Supporting Allyship and Anti-Racism at Work

A dynamic, energetic, results-oriented corporate trainer and speaker, Ms. Brownlee provides thought leadership in the areas of antiracism, leadership, and individual and organizational effectiveness. After years of working as a business strategy consultant with top IT firms, in 2003 Dana Brownlee founded Professionalism Matters an Atlanta based speaking and corporate training company. An energetic and innovative speaker and trainer, Dana has thrilled audiences with speaking events around the U.S. and globally. Her presentations are specifically designed to provide best practices and techniques that participants can immediately apply in the workplace. A Senior Contributor for Forbes Careers, her business expertise has been featured by numerous media outlets including CNN, The Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, The Economist, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Redbook, Working Mother, and others. Her first book “The Unwritten Rules of Managing Up: Project Management Techniques from the Trenches” was published by Berrett-Koehler in February 2019. She is the author of the LinkedIn Learning course "Essentials of Team Collaboration". A nationally recognized speaker, Dana speaks to groups large and small on a variety of topics including encouraging antiracist workplaces, tips for rescuing your meetings, dealing with the difficult boss, secrets of the “Thoroughbred Leader”, and discovering the keys to true work-life balance. She holds a BS, BIE, MBA, and PMP. Specialties: Workplace antiracism, leadership and team building, communications training, project management, team retreat facilitation. She can be reached at https://professionalismmatters.com/ or [email protected]