Committee Leadership Conference

Globally recognized human connection expert and bestselling author, Tina Varughese inspires audiences with humour, humility, and humanity. She transforms workplaces to foster environments where employees feel empowered to share ideas, ask questions, take risks, and communicate openly without fear of judgment or retribution. Through her proven tools and techniques, Tina helps organizations build cultures of collaboration, curiosity, and compassion—remaining adaptive, agile, and authentic to pave the way for impactful change.

Tina is the author of the bestseller, 50 Shades of Beige: Building Bridges While Breaking Bias. Her work has been featured in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, CBC Eyeopener and HR Reporter. Recognized by Ignite Magazine as a Top Ten Notable Speaker, her clients include Pfizer, Carnival Cruises, Hockey Canada, Kraft-Heinz, 3M, and the Million Dollar Roundtable. She has also served on McMaster University’s Future of Canada Council and as the Past-President of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (Alberta).

Her uniquely interactive, energetic, and entertaining keynotes draw on her extensive experience managing Alberta’s immigration office and running her own successful relocation and settlement firm. Tina’s practical, tactical, hilarious, and thought-provoking keynotes inspire attendees to think, behave, act, and communicate with intention.

A mother of two, partner to one, and friend to many, Tina encourages all to strive for a better tomorrow, today.