About Equity Commons - A Future Without Bias

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Equity Commons is spearheading innovative approaches to end implicit bias via cutting-edge technology.

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By integrating the latest cross-disciplinary research with cutting-edge technology, we offer powerful Virtual Reality training solutions for reducing implicit bias.

Recognizing the widely demonstrated negative impacts implicit bias has on society and across major industries, our team was motivated to craft a solution that builds more equitable and inclusive environments.

Equity Commons was born out of shared frustration and shared hope — frustration over the negative impacts of implicit bias and hope that innovative technology could provide a solution.

While a medical resident at Emory University, Dr. Aubrey J. Grant gave grand rounds on the topic of implicit bias in medicine. As a Tech Impact Fellow at Davidson College, Leslie Alvarado’s capstone project was a virtual reality experience providing a glimpse into “a day in the life” of being a Black male student on a predominantly white college campus. As a long-time friend of Dr. Grant’s and founder of the Davidson Tech Impact Fellowship, Whitney A. White saw an opportunity to bring Leslie and Dr. Grant together to use virtual reality technology to combat implicit bias in medicine. So in 2018, Equity Commons was born.

Since then, Equity Commons has expanded to help organizations across myriad industries address implicit bias, creating more equitable and inclusive workplaces, outcomes, and communities.

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The experiences that we build for our clients are guided by deep expertise in the field of equity to effectively address underlying biases wherever they exist.

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Led by our Founders, the Equity Commons team is an integration of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and professional experiences.

Dr. Aubrey J. Grant is the Chief Equity Officer and Co-Founder of Equity Commons. Dr. Grant is also a practicing clinical sports cardiologist and Director of Cardiovascular Sport & Performance with MedStar Health. Prior to that, he was a clinical sports cardiologist at the Harvard Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition, he is dedicated to investigating health disparities and bias in medicine - whether through bias in experiments, patient interactions, or decision making.

As a medical resident at Emory University, he published research highlighting disparities in heart transplants and the effects of food deserts on cardiovascular risk. As a cardiology fellow at Georgetown University, he began serving with the American Heart Association to raise awareness on inequities in medicine.

Dr. Grant attended Davidson College, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Sociology while also being a member of the Division I soccer program. After graduation, Dr. Grant worked for the non-government organization Grassroot Soccer in South Africa. Dr. Grant later gained acceptance to Meharry Medical College where he graduated cum laude.

Whitney A. White is the CEO and Co-Founder of Equity Commons. For over a decade, Whitney served as CEO of Afara Global, an innovation firm that guides startups, social enterprises, and corporate teams through the process of launching and scaling new products and services. Whitney is also the creator of Take Back Your Time , a coaching practice that helps high achievers cut through the noise of the million and one things on their plates and get on a clear path to achieving the goals that matter to them most.

Whitney began her career in management consulting with Bain & Company, where her work spanned go-to-market strategy, merger integration, and cost reduction projects across a myriad of industries. Whitney later led business expansion, supply chain, and logistics teams for multibillion-dollar e-commerce company McMaster-Carr prior to leading fulfillment operations on the Washington, DC launch team for Google Express.

A graduate of Davidson College, Whitney is Co-Founder of the Emergence Scholarship of the Davidson Trust and Founder of the Davidson College Tech Impact Fund, which provides paid experiential learning opportunities for women and students of color to intern with women and minority owned businesses in critical areas related to tech at no cost to the business. Whitney is Chair of the Davidson College Board of Visitors and a member of the Davidson College Board of Trustees, where she serves on the Teaching, Learning, & Research and Audit & Finance committees.

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Leslie has dedicated herself to the development of innovative software and Virtual Reality based solutions and technologies. Throughout her career she has developed a variety of Virtual Reality training experiences. Her first creation took the user through a day in the life of a Black college student at a predominantly white institution after the shooting of an unarmed Black man. She has also developed Virtual Reality training experiences that help combat the historical bias around the agency and capabilities of enslaved individuals in America during the Civil War era. Her work focuses on the use of Virtual Reality as a tool to combat bias across numerous areas of society.

Alongside that work, she has spent time within the technical education sector, creating and managing curriculum used to train potential employees for Fortune 500 companies. She strives to push technology past its limit and initial use by adapting it to combat social issues.

A graduate of Davidson College, Leslie earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Mathematics with a concentration in Computer Science and a technical specialization in Virtual Reality.

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