Amira Barger
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Amira Barger is an award-winning Executive Vice President and Head of DEI Advisory, providing senior reputation management and communications counsel to clients across the globe. She is also the author of The Price of Nice: Why Comfort Keeps Us Stuck—And 4 Actions for Real Change, coming October 2025, a bold exploration of how “niceness” upholds inequity and a call to action for real change. Recently named Woman of the Year by Women Health Care Executives, Amira has also been recognized as one of 50/50 Women on Boards' Top 50 Women to Watch for 2024–2025, Involve People’s Top 100 Executives, CMO Alliance’s Top CMOs of 2024, Top 50 Global DEI Professionals by OnConferences, Mogul’s Top 100 People Leaders, Leaderology’s Fearlessly Authentic Leaders, and Business Insider’s 30 Under 40 in Healthcare Innovation. A dedicated educator, Amira serves as a Professor of Marketing, Communications, and Change Management at California State University East Bay, where she joined the faculty in 2019. She also lectures at UCSF. A data-informed organizational architect, she leverages design thinking to advance DEI and solve complex challenges. Amira holds a B.A. in Marketing from Vanguard University and an MBA from Letourneau University. She has further invested in her expertise by earning DEI certifications from Cornell University, the University of South Florida, and SDS Global Enterprises Inc.. A lifelong learner, she has also achieved the CVA (Certified Volunteer Administrator) and CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive) designations. She lives in Benicia, CA, with Jonathan, her life partner of 20+ years, their daughter Audrey, and their furry sons—Bucky, a blue-eyed silver Labrador, and Potato, a toy poodle.
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