Event Details
DEI & EEO Changes Due to Recent Executive Orders
| Date: | April 8, 2025, 11:00am – 12:00pm |
| Organizer: | Claudia Schabel |
| Location: | Webinar: Register through Wildapricot (link coming soon) |
| Price: | $10.00 for Non-members |
| Event Type: | Webinar |
| iCal link | Add to Calendar |
Claudia Schabel Bio
Claudia Schabel is the Founder, President and CEO of Schabel Solutions Inc., a full-service DEI consulting firm helping organizations across the U.S. normalize inclusive behaviors, operationalize equity and build the skills, confidence and plans needed to achieve and sustain successful workforce, workplace and marketplace/community outcomes.
Born and raised in Brazil, Claudia lived and worked in Japan for five years prior to moving to Iowa in 1999. Claudia’s approach as a sought-after DEI consultant combines over 20 years of DEI and human resources practitioner experience, largely with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies, with her international, multicultural background. Her expertise and background positions the firm to offer customized consulting, training and coaching services in the areas of DEI and cultural competency.
Claudia holds a certificate in Diversity & Inclusion from Cornell University. She is a Certified Virtual Facilitator™ (CVF™) by the International Institute for Facilitation as well as Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®) certified for conducting organization-wide cultural equity assessments, which the firm leverages when helping clients develop and implement robust and sustainable DEI strategies.
A former commissioner on the City of Des Moines Civil and Human Rights Commission, Claudia now serves on the Iowa Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) State Council as the Director of Diversity. She also serves on the Grand View University Board of Trustees, the National Small Business Association’s (NSBA) Leadership Council, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Region 7 Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board as well as the boards of the Science Center of Iowa and Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden.
Her many years of leadership within the community led to honors and recognition such as the Drake University Zimpleman College of Business Women’s Impact Award (2024), Business Record’s List of Business Leaders You Need to Know (2024), Business Record – Iowa State University Ivy College of Business Woman Business Owner of the Year Award (2023), CITYVIEW Business Journal’s 22 from 2022 Award, Business Record ‘Forty Under 40’ Honoree (2008), State of Iowa’s Robert D. Ray Iowa Latino Ambassador Award (2010), and Iowa International Center Passport to Prosperity Award (2014).
Claudia has made Des Moines her home with her spouse and Chief Operating Officer, Brad Schabel.
