Dr. Hayley Haywood is an equity-centered solutionist, coach, and consultant. She is the founder of Elevating Access, a Worcester- based capacity-building firm that helps universities & mission- driven employers build equitable pathways to soulfilling work through identity-conscious coaching, & ongoing advisory, training & implementation support. Dr. Haywood has fifteen years of experience working with diverse organizations from NASA to Northeastern University. She has provided identity-conscious leadership coaching to hundreds of professionals, administrators, & students drawing from her interdisciplinary background in counseling, leadership education, organizational learning, & equity work, most recently as Assistant Provost for Organizational Learning at Clark University. Through intentional strategy, Dr. Haywood’s programs have increased retention of students, employees, & faculty of color, nurtured sense of belonging, & enhanced team capacity to contribute to an equity- centered community. Her work has been featured in Inside Higher Ed, CareerConnectors.Org, StartUp Nation, & CollegeRecruiter.com. Dr. Haywood’s experience is informed by content expertise obtained through a psychology degree from Clark University, a master’s in counseling and personnel services from the University of Maryland College Park & a doctorate in organizational change & leadership through the University of Southern California where she studied the college-to-career transitions of first-generation college graduates of color.