Tristan E.H. Higgins is a highly trained and internationally recognized speaker on diversity and inclusion. She founded Metaclusive LLC to help organizations shift their focus to belonging. She is a Board Member of the Lawyers Club San Diego, a Co-Chair of its Membership Development Committee, a member of the San Diego County Bar Association Anti-Racism Committee, the lead for the California Lawyers Association Judicial Diversity Summit planning team, and a member of both the NAWJ and the IAWJ. Tristan has a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from the University of California, San Diego and went to California Western School of Law for her Juris Doctor. She began her career as a prosecutor for the San Diego City Attorney and went on to practice entertainment law for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG- AFTRA) in Los Angeles. After advising SAG-AFTRA in video game contract negotiations, she joined Sega of America in San Francisco, where she oversaw Sega’s legal needs for North America. She left Sega to join Sony Electronics in San Diego, where she helped establish the digital cinema business worldwide, and advised the component sales divisions in Silicon Valley, Novi, Tel Aviv, and Tokyo on high tech licensing and sales. Tristan lives with her wife, two kids, one dog, and three cats. In her pre-pandemic spare time, she served the community as a volunteer DJ for non-profit events and traveled the world as often as possible. Now, she is trying to make the world a better place from her home and hoping she doesn’t forget how to socialize.