Gloria Johnson Goins - Brilliant Ideas, LLC

Gloria Johnson Goins is the Founder and President of Brilliant Ideas, LLC, a marketing and consulting company that specializes in reaching growth and emerging markets. Prior to starting her own company, Gloria served as the Chief Diversity Officer for The Home Depot, overseeing all aspects of the company’s Diversity and Inclusion program for more than 350,000 associates across the world. In that role, which Gloria held for six years, she was responsible for developing and implementing global strategy and initiatives that are designed to enable The Home Depot to grow market share, attract and retain the best talent, develop strategic community alliances and to become the retailer of choice.

Prior to joining The Home Depot, Gloria served as the vice president of Diversity of Cingular Wireless, which at the time was the nation’s largest wireless communications company with over 70,000 employees throughout the United States. Under her leadership, Cingular’s diversity organization received national recognition from Diversity Best Practices, Next Step Magazine, and the Disability Rights Advocates.

Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Gloria began her career at a private law firm in Miami where she represented various corporate and governmental clients on complex commercial litigation matters.
She is an honors graduate of Stanford University with a degree in Psychology. Upon graduating from Stanford, Gloria attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School where she served as Editor of the Law Review. In May 2000, Gloria received her MBA from Mercer University, where she served as a member of the Dean's Advisory Committee.

In addition to co-authoring an article on the Family and Medical Leave Act, which was published in the October 1996 issue of the Georgia Bar Journal, Gloria is a member of the Florida and Georgia Bars, the National Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. In addition to her active membership at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, she is also very active in numerous professional and civic organizations that include the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR), SER Jobs for Progress, NAACP and United Way of America.

Gloria is married to Prince Leon Goins and they have one daughter, Grace Princess.