Erica Kidder

Senior Project Manager, The Hanover Insurance Group

For over a decade, Erica Kidder has transformed countless project teams into high performing, innovative entities through a positive and authentic leadership style under the guiding principle that fostering an environment of genuine belonging is at the heart of human connection. She believes that the vulnerable sharing of our stories is at the crux of creating environments of belonging and that helping others to embrace experiences of adversity and difference is the cornerstone to building bridges of empathy and connectedness within project teams and across organizations. Erica believes that this is essential to strong, authentic leadership.

Channeling the essence of living authentically and embracing individual unique virtues, though provoking research and data and soulful storytelling Erica authored the creative memoir/self help book Black, Mixed With. Through her writing, Erica strives to motivate her readers to accept their individuality, embrace it, and celebrate the diverse array of superpowers that are within and unique to each of us.