Winners". allianceonline.org. Archived from the original on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "Tiffany Jana, 36 | 2013 Top 40 Under 40 | Style Weekly - Richmond, VA local news, arts, and events". Style Weekly. 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ^ "Classes 2013". Women Worth Watching. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ^ "Tiffany Jana". Women Worth Watching. 2013-09-07. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ^ "2017 Enterprising Women of the Year Award Winners". Enterprising Women. Archived from the original on 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2017-06-01.,
- ^ "Ms. Tiffany Jana - Social Enterprise Summit 社企民間高峰會". Ses.org.hk. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ^ "U.S. and German Cities for Sustainable Urban Development | The German Marshall Fund of the United States". Gmfus.org. Retrieved 2016-10-19.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Breakout Brief : Dialogue for Change : Talking about Equity and Inclusion" (PDF). Gmfus.org. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ^ "Dialogues for Change Final Workshop | The German Marshall Fund of the United States". Gmfus.org. 2015-03-23. Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ^ "Advertising Week - New York [Sep 26 - 30 ] / Speakers". Newyork.advertisingweek.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ^ "Governor - Newsroom". Governor.virginia.gov. 2015-08-28. Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ^ "Richmond Times Dispatch [Friday, Nov 11, 2016]". www.richmond.com. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
- ^ https://richmondva.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4893273&GUID=1A3F55C0-3A0D-4D7E-BFFD-013C44D8B21F [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Kruse, Kevin (Jan 11, 2018). "The Top 100 Leadership Speakers for 2018". Inc.com. Retrieved Aug 17, 2019.
- ^ "Governor Northam Issues Executive Order Creating 'Virginia Complete Count Commission'". www.governor.virginia.gov. Retrieved Oct 6, 2019.
- ^ Curran, Colleen (June 20, 2019). "They/Them: 5 Richmonders who identify as nonbinary share their gender identity journeys". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved July 18, 2020.