Lucia Kanter St. Amour

Under the Sisterhood

UTS is a social impact company that addresses the critical gaps in women’s health education, diagnosis, and treatment. As CLO, I'm responsible for: legal guidance on general business operations, partnerships, and organizational practices; contract review and negotiation with vendors and partners; policy development ensuring legal, ethical, and privacy compliance; risk awareness and mitigation; recommending practical strategies that project the organization’s integrity and vision; addressing potential legal issues related to employment and board members; liaising and supervising outside counsel; partnering with cross-functional teams to effectively communicate the organization’s mission, support its programs, and amplify its social justice initiatives.

Chief Legal Officer

Pactum Factum

Chief Legal/Negotiation Officer for various corporations, NCAA athletes, and organizations; U.S. mediation liaison to Supreme Court of India 2022-2023; have mediated/negotiated 1000+ cases; host of "Forces of Good" podcast. Seasoned employment law and negotiation expert. Pactum Factum Press publishing.

Attorney | CLO | Publisher

UN Women

VP, San Francisco  - the birthplace of the United Nations in 1945. UN Women USA is the official, membership-based non-profit organization that raises funds and awareness for UN Women, the United Nations agency that advances gender equality and female empowerment globally.  Events and projects include: Cities for CEDAW a nationwide, grassroots effort to encourage local governments to become more gender equitable; EVAW - an effort to End Violence Against Women; The Gender Equal Pay coalition; HeForShe, a social movement campaign providing a systematic approach and targeted platform through which men and boys become agents of change for the achievement of gender equality; Women In Climate Change Gender Action Plan; Bi-annual Global Voices Film Festival

Vice President - UN Women USA

Spectrum Strategies for Autism

501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing sibling programming; and rescue dog matching, placement and training to families with children with Autism and other special needs.

University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)

Teaching:  Negotiation / Mediation Clinic / Mediation Certification for Professionals / Special Education  Law. 2003-2012 taught regular course(s) on-site each semester. I tried to retire, but noooooo. They wouldn't let me 😂 2013-present continue on faculty as hybrid (remote and on-site) coach and instructor

Law Professor (Adj.)

International Chamber of Commerce

Serving as judge and mediator for ICC mediation competition in Paris, France

Mediator and Judge

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

Teaching Negotiation practical skills course and supervising independent studies

Lecturer

EEOC

One of the small team of original designers of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s pilot mediation program in 1996 for the San Francisco Regional Office, and later mediated EEOC cases from San Jose to Sacramento

Mediator

Judicial Council of California

In-house employment law attorney for the Judicial Council of California, Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), the policymaking body for the entire California court system for 58 counties and the Supreme Court of California. I advised the Judicial Council, the Chief Justice of California, and trial and appellate court judges and court officers, contributing to major policy and legal decisions on employment and labor issues that affect the entire judicial branch of California. During that time, I was also selected by the California Division for Judicial Education and Research (CJER) as a representative attorney for the judicial branch to conduct ongoing discrimination and harassment training through live, televised, satellite broadcast programming to court employees statewide. The target 20,000-member audience consisted of judges, human resources professionals, court directors and court staff. Broadcasting live with a studio audience, I also co-hosted CJER’s production of “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:  A Celebration of Justice,” as part of the Division’s Continuing The Dialogue television series. The content of many of the broadcasts drew upon expertise in the field of Civil Rights and various discrimination and fair employment laws.

Attorney - Office of the General Counsel

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Upon dissolution of boutique labor & employment firm in San Francisco, joined Orrick's Employment Law group and handled all aspects of litigation and client counseling. Closest clients I worked with included Gap, Apple, Oracle, Electronic Arts

Employment Litigation Attorney

VP Emerita UN Women | Attorney Action Figure 🦸🏻‍♀️ | Arresting Author | Chief Negotiation Officer | Plucky Podcast Host | Irreverent Int'l Keynote | "What Box?" Bellwether

📚 World domination through literary seduction. Elegant. Defiant. Irresistibly true. Are you ready for what's next (October 13, 2025)? MY WRITING IS ORGANIC USING REAL INTELLIGENCE (AI wishes it could write like me)

I'm not bossy. I'm BOSS. A UN Women VP, provocatrice, attorney/law professor turned negotiation GOAT . . .

(Buckle up. This is ..."a lot")

🦸🏻‍♀️ I help women harness the power of everyday negotiation—from conning a toddler into eating peas to running the boardroom. I authored the Little Black Dress of negotiation books. Why?

Because negotiation isn’t just for business. It’s everybody’s business 🧐

(But you don’t need me to “empower” you. Nor do I sell a “masterclass” or certification from my own “institute”)

🌍 World Mediation Peace Activist. Benevolent & incurable explorer (dubbed “creative savant”—you know who you are). A bit wild at ❤️‍🔥, I struggle with purpose and disrupt with goodwill—through advocacy, teaching, writing, broadcasting, philanthropy, art & sports.

🗣️ Polyglot. Passionate about people & social progress. JEDI agent (not a Star Wars ref). I’ve practiced law in private, public & non-profit sectors; have taught internationally, including over two decades as faculty at two University of California law schools.

I get that people are messy multitudes—and how they actually behave in conflict & decision-making.
What makes me next-level? Decades of deep experience in negotiation, behavioral economics, game theory, plus dope training in:

✔️ Emotional micro-expressions
✔️ Lie detection
✔️ Neuroscience & decision analysis

Oh, and I know the #1 most stealth negotiation skill. 😎

(Kinda like x-ray vision. Hint: it’s NOT “speaking your truth.”)

WHAT I’M NOT:

❌ A sales/marketing bro who built my expertise off a “masterclass”
❌ A brand
❌ Your income stream
❌ After your 💰 or approval
❌ One to trademark words. Ahem™ 🙄 (you know the type)

Special needs parent & dog whisperer—chaos doesn’t faze me, and persistence is my default setting. CEO of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing dogs & sibling support for families with special needs kids.

🫶 Turn-ons: Cake, shoes, pour-over coffee, decent literature
🤢 Turn-offs: NIMBYism, vapid buzzwords, elitism, posers

💡 Meyers-Briggs type? ENFJ-A (same 2% club as Obama & Oprah).

🕸️See more on pactumfactum.com, but TLDR: 
I’m 95% human Labrador (begs the question: what’s the other 5%?). Find it endearing or annoying. That's on you. Either way, I’ll be me because, as Oscar Wilde said, “Everyone else is taken.”

P.S.
❌ I don’t do casual Zoom coffee chats
✅ I’ve already overpaid it forward

Podcast Host

"Forces of Good" podcast - Click here to listen and subscribe for free: https://pactumfactum.substack.com

S. Lucia Kanter St. Amour

The Invisible Mentor

My guests talk about one problem or issue she's passionate about then present their answer in six minutes. The One Problem is a way for us to learn from each other.

Host of The One Problem Podcast

I specialize in teaching leaders - senior level executives and business owners - the art of strategic reading to acquire the knowledge necessary for their growth and success. I show leaders to efficiently extract valuable insights from books, enabling them to enhance their leadership skills and steer their businesses towards greater success.

Educator

When a journalist from Investor's Business Daily wanted to write an article about the books CEOs read, she interviewed me, the founder of The Invisible Mentor.  I love to read books off the beaten path, because they allow me to build my body of knowledge that I can draw on to creatively solve problems. I write about books, reading strategies, in-demand skills and more on The Invisible Mentor. License my content, so your employees get exposed to ideas to solve company problems.

So what else do I do? Looking to increase your visibility and gain credibility? Let me interview your clients, then craft your success stories. I am a storyteller. You can post your success stories on your website, publish in a newsletter. or use them to create an anniversary booklet to highlight an important organizational milestone. A good interview makes it easier to tell your story. An expert interview lets you tell more engaging and compelling stories.

On The Invisible Mentor blog, you will find inspiring stories about successful people, diverse book summaries with key lessons, and mini biographies of wise people you can learn from. Recently, I have been writing a lot about the skills professionals need to thrive in the future. Learn from the experiences of others. 

If you need someone to help you decide which books to read or online courses to take for ongoing learning, I can help you create a learning and development plan. If you need someone to interview your clients to capture the stories of your business, I can help you with that as well.

If this sounds like what you need, email me at avilbeckford@gmail.com

Typical Clients: Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, Trade Organizations, Professional Member Organizations, Professionals 50 - 60 years.

Content Writer/Creator

I help book-a-holics to accelerate their career by planting the seed of knowledge. 

Are you a professional, who is feeling stuck in his or her career? Join MoreReads: Blueprint to Change the World to get new skills, develop career resilience, cultural awareness, and get fresh perspectives, by reading diverse books. You read five books each month and learn to push yourself to the edges of your comfort zone to learn more than you could imagine. 

Why MoreReads: Blueprint to Change the World? It is not the typical professional development program. I created tools to help you to identify the big ideas from the books you read, so you can resolve challenges you face. After you have read five books, you get another tool to help you to combine ideas from the different books you read, elevating them into bigger ideas. If you are strategic about reading, choosing books that will stretch your mind, you can profit from your big ideas when you implement them. It takes only one big idea to transform your life and your business.  I created an e-book to help you to spot big ideas. Are you up for MoreReads: Blueprint to Change the World?

How can MoreReads: Blueprint to Change the World help you professionally? When you are reading the books during MoreReads, you are looking for ideas to mine - you are learning to become idea prone. This places you in a position of recommending the right ideas at work, which can help you to get noticed by influencers and power brokers, that can help your career progression. You to get more from your reading time. You may just get that promotion you deserve. Join the Performance Accelerator Plan today and be proactive about your career development!

Just some food for thought - I can turn MoreReads: Blueprint to Change the World into a professional book club for your organization.

If you are interested, email avilbeckford@gmail.com.

Typical Clients: Self-directed Professionals 25 - 49 years, who want to stand apart from peers.

Learning Strategist, MoreReads Success Blueprint

Originally from Jamaica, with stints in Calgary and New York, I now live in Toronto, Canada. I am the Founder and CEO of The Invisible Mentor (formerly Ambeck Enterprise), a firm that specializes in producing a variety of content, such as blog posts, fact sheets, reports, e-books, and book summaries. An expert interviewer, researcher and writer, with over 20 years of experience using interviewing as a data gathering and knowledge management tool, I combined these skills to craft the book, Tales of People Who Get It, and its companion workbook, Journey to Getting It.

An advocate for people taking control of their professional development, I founded The Invisible Mentor (http://theinvisiblementor.com) to provide an alternative mentoring model where professionals get the information and resources they need to mentor themselves. Through book summaries and reviews, profiles of wise people, and interviews with highly accomplished people, I create a safe place for self-directed learning, where professionals can learn, stretch, and grow in their career. 

I also founded the LinkedIn group, Leaders Are Great Readers, and the Strategic Reading Challenge to share my love for reading and to help people use a reading challenge as a learning tool.

Recognizing that relationships are the foundation of success, I facilitated the process on several occasions by interviewing members of a community, so they can share their stories with each other. I use interviews as a knowledge management tool for future leaders to benefit from the experiences and deep insights of present leaders. And I will interview your star employees and executives, taking their stories to the world.

If this interests you, email avilbeckford@gmail.com

Typical Clients: Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Senior Vice President of Marketing

Chief Communications Officer, Author of Tales of People Who Get It, Expert Interviewer

Ellevate Network

•	Make sure that Ellevate’s vision, brand, and mission are at the forefront of everything the Leadership Team undertakes.
•	Ensure the chapter is providing members with a great Ellevate experience. 
•	Represent Ellevate at chapter events and with local media when appropriate.
•	Work closely with HQ to act as ambassadors of the Ellevate brand.
•	Assist with providing strategic feedback and input for new HQ initiatives, products and proposed changes and improvements for the business.
•	Work with HQ to implement membership acquisition plans.
•	Responsible for working with HQ to ensure successful leadership succession.
•	Develop short- and long-term growth plans with the Membership Lead.
•	Plan and host regular, recurring Leadership Team meetings
•	Participate in monthly calls with Ellevate HQ.
•	Oversee other members of the Leadership Team and help develop future leaders
•	of the chapter.
•	Maintain a list of current contact information for Chapter Leaders and volunteers.

Co-President, Ellevate Network Toronto Chapter

Lead the Toronto Chapter of Ellevate Network.
•	Make sure that Ellevate’s vision, brand, and mission are at the forefront of everything the Leadership Team undertakes.
•	Ensure the chapter is providing members with a great Ellevate experience. 
•	Represent Ellevate at chapter events and with local media when appropriate.
•	Work closely with HQ to act as ambassadors of the Ellevate brand.
•	Assist with providing strategic feedback and input for new HQ initiatives, products and proposed changes and improvements for the business.
•	Work with HQ to implement membership acquisition plans.
•	Responsible for working with HQ to ensure successful leadership succession.
•	Develop short- and long-term growth plans with the Membership Lead.
•	Plan and host regular, recurring Leadership Team meetings
•	Participate in monthly calls with Ellevate HQ.
•	Oversee other members of the Leadership Team and help develop future leaders
•	of the chapter.

President, Ellevate Network, Toronto Chapter

Drake Beam Morin, Inc.

Data analysis
Customer profiling
Information gathering

Director of Research

Helping Leaders Know More, Do More, and Be More Through Strategic Learning and Curated Insights

I enable senior executives, business owners, and leadership teams to unlock their full potential by strategically leveraging knowledge from nonfiction books and diverse perspectives. My approach, Leadership Reading, equips leaders to save time, focus on what matters, and apply insights effectively.

Leadership Reading isn’t about consuming books cover-to-cover. It’s about reading with purpose. 

Leaders learn to:

- Identify the books that align with their goals.
- Focus on the 20% of the text that delivers 80% of the value.
- Apply proven strategies to extract insights quickly and effectively.

I’m also the creator of Bookish Notes, a resource available through The Art of Learning Leadership Academy. More than summaries, Bookish Notes provide curated insights, actionable ideas, discussion prompts, and diverse perspectives on key topics. These tools help leaders:

- Know More: Expand their knowledge with curated wisdom from diverse authors.
- Do More: Apply big ideas to solve challenges and drive results.
- Be More: Grow into informed, effective leaders who inspire change.

Through my work, I help leaders maximize their learning while minimizing time commitments. By focusing on the right books and actionable insights, professionals can creatively solve problems, make better decisions, and achieve meaningful outcomes.

What I Offer:

- Leadership Reading Mastery: Teach executives and organizations how to extract insights from nonfiction books strategically.

- Bookish Notes Membership: Access curated knowledge designed to build expertise and save time.

- Applied Knowledge Workshops: Interactive sessions tailored to equip teams with tools for strategic learning and implementation.

- Custom Learning Solutions: Tailored strategies for leadership development and organizational growth.

Whether you’re a senior leader or an organization seeking to empower your teams, my tools and strategies can help you Know More...Do More...Be More.

You can email me at info@theinvisiblementor.com.

Avil Beckford

Last week Derek Mildred presented me with this Certificate for the Rising Star Award. And I'm grateful for it. Despite a lot of turmoil, I've been posting consistently on social media.

Multi-Hyphenate Knowledge Curator | Building AI-Driven Business Tools for Leaders | Writer | Trainer | Podcast Host

Certificate of Appreciation

Reading ideas for leaders.

Not “must-reads.”
Not trends.
Just books that help you think more clearly about decisions, tradeoffs, and responsibility.

Because leadership isn’t built by volume.
It’s built by relevance.

#LeadershipThinking #AppliedKnowledge #StrategicLearning
#DecisionMaking


Hi! I’m Avil Beckford, the Book Queen 👑
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Evaluating new ideas?

Most ideas don’t fail because they’re bad.
They fail because they’re adopted too quickly or without enough thought.

Strong leaders slow the moment down just enough to ask better questions—before energy, time, and attention are committed.

The quality of your questions determines the quality of your decisions.

#LeadershipThinking #AppliedKnowledge #DecisionMaking
#StrategicLearning


Hi! I’m Avil Beckford, the Book Queen 👑
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My mission is to Make Knowledge Useful. Make People Unstoppable!


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Take time to find the right book for the problem I’m facing

Have preferences and criteria for what I read

Trust my judgment about what’s relevant or not

Ask questions and seek clarification instead of accepting ideas at face value

Disagree, adapt, or set ideas aside when they don’t fit my context


When reading to lead, it’s okay to slow down.

You’re not required to finish every book.
You’re not obligated to agree with the author.
And you don’t have to apply every idea you encounter.

Reading for leadership is about judgment, not compliance.

#LeadershipThinking #AppliedKnowledge #StrategicLearning
#DecisionMaking


Hi! I’m Avil Beckford, the Book Queen 👑
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AI video generation has officially entered its cinematic era.

Runway ML is now powering film-grade video from simple text prompts, with its Gen-4.5 model topping independent benchmarks. What stood out to me most isn’t just the visuals, but the control over motion, camera movement, and realism.

If you’re exploring AI for content creation, filmmaking, or brand storytelling, this is one tool worth understanding before everyone else catches up.

👉 Read the full breakdown on AI Mondays.

https://lnkd.in/ggY5XQhJ

#AIMondays #RunwayML #AIVideo #CreativeAI #ContentCreation #FutureOfMedia #AIForCreators #GenerativeAI

Hi! I’m Avil Beckford, the Book Queen 👑
And I’m also the Founder of The Invisible Mentor, Art of Learning Leadership Academy and The One Problem Podcast!
My mission is to Make Knowledge Useful. Make People Unstoppable!


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Learning isn’t difficult.
Judging what to learn next is.

When you’re leading, reading isn’t about consumption.
It’s about navigating ideas carefully, questioning assumptions, and knowing what applies to your context.

Not every book deserves the same level of attention.

#LeadershipThinking #AppliedKnowledge #StrategicLearning
#DecisionMaking


Hi! I’m Avil Beckford, the Book Queen 👑
And I’m also the Founder of The Invisible Mentor, Art of Learning Leadership Academy and The One Problem Podcast!
My mission is to Make Knowledge Useful. Make People Unstoppable!


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