Mr. Rowell is an instructor, coach, consultant, speaker, and author. David has had a stellar career as an instructor of leadership, team-building, and diversity having taught classes for U.S. Federal agencies and with U.N. Organizations. His audiences have included all levels of management, public, private and uniformed service, and have spanned the globe. And in working with U.N. Organizations David has also conducted one-on-one coaching sessions with female professionals from the world-over.
David has also passionately led national diversity programs. He was the Chair of a large federal agency National Diversity Council and a Special Emphasis Program Manager. In this David worked steadfastly in supporting and elevating the marginalized (women, LGBTQ, persons of color, …).
David has broad expertise in the area of gender issues and empowerment. He has led a Gender Focus Working Group within the U.S. Government. And has worked with U.N. Organizations in promotion of ‘Gender Mainstreaming’ where among other things he contributed to international gender equality policy and action planning.
After a distinguished federal career Mr. Rowell founded Parity Consulting where he continues his work in empowerment and diversity. David’s gender efforts focus on ‘Organizational Gender Balance’. This subject addresses the negative organizational impacts of gender imbalance, and the positive organizational impacts of gender balance. David is a sought-after consultant, speaker and author on this topic. His book – Value and Voice, Solutions to Organizational Gender Balance – defines gender balance in terms of contribution and influence parity and outlines how to achieve and leverage balance. David is a strong champion of women, and a staunch advocate of fully empowering both women and men to work equitably together in supportive and effective partnership.
