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Dr. Sandra Scott is a visionary leader and devoted mother who stands at the forefront of healthcare innovation and community empowerment. With a distinguished career spanning academia, hospital leadership, and community service, Dr. Scott's journey embodies resilience, compassion, and a relentless commitment to excellence.

As the Interim CEO of the One Brooklyn Health System, Dr. Scott leads with unwavering dedication to advancing healthcare equity and inclusion. Her tenure includes historic milestones, such as becoming the first-ever LGBTQ African American woman to lead Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in its 100-year history. Through her leadership, Dr. Scott seeks to create a healthcare landscape that embraces diversity, champions inclusivity, and addresses the unique needs of underserved communities.

Dr. Scott's path to leadership is rooted in academic excellence and a passion for service. A graduate of Louisiana State University and Baylor College of Medicine, she honed her skills during a residency in Emergency Medicine at Boston Medical Center. Throughout her career, Dr. Scott has held key leadership positions, including Chief of Service for Emergency Medicine at Rutgers's New Jersey Medical School and Chair of Emergency Medicine at Lincoln Medical Center in the South Bronx. In each role, she has demonstrated a unique blend of strategic vision, empathy, and advocacy, fostering an environment of collaboration and transformation.

Beyond her professional achievements, Dr. Scott is deeply committed to community service. She is supportive of organizations like Girls for Gender Equity, MyTime Inc. (Autism Awareness), and Ladies at Lunch, Inc. (Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Support), working tirelessly to uplift underserved communities and promote health equity. Dr. Scott's dedication to service extends to international medical missions with Unified for Global Healing, Inc. in countries such as Haiti, Ghana, India, Jamaica, and Scotland, where she provided critical healthcare services to those in need.

As a mother to her 8-year-old son, Dr. Scott exemplifies resilience, strength, and grace. Balancing the demands of leadership with the joys of motherhood, she inspires others to embrace their multifaceted identities and pursue their passions. Her commitment to her family, community, and the pursuit of excellence is a beacon of hope and inspiration for all.

Public Speaker and Thought Leader.

Tiq shares his story of being transgender and how that informs his views on masculinity, race and gender. He travels throughout North America leading discussions on healthy modes of masculinity, inclusive leadership and creating cultures of consent. He has lectured at several universities including Harvard, Stanford and Brown on the importance of inclusion as a tool of innovation and outlines concrete strategies for productive engagement.

Inclusive Media Consultant and Host, he is a sought-after host and strategic media consultant. He’s moderated conversations about LGBT representation in media for HBO’s Newfest Film Festival, The Toronto Film Festival, LOGO and MTV. He’s hosted authors in conversation at The Schomburg Center for Research, NYU and Princeton. This spring he will be hosting an evening at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.

As a media consultant, he guides organizations and companies in creating detailed media campaigns that engage diverse audiences in ways that are inclusive and authentic. He’s worked with HBO, NBC News and various film and television producers on the rollout of several projects including the documentaries HBO’s Suited and Netflix’s The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson. Tiq also served as the Senior Media Strategist and National Spokesperson for GLAAD using data driven strategies to engage various media in appropriate and honest LGBTQ representation and creative direction.

Cultural Influencer and Writer.

Tiq writes about pop culture, inclusive leadership, transgender rights and equity. A journalist for over a decade, his work has appeared on MIC, Buzzfeed, NBC and CNN, among others. His 2016 TED Talk, A Queer Vision of Love and Marriage alongside his wife, Kim Katrin Milan has been viewed over 3 million times and continues to inform and inspire people all over the world. His memoir, A Self-Determined Life is slated to be published Fall of 2025.