Best of Boston

Get Konnected! remains the city’s most influential cross-cultural event series, but everyone knows that it’s the woman behind it — Colette Phillips, the pied piper of progress and inclusivity — who is literally helping to change the face of Boston. Whether she’s consulting with companies establishing inclusive work practices, honoring the area’s top people of color at her award tributes, or writing her recent book, The Includers, a guide for DEI-minded leaders, she’s always looking to connect people who can move the city forward.