SPECIALISTS IN DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (DEI) RESEARCH, CONSULTING, AND TRAINING

Our Story

Diversity Focus was birthed out of a vision to create a more just, equitable, and inclusive world. As a social enterprise driven by a social mission, our foundation is the belief that, through consciousness-raising, we can shift hearts and minds. We are committed to shifting harmful beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours that create inequity and exclusion in the workplaces and communities. Founded by Elizabeth Lang, Diversity Focus is committed to empowering workplaces to create more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces that cultivate belonging. Our research, consulting, training, and executive coaching services help us bring our mission to life.

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Our Vision

To create a more equitable and inclusive world.

Our Mission

To empower people to create equitable and inclusive cultures through research, consulting, and training.

Elizabeth (She/Her) is the CEO and Lead Consultant at Diversity Focus. As the Lead Consultant, she works closely to help align company policies, procedures, and practices with global diversity, equity, and inclusion benchmarks.

Elizabeth Lang

CEO

Sanyulandy Leowalu is the Research Development Officer at Diversity Focus. She developed a passion for training and research through discussions with marginalised communities on various sensitive topics. She believes in fact-driven, evidence-based teaching practices and is fascinated by human interaction's nuances and ever-changing nature.

Sanyulandy Leowalu

Research and Development Officer

Elizabeth Tekanyo is Training Facilitator at Diversity Focus. With a solid background in anthropology, cross-cultural sexual and reproductive health, and human rights, she is passionate about achieving social and cultural change. She develops and delivers workshops across all training streams.

Elizabeth Tekanyo

Training Facilitator

Shenali Perera is a Training Facilitator and Coach at Diversity Focus. Her areas of expertise include intersectional diversity and inclusion, youth and community engagement and co-design/social service. Shenali uses art as a medium to connect and engage in creative problem solving and learning.

Shenali Perera

Training Facilitator

Ben Hawksworth is a Training Facilitator and Coach at Diversity Focus with a background in youth work and functional training. Ben has worked with at-risk young people for almost two decades with the Department of Child Protection and as an outreach worker on the Northbridge project. Ben has a passion for health, fitness and building strong communities.

Ben Hawksworth

Training Facilitator

Darrell Horrocks is a Training Facilitator and Coach at Diversity Focus. Darrell has worked with corporate and tertiary education providers in information technology. He is fascinated by how technology drives bias and interested in the intersections of artificial and human intelligence. Darrel is passionate about people, gender equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Darrell Horrocks

Training Facilitator

Charlotte Round is a Training Facilitator at Diversity Focus.She values the understanding and the intrinsic advantages a culturally diverse workplace offers from twenty years in the hospitality industry. Her dynamic nature, multicultural background, education and experience allow her to bring a unique and multi-faceted flair to training.

Charlotte Round

Training Facilitator

Tinsae Teshome is a Training Facilitator at Diversity Focus. She has a background in behavioural science and a passion for gaining critical consciousness of contemporary matters to create lasting social change. Tinsae's interests include race relations, community work and combating the stigma in mental health.

Tinsae Teshome

Training Facilitator

Kim Veale is a Training Facilitator and Coach at Diversity Focus. Kim has over twenty years of experience as a trainer, delivering on a range of topics from leadership and business management to financial literacy and entrepreneurship. Kim has volunteered as a mentor with the School for Social Entrepreneurs (Australia) and currently mentors start-ups through the federally funded Boosting Female Founders Initiative.

Kim Veale

Training Facilitator

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Our Story

Diversity Focus was birthed out of a vision to create a more just, equitable, and inclusive world. As a social enterprise driven by a social mission, our foundation is the belief that, through consciousness-raising, we can shift hearts and minds. We are committed to shifting harmful beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours that create inequity and exclusion in the workplace. Founded by Elizabeth Lang, Diversity Focus is committed to empowering workplaces to create more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces that cultivate belonging. Our research, consulting, training, and executive coaching services help us bring our mission to life.

The work of Diversity Focus is informed by our founders’ personal and professional background. Elizabeth has lived in various cultural contexts worldwide, with a diverse professional background in community development, social science research, and tertiary academic teaching. Elizabeth witnessed and experienced the power of workplace culture firsthand. She has experienced how a positive culture brings life to the workplace and allows individuals to thrive. She has also witnessed how toxic cultures create exclusion and disengagement, adversely affecting individual and collective well-being in the workplace.

Understanding the power of workplace culture, Elizabeth set out to bring the vision to life by collaborating with organisations that believe in the principles of equity and inclusion as fundamental to the life of their workplaces. Diversity Focus helps companies create equitable and inclusive workplaces so people can thrive. Through this, businesses enjoy the natural effects of healthy workplace cultures, including heightened creativity and innovation, creating a competitive advantage in a global marketplace.

Diversity Focus has grown organically through its vision by collaborating with organisations, businesses and institutions invested in realising this vision for their workplaces. We continue to strive to create a more equitable and inclusive world, one workplace at a time.