Ruth C. White, PhD MPH MSW RSW is a writer, speaker, and consultant in equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) and mental health. Her full-time role is EDI Project Advisor at the Rotman School of Management at the University in Toronto, where she also teaches in the Factor-Inwentash School of Social Work. Ruth is also a part-time therapist in private practice. In 2004 Dr. White, conducted groundbreaking research on the LGBTQ+ community in Jamaica. As an expert witness, she worked with Yale, Columbia and NYU Law Schools, leading law firms, and immigration and gay rights organizations to prevent the deportation of members of the Jamaican LGBTQ+ community from the USA. Dr. White has authored several books in mental health, and has written for Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Tracy Anderson Magazine. Dr White gained tenure in social work at Seattle University, then taught in the virtual MSW program at the University of Southern California for 7 years. She has also taught at UC – Berkeley, San Francisco State, Simmons and Fordham universities. As a subject matter expert, Ruth was a mental health contributor on KRON4-TV (San Francisco) for three years, and has been a DEIB consultant for leading corporations including JPMorgan, Indeed, PwC, Premera and more. Ruth is passionate about wandering the planet and being outdoors – especially with her adult daughter, Maya.