Equity and Inclusion Leader and Trainer

Gardy Guiteau is an accomplished educational leader in mentorship, social justice, equity, and inclusion with over 20 years of experience working in secondary schools, colleges and universities, community organizations, nonprofit organizations, and corporations. Mr. Guiteau is trained in social diversity, social equity awareness, and intergroup dialogue facilitation. His work focuses on developing opportunities and spaces that support and enrich the professional and personal experience of all members of a community.

Mr. Guiteau came into social justice work through women of color feminist theories that have shaped his interest in exploring and building bridges across Africana Studies, Latin American Studies, Caribbean Studies, Women Studies, Masculinity Studies, and Social Justice Education. In all his work, Gardy strives to identify and undo social disparities based on social identities such as race, class, gender identity and expression, sexuality, religion, ability, etc. Throughout his career, Gardy has served as an assistant buyer, an after-school program instructor, an academic advisor, an English language teacher, a learning resource coordinator, adjunct faculty, an assistant director for mentoring and academic programs, and a director of equity and inclusion initiatives.

Mr. Guiteau currently heads up the operations and client services at GJG Training and Consulting, a diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) consulting firm offering comprehensive services to business, nonprofit, and academic clients. As a DEIB trainer and consultant with extensive experience in management and mentorship, Mr. Guiteau has worked with employees and students at Arizona State University, the Community Education Project, Crédit Agricole - Corporate Investment Bank, Deloitte Global Technology, Jefferson University, the Juvenile Law Center, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Stockton University, Temple University, the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Tennessee, the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Villanova University, Widener University, and various public and independent schools.

Recently, Mr. Guiteau served as Director of the Master of Science in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program and Faculty Chair at Glasgow Caledonian New York College (now IENYC). Before that, he served as the Director of Equity and Inclusion at Newark Academy in Livingston, NJ, and was the inaugural Director of Social Justice, Inclusion, and Conflict Resolution at Rowan University.

Gardy is a passionate social advocate who migrated to the United States as a child from Haiti. In addition to consulting with various institutions and offering DEIB presentations and workshops, Gardy dedicates a portion of his time to the efforts of the Dyaspora Coordinating Committee, a nonprofit organization that he founded in 2015.

Mr. Guiteau holds a Master of Education in Social Justice Education, a graduate certificate in Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies, and completed coursework in advanced feminist theory from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. He completed his undergraduate work at Brandeis University, earning a BA in Psychology with a certificate in Women's Studies.