Tiana S. Clark

Tiana is a sought-after speaker, panelist, and contributor for organizations such as The Tory Burch Foundation, Upwork, Amazon Web Services, The Urban League, Microsoft, and more.

As a global corporate tech leader, she created her own positions at two Fortune Top 10 companies, including building Microsoft’s first-ever and best-in-class U.S. Services Sales University. She also served on the Blacks at Microsoft Chicago leadership team.

In 2018, as a mom of four—and with no prior filmmaking experience—she created and executive-produced the Hollywood-award-winning web series Soci Circle to teach children to be more confident and inclusive.

She has won several awards for excellence. As a nonprofit founder, her organization received an award from Big Brothers Big Sisters for recruiting hundreds of mentors for their long waiting list of underserved youth. And as a US Airforce military intelligence sergeant, she won Airman of the Year—the most prestigious award.

For her work, she has been featured in several publications, including The New York Times and The Economist.

Tiana currently serves on two school boards, K-8 & Higher Ed; is an Adjunct Professor of Executive Education at Northwestern University Kellogg Business School; and is the founder of Audacious Academy, a career advisory program empowering corporate professionals of color to reclaim their greatness and own their careers with audacity.

She holds a M.S. in Educational Leadership and a B.S. in Political Science with a minor in African-American studies.