La Tonya Woodson-Mayfield, PhD, CDP
Director of Global DE&I
CBRE
Dr. Woodson-Mayfield is a certified consultant in diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I), and human resources. Her responsibilities have focused on creating DE&I programming, as well as operationalizing DE&I strategies and goals for marquee clients. In addition, she has extensive previous experience in learning and organizational development, leadership development, employee engagement, and change management. Dr. Woodson-Mayfield is also a course facilitator at Cornell University for their DE&I and HR certification programs. Dr. Woodson-Mayfield is also a dedicated public servant, serving as a Crowley ISD School Board Trustee. Additionally, she serves on the Board of Visitors for the AddRan College of Liberal Arts at Texas Christian University, as well as the Boards of Talent Acquisition Leadership Keynotes (TALK) and the North Texas Advisory Council of the National Diversity Council (NDC). She is also a Class of 2020 graduate of the prestigious Leadership Fort Worth, an organization that promotes diversity and inclusion in the city of Fort Worth and surrounding communities. She is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and Jack and Jill of America, Inc., where she volunteers her time for numerous community service projects. She holds a B.S. from Texas Christian University, an M.S. from Amberton University, and a Ph.D. from the University of North Texas. Outside of work, Dr. Woodson-Mayfield enjoys spending quality time with her husband and two children. She also enjoys writing and public speaking. In 2019, she pinned her first co-authored book titled, Power Moms, which was inspired by her multi-faceted experiences as a working mother, and her second co-authored book, an Amazon #1 Best Seller titled, Black Women Speak Out: Stories of Racial Injustice in America, was released in September 2020 and was inspired by the recent killings of unarmed Black Americans by police and hundreds of years racial injustice for people of color.
