Jai McBride Calloway

Jai is a highly experienced diversity, equity & inclusion organizational consultant and ombudsperson with a mission to redefine the way people understand and work together by harnessing the power of difference. Jai has spent over ten years working and studying DEI policy and program design, and conflict resolution. Jai applies a unique, transformative approach to implementing anti-racism into DEI design framework by integrating conflict resolution ideology into DEI program design. Jai earned her Bachelors of Science in Sociology from the University of New Mexico where she also attended as a track and field athlete. Shortly after, she earned a Masters of Science in Public Affairs – Administration of Justice from Texas Southern University. Jai later pursued a Doctor of Jurisprudence from South Texas College of Law. Most recently, Jai earned a Masters of Law in Dispute Resolution from The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law, where her studies focused mainly on cross-cultural conflict, organizational conflict and advanced mediation.