Kim Flanery-Rye

Background

Job Description

I am the Founder of Inclusion Equals, the CEO of F*Bomb Breakfast Club, and Co-Owner/Investor for Pitch The Baby. Each of these businesses is different, but has one thing in common: supporting women-expansive folx.

Inclusion Equals: We help organizations rethink the way they approach Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) as a business strategy. We create culture change through a design thinking approach that focuses on people, brand, and policies.

F*Bomb Breakfast Club: The FBomb Breakfast Club is a peer support community for women, femmes, and gentle[them] who are company founders, business owners, creators, and freelancers. Unlike typical networking groups, F*Bomb is led and run by its members, resulting in peer connections on our own terms.

Pitch The Baby: A Women’s Sports Bar on Capitol Hill in Seattle is a cozy, neighborhood bar where women’s sports take the spotlight and everyone’s invited to the game.

Company Description

Inclusion Equals: We help organizations rethink the way they approach Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) as a business strategy. We create culture change through a design thinking approach that focuses on people, brand, and policies.

F*Bomb Breakfast Club: The F*Bomb Breakfast Club is a peer support community for women, femmes, and gentle[them] who are company founders, business owners, creators, and freelancers. Unlike typical networking groups, F*Bomb is led and run by its members, resulting in peer connections on our own terms.

Pitch The Baby: A Women’s Sports Bar on Capitol Hill in Seattle is a cozy, neighborhood bar where women’s sports take the spotlight and everyone’s invited to the game.

Employment History

Please review my LinkedIn for details, but some of my past employment history includes:

- VP and Executive Creative Director at Yesler, a B2B digital marketing agency (acquired by Accenture)

- Sr. Communications Manager at T-Mobile

- Adjunct Professor at Seattle University in the Albers School of Business, Marketing Department

- Director of Marketing and Brand for Health Commons Project

- Board Chair at Urban Artworks

- DEI Chair at the American Marketing Association Puget Sound

Education

Executive MBA from Seattle University Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Washington

No civic involvement entered

Mentoring Objectives & Scope

How to support the mentees holistically. Varied topics from job interviews, salary negotiations, leadership development, resume and LinkedIn reviews, integration of DEI, and other topics of interest for the mentees. I would like to be available to support them in their development and less about what my objectives are.

When and where do you hold meetings with your students?

I'd like to co-create a time with the mentees as to when would work best and where. I would like to meet some in person and be flexible with virtual when needed, anywhere near the campus, Capitol Hill or Madrona area.

Additional Information

Areas I'm passionate about are the arts, non-profits, women in leadership, BIPOC in leadership, social justice, and social impact-focused organizations.

I speak locally, nationally, and globally, including at the Bill and Melina Gate Foundation, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, and the World Economic Forum regarding the importance of women on boards and what it means for women to have power, authority, and agency as well as DEI’s role in AI and the future of work.