10:00–11:30 a.m. | PANEL: Understanding Implicit Bias & its Impact on Healthcare Leadership (1.5 Face-to-Face Education Credits)

Vidya Moorthy, Founder of Austin-based Clural LLC and CEO of Bassett Education India, is a  communication strategist, DEI specialist and a specialist in cross-cultural training, boundary crossing tactics, media relations and inter-personal communication.  

She served as vice-president of Client Services at Bassett & Bassett, Incorporated, a strategic  communication management firm head-quartered at Detroit, Michigan, where worked closely  with legislators, lobbyists, reporters and organizations on both corporate marketing campaigns  as well as grassroots public information campaigns.  

She then served as the Managing Director, Asia-Pacific Operations for Bassett & Bassett. Dedicated to making a meaningful contribution to the field of education, she founded Bassett  Education India, a Life Skills training solution for students, teachers and professionals,  specializing in DEI. Having worked with professionals in three continents for more than two  decades, she has a global perspective of DEI. Recognizing that effective communication is the  key to professional and personal success, she is an expert trainer in psychological skills,  emotional skills, non-verbal communication, networking, email etiquette, global sensitivities,  media relations and nuances of different styles of communication across cultures. 

During her expansive professional career she has worked with teams from all over the world  including European, Japanese, American and African teams. She is also a corporate trainer,  independent consultant and was visiting faculty for the MBA programs at Symbiosis University,  Pune and an active member of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce. 

Moorthy has a master’s in Business Administration in Finance from Osmania University as well  as a master’s in Public Relations from Michigan State University. She serves on the Advisory  Board of the Austin Business Woman, VP of Communications at WilcoHR, Education Director of  Texas Women in Business and is a Founding Member of the Executive Council Network.