Vanessa Milara Alzate is the president and CEO of Kirkpatrick Partners. She is also the founder and CEO of Anchored Training, a custom training development agency. For almost 15 years, Alzate has consulted with organizations of every size across multiple industries, from government to pharmaceutical sales to high fashion. With her knowledge and expertise, she’s helped develop training strategies tailored to each organization, team, and learner. She is a passionate supporter of the empowerment of women and a tireless advocate for diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the workplace and beyond. She earned BAs in communications and political science from Rutgers University and an MS in corporate and organizational communication from Northeastern University. Alzate lives in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area.