Gina Paige Joins Multicultural Marketing Resources’ Speakers Showcase at https://multicultural.com/speakers-showcase/paige-gina-2

February 4, 2013 — Multicultural Marketing Resources, Inc. (MMR) announces the addition of Gina Paige, Founder, African Ancestry, Inc. to its Multicultural Speakers Showcase (https://multicultural.com/Speaker_Showcase/speakers_all). The Showcase, launched in March 2005, features top multicultural marketing and diversity experts who are available to speak on a wide range of topics at conferences, symposiums, corporate events, training sessions, and other multicultural business and consumer events around the country. View Gina’s speaker profile here.

Gina, as the leading Black female authority on DNA-based ancestry tracing, is a highly sought-after public speaker among African-American organizations and allied groups of all sizes that are interested in enhancing their programs, events and other constituent offerings. Whether it’s as keynote speaker, moderator, panelist or emcee, her passion-infused, approachable style captures, educates and uplifts audiences and in many cases, transforms the way people see themselves.

Gina has taken her customizable presentation to hundreds of businesses, community/civic events, faith-based communities and educational groups across the U.S. (and globe) including McDonald’s, National Association of Black Journalists, National Council for Negro Women, The Congressional Black Caucus, Wells Fargo and the Smithsonian Museum of African Art. See below for her speaking topics and sessions.

Gina is also a co-founder of African Ancestry, the nation’s leading genetics-based ancestry-tracing company, sparking global interest, dialogue and focus on the importance of knowing who we are. She has traveled the world testing and revealing the African roots of more than 150,000 people, while educating and informing identities. Many of the world’s thought leaders, influencers, celebrities, dignitaries and other icons such as Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Oprah Winfrey, John Legend, Spike Lee and Condoleezza Rice, have looked to Gina to learn more about their roots.

Gina has also worked with major media companies looking to join the growing trend in genealogy programming. She’s worked with Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on three groundbreaking PBS programs including Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and African American Lives 1 & 2. She has also worked with NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? and CNN’s Black in America series, among others.

Prior to creating African Ancestry, she was the founder and president of GPG Strategic Resources, a boutique New York consulting firm specializing in strategy development, new product development and project management. Her clients include Sara Lee and Colgate-Palmolive, among other Fortune 200 companies.

Gina holds a degree in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

Gina’s speaking topics & sessions include:

A typical session consists of lively, educational exchanges on DNA-based ancestry tracing; audience ancestry reveals; and exciting, on-site ancestral testing that sparks the unprecedented, transformative journey for participants. While her message of optimizing success through self-awareness remains a central theme, Paige speaks on a variety of topics including:
•    Using DNA to Connect to Your Roots (Motivational)
•    The Ancestry of Black Business (Business)
•    The XX Factor…The Real Genes of Successful Black Women Entrepreneurs (Business/Motivational)

Contact:

Nichole Taylor
taylor@taylorcommunicationsgroup.com
www.africanancestry.com

About MMR’s Multicultural Speakers Showcase:

MMR’s Multicultural Speakers Showcase was developed to help conference producers, seminar organizers and corporate meeting planners find keynote or workshop speakers, panelists and trainers.  Experts featured can speak about diversity issues and marketing to these consumer groups: Hispanic, African American, Asian American, Native American, Russian, Polish, American Muslim, Gay/Lesbian, women, minority/women business owners, people with disabilities and others. There is no charge to access the Showcase, which has the speakers’ contact information and links to their websites. In addition to these speakers, other experts are listed in MMR’s online Experts Directory. For more information on the Showcase, or to book a speaker, please visit https://multicultural.com/Speaker_Showcase/speakers_main or send us an email via https://multicultural.com/about/contact.