State agency sponsors needed 

Are you a state agency that would like to sponsor the DEI Empowerment Conference? We are accepting in-kind sponsorship. The best way to support this work is to approve and encourage your staff to volunteer.  Check out the volunteer opportunities listed below.

Private sponsors welcome 

Are you a private organization or individual? We welcome your financial sponsorship! 

Please reach out to WAStateEmployeeDEIConference@ofm.wa.gov for more information about becoming a sponsor. 

State employee volunteer opportunities / in-kind sponsorship opportunities 

Volunteering at the DEI Empowerment Conference offers a unique opportunity to develop valuable skills, gain behind-the-scenes experience, and connect with DEI leaders across the state. Please add your name to our contact list for volunteer opportunities if you are interested in helping with planning or production. We will reach out when we are ready to pull volunteers together for the next task.

Available volunteer positions 

Marketing Lead 

Develop and implement an advertisement strategy for the event. This includes creating templates for agency marketing teams. 

Speaker Selection Committee 

(Open to Statewide DEI Council members, BRG leadership, and HR professionals) 

The committee will evaluate presentation proposals and determine final presenter selection.  

Clock Hours (PDUs, CEUs, CECs) Committee  

Submit Professional Development (PDU), Continuing Education (CEC, CEU), and Clock Hour provider applications, identify presentations, and evaluate conference content to recommend for various professional society credits.  

Accessibility Support 

Provide vendor support for our American Sign Language (ASL) translators and Communication Access Real-Time (CART) captioners and provide coaching support to speakers about making conference content accessible. 

Production Crew & Moderators  

Various roles are needed to support the behind-the-scenes activities and to provide on-camera facilitation. Join us as on-camera talent (Session Moderators) or as off-camera assistants working with Zoom and monitoring chat. For additional information about the production roles see 

Brand toolkit for state agency use 

We’ve made it easy to promote the DEI Empowerment Conference! Our brand kit includes logos, graphics, and templates to promote the conference within your agency. 

Before using, please review our logo guidelines 

• Download our brand kit [ZIP file, 11MB] 

2025 sponsors

We’d like to thank the following agencies and private organizations for their contributions to the 2025 DEI conference! 

• WSECU