Hanadi Chehabeddine
Named “World-Class Peacekeeper” and “Everyday Hero” by the Star Tribune, Hanadi is an inclusion consultant, Speaker and Coach. As a thought-partner to leaders in business, education and government, Hanadi gives voice to communities of color and inspires employees from all identities to come together around shared our humanity.
Hanadi has worked as an inclusion consultant and trainer with clients such as Kimberly Clark, Land O’ Lakes, Blue Cross Blue Shields, National Diversity Council, Wunderman Thomason, B Lab, MAS Department of Mental Health, Hennepin County and many more. Her training sessions have been featured at the National SHRM Diversity and Inclusion Conference, Leadership Diversity Alliance, The Forum on workplace Inclusion, The Multicultural Women’s National, EmERGe Conference, Serious Play, The National Diplomacy Summit and many others.
She is a Human Rights Award recipient from the city of Eden Prairie for her efforts in dismantling misconceptions and building bridges of unity. She has been featured in The Washington Times, The Huffington Post, the Star Tribune, The Minneapolis Institute of Art and Cosmopolitan magazine. Hanadi joined the US State Department in 2016 as a speaker on social media and social change, and delivered a TEDx talk in 2017. Her success attests to her caliber and outspokenness.
Before coming to the United States, Hanadi was an award-winning creative and communication specialist working across different media, including print and television in the Middle East.
Public speaker
Diversity trainer
Media professional
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"My hope is that we will have the courage to talk about uncomfortable topics and reach out to one another with nothing but love"
About the company
Hanadi Inc. is a Minnesota-registered C Corporation. Through education, awareness and consultancy Hanadi aims to establish harmony in corporate communities in the private and public sector and thus help eliminate some of the prejudice against different minority groups in the U.S and around the globe.
As a speaker Hanadi has helped companies lead some of the most courageous conversations around diversity, inclusion and belonging by creating a safe environment for employees to ask questions and be a voice for communities of color in the workplace.
Hanadi Inc. aims to challenge the negative perception portrayed in the media by presenting and mainstreaming positive stories that reflect the honest contributions of People of Color and positioning them as an active and essential fabric of the American community.