Mori Taheripour is a globally recognized executive and an award-winning educator. She leverages her expertise in negotiation, diversity and inclusion (D&I), and sports industry for a client list that includes major sports leagues, Fortune 100 corporations, universities, foundations, and professional associations. Taheripour teaches Negotiation and Dispute Resolution at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where she has served on the faculty of the Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department for over fifteen years and is a seven-time recipient of awards for excellence in teaching. She is also a co-founder of the Wharton Sports Business Initiative (WSBI), a resource that generates industry insight through research, educational programs and global forums. With extensive experience leading initiatives at the intersection of sport and social change in both the public and private sectors, Taheripour was appointed the first-ever Senior Advisor for Sport for Development at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2010. For four years she served as the senior U.S. Government Representative tasked with promoting sport as a unique and powerful tool in the advancement of the international development goals of the United States. Taheripour earned her MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Barnard College of Columbia University. Her book, Bring Yourself: How to Harness the Power of Connection to Negotiate Fearlessly was published in March 2020.