Dr. Kim Brown Barber is a successful businesswoman, city councilwoman and a longtimeeducational leader with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. As an advocate foruniversity students and women leadership, her passion and commitment over the last 17 yearshas focused on several areas to include: increasing diversity and inclusion, closing theachievement gap, women empowerment and leadership. Additionally, she has published achapter in “Teaching through Challenges for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.”Her constantperseverance and dedication led her to be appointed by the former Governor Steve Beshear tothe Diversity Committee for The Council for Postsecondary Education and the StrategicPlanning Committee for The Council for Postsecondary Education for the state of Kentucky.As the former Director of Pre-College and Early Outreach Support Programs at California StateUniversity Monterey Bay, Dr. Brown Barber continues to enhance diversity and inclusion forunderrepresented students and afford them the opportunity to achieve success at every academiclevel. Additionally, as the first minority woman as city councilwoman for the beautiful city ofMonterey, California, she continues to strive for inclusive voices, affordable housing, businessand residential collaborations and continued sustainability.She received a Bachelor’s degree from Hampton University, a Master’s degree from theUniversity of Maryland in International Business, and a Doctorate degree with a focus on PublicPolicy and Social Change from Union Institute and University.As the CEO of her company and brand, Dr. Kim, Dr. Brown Barber strives to inspire womenof all ages, races, cultures, identities, and religions on a global scale to live lives of their fullyunlocked POWER.Impacting Change Speaker Series:● Keynote at National Campfire Organization, 2023● Speaker at Boost Conference, Palm Springs, 2022● Speaker at All in for Equity, Monterey County of Education, 2019● Speaker at American Association for Hispanics in Higher Education 2018● Speaker at Kentucky Women’s Forum, 2018● Guest on The Good Radio Network, 2018● Speaker at The American Association for Blacks in Higher Education,2017● Speaker at Purdue University at Indianapolis, 2016● Assisted the coordination of the White House Hispanic Initiative Visit forHispanic Awareness and Advancement, 2015● Speaker at Kentucky L.E.A.D. at the University of Louisville, 2014Read more about this authorRead less about this author