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Portland, OR
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Ivana Polonijo

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Ivana Polonijo, Ph.D. is Chief Solutions Officer at Courageous Being leadership center. The center focuses on helping women and male allies in the business world navigate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion through a conscious leadership technique of Inner Bonding®.  Previously, Ivana was Vice President with Fiduciary Benchmarks whose clients include some of the industry’s biggest  and most respected 401(k) service providers.  Ivana led a team of service and operations  professionals to ensure integrated customer experience for new and  existing clients.  With a background in academic research as a social  anthropologist, and as an advocate for empowering women in the  workplace, she co-founded and co-chaired the Oregon chapter of  Women in Pensions Network (WIPN). She is passionate about conscious  leadership and creation of awareness that intentional personal growth is professional.