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Education

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Lesley University | Cambridge, MA
M.A., Interdisciplinary Studies  

Lasell University | Newton, MA
B.A., Legal Studies

FACTUALITY Highlights & Features
 

• Curry College | President's Leadership Conference | Keynote Speaker | 2026

• American Heart Association | Courageous Conversations Speaker | 2025

• LexisNexis | Juneteenth Keynote Speaker | 2025

• LexisNexis enERGy Summit | FACTUALITY the Game | 2025

• NYATEP's Youth Practitioners Conference | Plenary Speaker | FACTUALITY the Game | 2025

• University of Miami | Cultural Symposium | Keynote Speaker | FACTUALITY the Game | 2025

• Princeton University | FACTUALITY the Board Game Facilitation | 2025

• NSMDC Top 100 MBE/WBE Awardee | DMV | 2024

• FOX | Juneteenth & Pride Month Guest Speaker | FACTUALITY Pride Facilitation | 2024

• Google | Pride Month Guest Speaker | FACTUALITY Pride Facilitation | 2024

• Association of Social Work Boards | Keynote Speaker | 2024 | Participants received CEs

• L3Harris Inclusion Conference | Virtual FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2024 

• University of Phoenix Educational Series | Combating Discrimination with Gamification | 2024

• Hubspot Offsite | FACTUALITY the Board Game Facilitation | 2023

• Google | Annual Diversity Conference | Virtual FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2023

• AAUUW/NCCWSL | Woman of Distinction Awardee | 2023

• Fortune Magazine: How boards can make good on their DEI commitments | 2023

• Authority Magazine: Female Founders: Natalie Gillard of FACTUALITY On The Five Things You Need To Thrive and Succeed as a Woman Founder

• Columbia University | DEIAJ Symposium | FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2023

• Nike, Jordan, & Converse Worldwide Marketing | Virtual FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2023

• National Council on Aging: Living Our Equity Promise | Panel Moderator | 2022

• L3Harris Inclusion Conference | Virtual FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2022

• National Association of Social Workers | Keynote Speaker | 2022 | Participants received CEUs

• Gilchrist Diversity Day | Keynote Speaker | 2022

• Synchrony | Global Diversity Experience | FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2022

• American Bar Association Annual Meeting | FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2022

• DuPont | Black ERG x Juneteenth | Speaker & Social Justice donation awardee | 2022

• Feeding America: Health Equity Panel | Panelist | 2022

• American Psychiatric Association (APA) | Equity Coach & Consultant | 2022

• Google | Core ML Summit | Hybrid FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2022

• Change Healthcare | The Art of Reinvention | Keynote Speaker | 2022

• Featured in AFRO American Newspapers: Factuality is the board game giving players a 90-minute crash course on structural inequality in the U.S. | 2022

• Human Rights Campaign (HRC) | Equity Convention | Plenary Speaker | 2022

• Twitter #UntilWeAllBelong: Virtual FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2021

• Let's Face the FACTS by Lasell University | 2021

• The Birth of FACTUALITY by Kham Owens & Lasell University | 2021

• Who is Natalie Gillard? by Kham Owens & Lasell University | 2021

• Featured on Intentional Conversations VodCast with Dr. Nika White | 2021

• Featured in Baltimore City's Office of Equity and Civil Rights Fair Housing's National Fair Housing Month Programing | 2021

• CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield 2nd Annual Week of Equity & Action: Virtual FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2021

• Promising Principals Conference: FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2021

• Tri-State Conference on Diversity & Inclusion: Virtual FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2021

• Illinois Assocation for College Counseling: Virtual FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2021

• She Runs It Multicultural Bootcamp: Virtual FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2021

• Global Citizen Forum: Virtual FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2021

• NAIS People of Color Conference: Virtual FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2020

• The 2020 Maryland Family Engagement Summit Webinar Series: Virtual FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2020

• 46th Annual American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity: Virtual FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2020

• Featured in Baltimore City's Office of Equity and Civil Rights Fair Housing Webinar | 2020

• Featured in Amazon Best Seller | The Memo: What Women of Color Need To Know To Secure A Seat At The Table | 2019

• Featured in Baltimore Magazine’s August/Best of Baltimore Issue | 2019 

• Featured in The Baltimore Jewish Times | DFI Plays 'FACTUALITY' Game as Part of Diversity Training | 2019

• Taharka Brothers & Natalie Gillard created FACTUALITY, the ice cream flavor | debuted at Johns Hopkins | 2019

• Baltimore County Public Schools: Leadership Advance Conference: FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2019

• National Association of Social Workers: FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2019 | Participants received CEUs

• Maryland Cultural Proficiency: FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2019

• Super ACAC Idea Institute Pre Conference Session | FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2019

• National Conference of College Women Student Leaders | FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2019

• 69th Annual Jack & Jill Teen Conference | FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2019

• Featured on #Secure the Seat: Women of Color Securing Their Seat at the Table | 2018

• Featured in BostonVoyager: Meet Trailblazer Natalie Gillard | 2018

• The Memo Presents: After 6: Career Conversations on Intersectionality | Panelist | 2018

• Featured in AFRO American Newspapers: Natalie Gillard Uses Her DIY Talents to Promote Inclusion | 2018

• Featured in Baltimore Magazine's Women of the World Festival Highlights | FACTUALITY | 2018

• Maryland Cultural Proficiency | FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2018

• Games 4 Change Festival | FACTUALITY Talk & Facilitation | 2018

• Women of the World | FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2018

• The University of Arizona: Women in Leadership Panelist | 2018

• American College Personnell Association (ACPA) | FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2018

• Kellogg Foundation, Racial Equity Resource Guide | FACTUALITY | 2018

• District of Columbia Personnel Association FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2017

• Mid-Atlantic LGBTQA Conference | FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2017

• Maryland College Personnel Association: Maryland State Chapter Showcase Representative | FACTUALITY | 2017 

• Maryland College Personnel Association: FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2017

• Maryland Cultural Proficiency: FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2017

• Culturally Responsive Teaching: FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2016

• Women of the World Festival: FACTUALITY Facilitation | 2016

• International Association for Human Caring Conference: FACTUALITY Poster Presentation | 2016

Professional Experience
                                             
FACTUALITY® | Baltimore, MD
Founder & Facilitator | 2016-Current
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Stevenson University | Owings Mills, MD
Assistant Vice President, Multicultural Experience | 2016-2018 

Notre Dame of Maryland University | Baltimore, MD 
Adjunct Faculty | Sociology: Race, Class, & Gender | 2016

Notre Dame of Maryland University | Baltimore, MD
Director of Student Leadership and Inclusion | 2012-2016

Pine Manor College | Chestnut Hill, MA
Director of Student and Community Engagement | 2011-2012

Wheelock College | Boston, MA                                           
Director of Student Leadership and Diversity Programs | 2010-2011
Coordinator for Student Leadership and Diversity Programs | 2007-2010
Residence Director | 2007-2011