Meet the panelist 

Val Rupp is the Chief People Officer for fabric, a Seattle based headless commerce business. In this role, Val has the opportunity to be inspired daily. Inspiration comes in the form of helping to build an incredible business with market transformation possibilities. Val is working to build a team of amazing talent, a culture which will help shape fabric as it scales and grows, and the audacious goal of creating an employer brand that not only wows and delights current employees, but is also seen as a top employer of choice among SaaS companies.

Gorki De Los Santos is a multi-skilled storyteller and communications leader with more than 15 years of experience in media relations, strategic, business and brand marketing communications and government affairs. He has a proven track record of serving as a trusted advisor to Forbes Global 2000 Companies including The Coca-Cola Company and Nielsen. Currently, Gorki is a Sr. Manager of Communications at LinkedIn. In this role he leads external Equity and Inclusion communications and is tasked with sharing LinkedIn’s equity journey and creating deeper relationships with multicultural press.

Claudia Chávez is a Career and Executive Coach with over 25 years of organizational experience in both multinational companies and as an entrepreneur. She is fully bilingual in English and Spanish and is thus able to coach or present in whichever language her client chooses. Her organizational experience began in Human Resources and then transitioned to Market Insights and Consumer Psychology where she had the opportunity to serve as a consultant for various companies in the Consumer Goods, Retail and Financial Industries. She has been part of the faculty for Universidad Iberoamericana in Monterrey, México and is currently part of the adjunct faculty for Psychology at UAGM, a private dual-language institution in the Dallas area.

Currently Claudia is a Senior Consultant for Career Management Partners, a Talent Development Firm in the Dallas Area. And is a Coaching contributor with Stewart Leadership also in the Dallas Area. Claudia serves on the Advisory Board for Latino Career Assessment TM, a new tool to help the Latino Community develop in Corporate America.

Claudia holds a Master in Humanistic Psychology from Universidad Iberoamericana; an Executive and Professional Coaching Graduate Certification from the School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas, a program accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF); a Diversity and Inclusion Certification from Cornell University; a Market Research Specialization from the American Marketing Association; a Certification in Conversational Intelligence by WBECS; a Certification on MBTI by CPP. She also holds a PCC credential by the ICF. Claudia is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and of the Hispanic Women Network of Texas.
Throughout her career she has been known for being pragmatic, driven and delivering results at a fast pace.

Claudia’s main interest is in helping executives better move forward by working with their strengths. Whether discovering their career paths, redefining their experience in a new environment, facing multicultural environments and diversity challenges, or working through everyday circumstances, her humanistic approach brings access to self-awareness and positive self-image. She currently resides in the Dallas area with her husband.