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On this episode of Just One Q, Dominique chats with guest Aiko Bethea, a DEI expert, certified executive coach, and former attorney with a passion for justice and equity. She’s the founder of RARE Coaching & Consulting and works with notable organizations including the Brené Brown Education and Research Group. They discuss the pushback against DEI rooted in scarcity, binaries, and individualism, and present self-reflection and accountable spaces as a powerful and necessary antidote.
Aiko is the principal and founder of RARE Coaching & Consulting. She was also the Sr. Director of the Dare to Lead™ global facilitator community of the Brené Brown Education and Research Group, and now serves as a coach and leadership development expert for that same group.
Aiko is a builder, learner, and thought partner. Her expansive career that’s rooted in the pursuit of justice has seen her work as a grassroots community organizer, then as a litigator and as an attorney for the City of Atlanta, then as the Deputy Director of a compliance team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where she served for 7 years. There, she created the foundation’s first employee resource groups and led some of the first organization-wide conversations about race, not as part of her job description, but as part of living the core values that she demonstrates in her life and work.
From there, Aiko dove into equity work full time. She’s consulted for various companies and organizations across the United States, including Intuit, City of Seattle, PATH, Pokemon, Starbucks, Qualcomm, NASA, Theatre for Young Audiences, Uber, and Gap.
Becoming a certified executive coach was a natural step stemming from her inherent desire to collaborate with others on their learning journey while serving them in their own growth process.
Aiko is guided by her unique background as a Black and Asian American woman along with her intrinsic values of justice and loyalty and her role as a mother raising two Black sons.
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