Karen Craggs Milne

Keynote Speaker | Toronto, Ontario

Anti Racism and DEI Strategist
Transformational and Inclusive Leadership Expert

Karen Craggs Milne's Expertise: Alliances & Partnerships, Business Ethics & Values, Gender Equality, Public Relations & Media Training, Adaptability & Agility, Cultural Diversity, Racial Justice, Unconscious Bias, Women's Leadership, Inclusive Leadership, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Workplace Bullying & Harassment.

Karen Craggs Milne

About Speaker Karen Craggs Milne

Karen Craggs is an award-winning Inclusive Leadership Expert, Anti-Racism and DEI Strategist, and systems change architect who helps organizations identify and remove systemic barriers to access, opportunity, belonging, and influence while building stronger workplace cultures. As Founder and CEO of Conscious Equality Inc. and former VP, ESG and Head of Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at ThoughtExchange, Karen Craggs has partnered with more than 150 organizations, including governments, global institutions, and Fortune 500 companies, to advance inclusive leadership, anti-racism, gender equality, and organizational transformation. With more than 25 years of international experience, Karen Craggs is recognized for her Conscious Equality™ philosophy and practical frameworks that help leaders create meaningful and sustainable change.

Delivering on Global Equality - Karen Craggs-Milne

Delivering on Global Equality - Karen Craggs-Milne

Karen Craggs-milne: Unpacking Gender Equality in the Workplace

Karen Craggs-milne: Unpacking Gender Equality in the Workplace

3 Tips for Creating Inclusive Families.

3 Tips for Creating Inclusive Families.

4 Parallels from Ahmaud Arbery’s Tragic Death.

4 Parallels from Ahmaud Arbery’s Tragic Death.

Karen Craggs Milne Biography

Karen Craggs is an equity centered systems change architect who helps organizations identify and remove systemic barriers to access, opportunity, belonging, and influence while building stronger, more effective systems where everyone can thrive. An award winning Inclusive Leadership Expert, Anti-Racism and DEI Strategist, and human connection speaker, Karen helps leaders move beyond good intentions to clear, practical action that improves how people work together, make decisions, and lead.

As Founder and CEO of Conscious Equality Inc., and former VP, ESG and Head of Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at ThoughtExchange, she has partnered with 150+ organizations including governments, global institutions, and Fortune 500 companies to embed anti-racism, DEI-IR, gender equality, and inclusive leadership into how they operate shaping strategy, culture, and decision making.

At the heart of her work is Conscious Equality™ her signature leadership philosophy and roadmap. It integrates a deep understanding of systemic oppression with leadership and change pathways, helping leaders align how they think, show up, and act to create meaningful, lasting change. Karen’s signature frameworks (such as The Black Leadership Code and the 6 Principles of Decolonization Framework) are designed to provided much needed clarity while doing equity work.

With over 25 years of international experience, Karen is trusted to guide complex conversations and translate them into clear action and measurable results. A Kenyan born Canadian of mixed-race, multilingual, and multi-faith heritage, she brings both lived experience and strategic expertise helping leaders understand how power, privilege, and systemic structures shape access, opportunity, belonging, and influence and what it takes to lead meaningful change.

A powerful activator, Karen doesn’t just inform or inspire she moves people into action. Where others feel stuck, she brings clarity, energy, and momentum reigniting belief in what is possible and each person’s role in creating change. Organizations work with Karen as a keynote speaker, strategic advisor, facilitator, and through her Conscious Equality Practitioner Certification, equipping leaders and teams to embed this work sustainably.

Her work spans C-suite boardrooms to global communities, creating space for honest conversation, connection, and transformation. Karen’s impact has been widely recognized, including as an Obama White House Gender Equality Changemaker, Global Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Sustainable Development Goals, LinkedIn Global Superhero, Top 100 Canadian Professional, and Business Insider Top HR Innovator.

At her core, Karen helps people practice Conscious Equality—bridging who they are, what they know, and how they lead so they can create inclusive workplaces and communities where everyone can truly thrive.

 

Karen Craggs Milne Topic Presentations

Karen Craggs Milne From Toronto, Ontario, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

Unconscious Leadership™: The One Shift That Changes How You Lead

Inclusive Leadership in Practice: The Core Behaviours That Drive Performance

From Microaggressions to Microactions: What to Do in the Moment That Matters

Beyond Bias: 5 Unconscious Biases and How to Interrupt Them in Real Time

Allyship in Practice: A Practical Framework for Inclusive Action

Navigating Conflict with Care: Leading Through Tension, Not Avoiding It

Anti Racism in Action: From Commitment to Systems Change

A Fresh Take on DEI: The Conscious Equality™ Roadmap

Interviews
Karen Craggs Milne
  • How to Not Be Racist: Interview with Karen Craggs-milne
  • Racism: CTV Interview with Karen Craggs-milne and Tonya Williams.
Podcasts
Karen Craggs Milne
  • How to Not Be Racist

Karen Craggs Milne Speaking Testimonials

"Karen is able to link deep levels of theory and practice with challenges that organizations face in the equality space."

Dr Belinda Ketel

XnyergistiX

"Karen came highly recommended as a strong subject matter expert, with a great personality and a flexible, customized approach. All true."

Esperanza Monsalve

YMCA of Greater Toronto

"The length and breadth of her experience in the field of gender equality within different countries, context, languages and systems is truly exceptional."

Deborah Mensah Awere

"Karen brought our corporate values to life in a way that made them meaningful to everyone in the room."

Kelly Glass

Interac Association & Acxsys Corporation

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