Dr. Golnaz Golnaraghi

Biography

Dr. Golnaz Golnaraghi (she/her) never followed a straight career path, and she’ll tell you that’s exactly the point. A first-generation immigrant who has lived in three countries, Golnaz has built a career across three worlds: corporate marketing, where she led national partnerships for multinational organizations; academia, where she worked as a professor and scholar; and social entrepreneurship, where she became an award-winning founder. She carries the lessons of each world into the next, bringing business strategy, research rigour and community-rooted action into everything she builds.

Today, Golnaz is the Founder of Accelerate Her Future, Canada’s leading social impact organization advancing gender equity and creating more equitable workplaces. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, books and magazines, including The Oxford Handbook of Diversity in Organizations. A TEDx speaker, and she has shared her insights on international stages and podcasts, most recently on Signal49 Research’s Future Skills Centre Podcast, in an episode on inclusion and workforce innovation. Golnaz has been named a Top 50 Changemaker by The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business and a New Entrepreneur to Watch by Future of Good  .