Brandi Junious leads global diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across a multitude of industries, transforming multinational corporations, firms, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and local governments through the tactical interweaving of DEI practices into all facets of the business structure. Her areas of focus include organizational wellness, strategic workforce diversity planning, pay equity analysis and remediation, DEI-centered change management, workplace culture assessment, and the creation of professional learning programs. She has partnered with Fortune 100 and 500 companies, media leaders, technology firms, higher education institutions, community-based organizations, and financial management firms to advance DEI efforts, impacting thousands of employees and their surrounding communities. 

Junious is an adjunct professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism teaching the graduate-level course Managing Complexity in Diverse Organizations and is also an expert keynote speaker. Junious’ work through the USC Race and Equity Center has been featured in CUPA-HR’s Higher Ed HR Magazine, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, and the USC Rossier Magazine.

Additionally, Junious is an internationally recognized artivist and contributor to art movements centering on identity, justice, and representation. She is the founder and CEO of Beacon of Light Whole-Person Wellness, a nonprofit organization dedicated to research and programming designed to improve whole-person wellness through creative therapies and holistic healing. As a trauma-informed certified therapeutic art life coach, Junious teaches individuals how to use art as a pathway for healing, restoration, and reclaiming power. In this pursuit, Junious has worked with organizations such as Usher’s New Look, the Crenshaw YMCA, Project LEAYD, the Los Angeles Trust for Children’s Health, Los Angeles Parks and Recreation, Wellnest, and others to promote healing and wellness for marginalized communities.