Emeli is a five-time social entrepreneur, fierce intersectional design advocate, L&D trainer & multidisciplinary HCD designer. With two decades of facilitation, she has reached over 1 million people through 15,000 motivational & codesign workshops in social impact ventures.
Emeli is also the Founder of SoCo, a Diversity Equity & Inclusion startup that teaches emotional agility to VC’s, founders, leaders and teams to become aware of, and present with power bias (in the self, others & institutional strategy) when investing with under represented groups.
Currently studying Masters of Design Future to redesign many of the social, cultural, political and professional structures that support Australian communities that have remained static and unchallenged for generations.
Emeli’s mission is to continue to empower people to speak their truth, build socially inclusive workplaces and connected communities.
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HCD Innovation projects:
- building diverse communities (1mill +ppl impacted)
- Snr Program Manager (600+programs designed & delivered)
- coDesign /UX Researcher (startup, Health, Social Sector)
- facilitated 15,000 + face to face and remote experiences (23 yrs)
- 60+ startup, corporate & professional services training (Chipper Cash, Google. YouTube, Telstra, NAB, AMP, PwC, Medibank, JF Financial Group, Ausbrokers, Nike, PDF Foods, KFC, IGA, Jeanswest, Lion, MkT…)
- advocacy campaigns meetings with Oprah, Bono, His Holiness Dalai Lama, Brene Brown, Russell Brand, Sir Richard Branson
- cofounder, wellbeing social enterprise (10k customers, 1k EQ coaching clients, 20 x services developed)
- cofounder, womens empowerment (Birdcage, xTribe)
- cofounder First Nations programs (Flame, No More Shame, 20+communities)
- cofounder 20,000ppl social impact concerts and mobilised national campaigns (Make Poverty History Concerts, Zeroseven Roadtrip -now Global Citizen)
- co design 50+ Government & social sector (DHHS, DSS, Good Shepherd, Carers Vic, Reach)
- 3000+ educational institutions across Australia
- training manager to 3000+ instructors & facilitators
- evidence-based approaches (Positive Psychology, Neuroscience, ACT, CBT, Narrative, Joseph Campbell Heroes Journey, GROW)
- international development (Africa, Palestine, Ireland, NYC)
- $20m+ philanthropy funding
- supportive mentor network #gratitude