We create
workplaces where everyone can thrive.

We work in close partnership with our clients to ensure DEI work is highly impactful. We connect the dots between DEI goals, employee experiences, and business performance to identify the best way to drive sustainable, meaningful change.

highlights

Top Areas of Improvement

✓ Retention

✓ Promotions

✓ Engagement

✓ Psychological Safety

✓ Recruiting

✓ Business Outcomes

The Equity At Work™ Proven Approach

At Equity At Work™, our mission is to help organizations utilize DEI to have a profound impact on their employees, businesses, and communities.

We customize our solutions to each organization’s culture, business model, and environment, meeting clients where they are.

We employ a listen-first approach, determining how DEI can enhance cultures and businesses.

We focus on impact through behavior and values, not just policy and process, grounded in proven change management models.

We are partnership-driven, focused on building in-house knowledge and skills so our clients can sustain DEI long-term.

Core Values

FOCUSED ON PURPOSE AND IMPACT

INNOVATIVE

HIGHEST INTEGRITY WITH A COMMITMENT TO EXCEL

GRITTY AND RESOURCEFUL

TEAM AND PARTNERSHIP BUILDERS

leadership

Michelle Bogan

Founder + CEO

Michelle’s mission is to help organizations have a profound impact on their employees, businesses, and communities through their DEI work.

Michelle is the Founder and CEO of Equity At Work™, known for creating innovative solutions for even the most complex DEI challenges. Michelle is also on the Investment Committee of RevTech Venture Capital, on the Advisory Board of AI-tech firm Theatro, a member of Forbes' Business Council, and has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Bloomberg, and more. Before this, she spent 25 years working at Accenture, Kurt Salmon, Macy’s Inc., and The Walt Disney Company.

Jamey Applegate

Senior Director, DEI 

Throughout his career, Jamey has taken teams where employees feel disengaged, voiceless, and powerless and transformed them into thriving environments in which team members are seen, heard, valued, and empowered to do their best work.

For leaders, he has designed diverse, equitable, and inclusive cultures that will center people, foster belonging, and drive operational success. For organizations, Jamey built systems and roadmaps that transformed workplaces into ones where each person can be their authentic self and feel empowered to use their voice to push the company forward.

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  • “Michelle was very clear on the work - deliverables, timing, approach. She did a nice job of connecting with associates across the org to take a level deeper in understanding our culture, associates and circumstances.”

    JULIE M.
    Vice President of Talent, Safelite

  • “They listen and find the best way to communicate to and reach our team.”

    JULIE B.
    Director, Kainos Capital

  • “Great partnership and DEIB subject matter expertise.”

    DIVYA P.
    Senior Director, HR, Host Hotels & Resorts

  • “Michelle and Jamey worked very collaboratively with the team. They have an understanding of opportunities and how to engage with our team.”

    JIM P.
    AGM of Operations, Nike

  • “Michelle was amazing to work with. She was able to communicate the intricacies of developing a more diverse organization.”

    RENEE B.

    Contract Analyst, AMN Healthcare