About Us
Inclusion Stars was founded by Dinah Richter Spritzer, a veteran journalist, accredited diversity strategist & trainer, and media professor.
Dinah Richter Spritzer
Dinah Richter Spritzer is the author of Global Intercultural Communications, a best-selling interactive course book first used by the University of Phoenix Business School.
As the founder of Media Confident consulting firm, which expanded into the globally focused Inclusion Stars, Dinah has provided communications and workplace culture expertise to a wide range of satisfied organizations around the world.
Her clients include Radio Free Europe, JPMorgan Chase, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, WeWork, Morgan Stanley, Time is Ltd., North Carolina State University, Avast (Gen), Phrase, European Society for Gynecologic Oncologists, Novartis, The British Council, and L’Oreal.
Dinah created RolePlayResults™ to engage all levels of employees in active, mindful problem solving. RolePlayResults™ encourages participants to improvise inclusive communication with real-time scenarios. This approach is based on Dinah’s decades of field work and vigorous academic testing. Dinah has a Master’s of Science in Organizational Development, Leadership & Diversity from the Haub Business School, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia.
A native of New Jersey, Dinah also spent decades covering social issues, minorities, gender and politics in Europe as a journalist writing for the New York Times, USAToday, Jerusalem Post and other top-tier media outlets. (See Portfolio).
A love of storytelling and transformation naturally led Dinah to apply her practical intercultural experience in organizational settings. She seeks to inspire a new generation of inclusion experts and communications professionals as a professor of journalism at New York University and the Council for International Educational Exchange (CIEE). Dinah’s public speaking engagements have included “Your Harassment Denial is Costing You Talent” for DisruptHR and “The Confidence Game” for Femme Palette, a global mentoring organization. (See webinars).
As a volunteer, Dinah organizes one of the world’s largest Halloween trick-or-treat for charity events. The annual candy-fueled celebration, which Dinah created in 2017, raises thousands of dollars for SOS Villages, an internationally respected charity that financially supports children whose parents cannot take care of them. To learn more about our Inclusion Fundraisers please click here.
Dinah explains the simplicity of inclusion at OPIM’s DEI Conference in Prague, Czechia.
Our Collaborators
Ryan Keating
Ryan is a former McKinsey & Company Global Communications Specialist, All In, Diversity and Inclusion (DEI). He led McKinsey’s LGBTQ+ Employee Resources Groups for Central Europe and created inspiring DEI celebrations for International Women’s Day and Day of Pink. An expert content writer and editor in all things tech, Ryan also has extensive experience with inclusive leadership communications for leaders as well as spearheading Diversity & Inclusion workshops. McKinsey awarded Ryan three “People Service Awards” for global contributions to the firm in the area of diversity, equity and inclusion. A native of Australia, Ryan currently runs several leading international film festivals spotlighting cultural drama and comedy from around the world with a special focus on regions whose work is little known outside their own movie markets.
Jana Tikalova
Jana is the founder and CEO of OPIM, Central Europe’s oldest and most respected nongovernmental organization focused on human resources and diversity. OPIM is the flagship organizer of the Living Library, fostering empathy and cognitive expansion by connecting organizations with representatives of nondominant groups.Through D&I Shapers, a membership platform, OPIM supports companies who seek to promote professional education in the field of diversity, equity and inclusion for all employees. OPIM runs one of Europe’s leading annual conferences on diversity issues that concern leaders, employees, governments, nonprofits and consultants. Jana has a masters in cultural anthropology from Durham University in England and is certified as a diversity “master” by Copehange’s prestigious Living Institute.
Michaela Raiserová
Michaela is a well-rounded communications and human resources leader with decades of global experience. She creates better teams with impactful communication, having transformed employee engagement for leading tech firms such as Ataccama, Avast, and Emplifi. Michaela is currently focused on the use of improvisation to boost innovation. Along with an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Management in Phoenix, Michaela has a master trainer certification from Prague’s School of Improvisation. She uses improvisational techniques to improve leadership development and business outcomes. In addition, Michaela launched the “Old Age Shines,” an outreach organization to educate, activate and connect people of all generations. Debunking myths about aging, Old Age Shines promotes an age-inclusive society and workplace.