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.