Position:
Global Talent Development & Inclusion Strategist
Company:
(experience includes Pixar Animation Studios, Zillow, Google)
Bio:
Dr. Cornell Verdeja-Woodson is an organizational change leader and mindset coach for high-performing professionals who are ready to get aligned to their life’s purpose, achieve their goals, and make meaningful change. For more than a decade, he’s helped organizations, leaders and teams grow in complex, high-stakes environments. Dr. Cornell has led organizational change and talent development work across companies like Pixar, Google, Headspace, and Zillow. His approach blends research and real-world practice and leans on Expectancy-Value Theory to help individuals strengthen their belief in their ability to change and connect goals to what they truly value—so motivation lasts. Dr. Cornell pairs that with proven coaching methods and a grounded, identity-aware lens that honors lived experiences, especially for those from historically excluded groups. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his husband and their two dogs, London and Rome.