Joy Rain, M.A., M.Ed.
Joy started her career as an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies at the most racially diverse liberal arts college. Those experiences led her to obtain a second master’s degree in Social Justice Education. Facing mounting student loans, she found herself in the private sector in the finance and insurance industry. As one of the first executives to be part of diversity and inclusion teams for Fortune 100 and 500 organizations, she has been on the ground floor in DEI industry over the last fifteen years, Joy consults for organizations in technology, engineering, software, education, and even retail. As a female entrepreneur for the last ten years, Joy designs and aligns D&I strategies with programs that elevate business results and change lives. As a nationally recognized expert and speaker on diversity and inclusion, bias and privilege, Joy offers key insights in workshops that elevate participant leadership skills, emotional intelligence, and roadmaps for transformative action. Joy’s uses her gentle strength to lead people to their learning edge which results in enhancing an organization’s inclusive culture and increases all employee’s experience of belonging in the workplace. As an executive coach and advisor to Employee Resource Groups and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committees, she creates space for organizations to realize the value DEI. Joy uses her knowledge of storytelling and narratives to inspire clients to realize their own lived experiences of diversity, equity, and inclusion which results in each of us being the change we all need.
Joy holds a Master of Education in social justice from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She also has a Master of Arts in psychology from Boston University. Joy has taught over twenty-five unique courses spanning the disciplines of statistics, psychology, education, gender studies, and critical race studies.
Noted speaking engagements:
“Diversity in the Workplace: Bring Your Whole Self to Work.” Sponsored by the Career Center and Center for Student, Diversity, and Inclusion, at Suffolk University, October 2020.
“Fishbowls, oceans, and the art of unpacking unconscious biases in ourselves and others.” Inspiring Women’s Leadership Conference at the University of South Florida at Gainesville, March 2020.
“Unusual Suspects: How Two Women Create Space for Authentic Equity and Inclusion.” March 2020
When she is not speaking and leading workshops, she takes on interim head of HR & DEI roles for startups, nonprofits, and is often the first executive in such roles and positions the organization to successfully integrate diversity and inclusion into all aspects of an organization. In her spare time, she reads spy novels and goes on hikes with her wife Jen, son Lucas, and their three dogs, Toby, Axis, and Atlas.
