Meet Erica
Erica Edwards-O'Neal, Esq. is a bridge-builder, a change maker, and a fierce champion for equity. For more than 25 years, she’s been helping organizations reimagine what’s possible—transforming global workplaces into spaces where people feel valued, included, and empowered to do their best work. As an attorney and the founder of EEO Consults, Erica leads with her signature approach, Baked In Equity™ — the belief that equity shouldn’t be an afterthought, but woven into the very DNA of an organization.
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Equity-driven strategy
Erica partners with leaders to build inclusive, people-centered workplaces where culture and strategy work in concert. Grounded in equity and informed by decades of real-world insight, her approach helps organizations create environments where people thrive, performance accelerates, and belonging becomes a defining strength—not an aspiration.
"Erica tackles difficult and challenging topics with thoughtfulness, wit, aplomb, and grace. As a human being, she exhibits genuine warmth, kindness, humility, compassion - and most importantly, courage."
Evangeline M. Mitchell, Esq., ED.M.
Founder, National Diversity Pre-Law Conference
Executive Director, National Pre-Law Diversity Initiatives, Inc.
Select engagements
The Running Event
San Antonio TX, Dec 2025
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Tanenbaum Religious Diversity Symposium Leadership Panel, Nov 2025
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Sports Positive Summit
London, Oct 2025
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C-Suite Coach Chats with New York Urban League From Vision to Execution: Aligning Your Team to Success, Sept 2025
The Future of Run Specialty: Relevance, Representation & Consumer Loyalty though the RIDC (Run Industry Diversity Coalition) Lens, Dec 2025
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Leadership Academy Presenter
Fountain House Training, Faciliatiaton and consultation on People & Operations
SHRM "Bake It In" Presentation
Fair Housing Justice Center
Team Building
WOC Take The Lead Retreat
Speaker
Camber Outdoors Speaker
APVP Winter Workshops on Cultural Competence and Diversity in Volunteer Management
Metropolitan Black Bar Association Black Women Lawyers: Lessons in Leadership
Implicit Bias CLE Suffolk County DA / Amistad
NYSBA/LI Hispanic Bar Association Implicit Bias
American University Law School National Pre-Law Conference: Micro-aggressions
8th Annual Tristate Diversity & Leadership Council
Pace University: Implicit Bias Primer/CLE
Suffolk Country Bar Association Implicit Bias CLE
National Diversity Council Conference Developing an Inclusive Leadership Lens
Center for Legal Inclusiveness Legal Inclusiveness & Diversity Summit: Baked in Equity
Fred D. Schafeld Foundation: Interrupting Microaggressions
