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Kahlil Greene          

"The Gen-Z Historian"; New York Times Featured Social Media Influencer; Public Academic & Advocate for Racial Justice

Kahlil Greene uses his unique leadership experiences and Gen-Z perspective to provide a youthful, forward-looking intervention to commonplace and antiquated strategies for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). He has authored op-eds about organizational equity in the LA Times and Washington Post, and his article “Dear CEO’s: A Gen Zer’s Open Letter to His Future Employers” was published in the Harvard Business Review. As a junior in college, Greene completed a summer internship with McKinsey and Company and later earned a Hall of Fame designation from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington for his fundraising and support of the nonprofit.

Greene was elected the first Black student body president in Yale's 318-year history. Throughout his year and a half-long term, which lasted through the COVID-19 pandemic, his administration’s successes included grassroots fundraising of over $57,000 for racial justice organizations in one week, launching six affinity networks to increase racial, socioeconomic, and gender representation on the Council, and initiating a walk-in mental health counseling program for students. Greene stayed committed to his campaign promises to offer direct critiques of Yale’s administration and provide active support for student-led movements and protests—a defining aspect of his tenure.

Today, Greene is a New York Times featured social media influencer known as "The Gen-Z Historian," verified on Instagram with over 440k followers and 12mm views on TikTok. Both Instagram and Facebook, Inc. have collaborated with and sponsored Greene’s work directly. He engages in political discourse with social media influencers and users from diverse backgrounds, using his platform to generate awareness around social issues in real-time. Greene is also recognized as a public academic and advocate for racial justice, addressing historical and contemporary issues. His advocacy work and engagement have been recognized with a Peabody Award for “The Hidden History of Racism in New York City,” signifying his profound impact on public discourse.

Speech Topics

DEI in the New Decade

After the summer of 2020, the nation manifested a heightened awareness of the societal impact of corporations. Now, students across colleges and universities are collectively blacklisting, or “canceling”, certain companies for insufficient support of underrepresented and marginalized communities that exist both inside and outside of the organization. Greene will discuss young people’s expectations for diversity, equity, and inclusion across institutions and how organizations can live up to the DEI standards of this new decade.

Be The Change

When employees don't voice their concerns about a workplace’s management, culture, or trajectory, opportunities to improve and better an organization are lost. Greene will use successes from his time as student body president at Yale, an institution older than America itself, to illustrate how one individual can disturb the inertia of a workplace set in its ways and get the most out the people who drive it.

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