In her former life, Tia most recently served as the Director of People Operations at 24/7 Laundry Service, a full-service agency with content creation, production, and media buying. Prior to that, she served as an HR Manager at Wieden + Kennedy, an independent, creatively led advertising agency where she helped to transform the agency’s HR initiatives and programs. In the earlier years of her HR career, Tia served in the Federal and District of Columbia Government as a Management Analyst and HR Advisor. And, in her first entrepreneurial endeavor, she served as the Managing Director of The Sevan Group – an African American woman-owned photography and design studio which she also co-founded. Tia is no stranger at the intersection of blackness, feminism, queerness, and motherhood. Rooted in the community with a desire to progress the lives of African-Americans and women, her community work is through the local Boards of Directors where she has served as an executive or committee member including the Black United Fund, Bitch Media, Portland Workforce Alliance, and Jack and Jill of America, Inc. She is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, a service organization. Tia is an honors graduate of Howard University with a BBA in International Business and Marketing and an MBA from the University of Maryland University College. She holds the SHRM-Senior Certified Professional Certification and recently contributed to the Career Thought Leaders 10th Annual White Paper revealing the new and next in the careers industry.