How The Equity Project came to be

Dr. Dwinita Mosby Tyler specializes in the development and delivery of equity, leadership, diversity, cultural responsiveness, and inclusiveness training programs and strategies. Dr. Mosby Tyler is the former Senior Vice President and Chief Inclusion Officer for Children’s Hospital Colorado—the first Black woman to hold that position in the organization’s 100+ year history. She is also the former Executive Director of the Office of Human Resources for the City and County of Denver—the first Black woman to hold that position in the 63+ year history of the agency.

Originally from South Texas and a proud Chicana feminist, Ariana has dedicated her career to various endeavors seeking to further racial equity. Ariana has worked as an attorney, legal advisor, and community organizer, focusing on issues including wage theft, immigrants’ rights on the job, sexual harassment, health care access, intimate partner violence, and LGBTQ rights. 

Most recently, Ariana served as National Network Director for the Government Alliance on Race & Equity, a project of Race Forward. There, she strengthened the national movement of local government leaders across the country who are working to improve local government’s  responsiveness and accountability to all their residents, especially communities of color. In her role as Network Director, Ariana was instrumental in expanding programming to help local governments grapple with new challenges and foster innovative approaches to address inequities. Ariana has presented workshops and webinars for thousands of participants, on subjects ranging from the application of a racial equity analysis; how to talk about race in the workplace; and how to overcome obstacles to equity efforts.

Quill has been an innovative leader in the higher education DEI space for the last 7 years. She has led two community colleges through implementing DEI strategies to advance the success of employees and students in a way that centers the experiences of historically marginalized populations. She has also been consulting the last four years and has worked with state agencies, non-profits, and tech companies advancing their DEI initiatives, resources, and goals. Quill has experience developing, implementing, and assessing organizational equity strategic plans, training and professional development programs, inclusive hiring, retention practices, policy review and revision. 

Quill has been a social justice educator for the last 10 years and is an alumnus of the Social Justice Training Institute. She was competitively selected to be a Chief Diversity Officer Fellow with the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education in 2018. Quill has a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Studies from Colorado State University and has a Master of Arts in Student Affairs Administration from Michigan State University.

Hannah Galgiani is a licensed social worker with a passion for supporting organizations as they seek to operationalize equity across their systems. As the Director of Operations and Engagement, Hannah oversees all operations and partnership opportunities responsibilities include leading the client acquisition process, overseeing all project management for consultant team, and working in collaboration with consultant team to help develop new and innovative program offerings. Hannah Provides key support throughout DEIB assessment processes; leading survey development and distribution, facilitating focus groups and interviews, and writing key elements of final reports.

Before moving out West, Hannah spent multiple years working for various reproductive rights non-profits in both New York City and Amsterdam, where she became passionate about organizational change and the employee experience. Hannah has a Bachelors in Gender Studies from Clark University, a Master of Arts in Comparative Gender Studies from the University of Utrecht, and a Master of Social Work from the University of Denver.