Joanna Colosimo, M.A.

Joanna Colosimo is Vice President of Workforce Analytics & Compliance Strategy at DCI Consulting Group where she provides strategic leadership and oversight for one of the firm’s core lines of business. In this role, Joanna directs a team of two dozen experts delivering advanced workforce analytics and compliance solutions to help organizations meet complex equal employment opportunity (EEO), pay equity, and affirmative action requirements while aligning compliance strategies with business objectives.

With almost 20 years of experience advising federal contractors and Fortune 500 companies, Joanna specializes in developing compliance frameworks that mitigate risk and support organizational growth in various industries and higher-education institutions. Her expertise includes:

• EEO Barrier Analysis: Conducting comprehensive analyses to identify and address systemic barriers to EEO under a Title VII framework, including reduction-in-force analyses.
• Affirmative Action & Pay Equity: Guiding clients through evolving federal and state regulations, Section 503 and VEVRAA, compliance program design, and pay transparency and nondiscrimination requirements.
• Regulatory Strategy: Advising on OFCCP audits, EEOC and evolving DOJ guidance.

Before joining DCI, Joanna managed compliance and workforce analytics programs in the private sector. Her expertise includes compliance, audit strategy, executive compensation, and diversity and inclusion. She is also experienced in project management for selection testing, validation, hiring quality, employment assessment, and executive compensation evaluation.   

Joanna is a recognized industry thought leader and frequent speaker at national conferences such as the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), the National Industry Liaison Group (NILG), World at Work, and the Institute for Workplace Equality. Most recently, she worked with SHRM on the BLUEPRINT event, co-developing legally compliant, inclusive, and business-focused peer cohorts and strategic roadmaps. She has also served as a strategic planning facilitator for C-Suite EEO, inclusion, and legal practitioner leaders, driving discussions on compliance accountability, inclusion efforts, and overall organizational strategy.  Joanna’s work is often published in publications such as JD Supra, Law360, and SHRM news articles.  

Her leadership reflects a commitment to bridging compliance requirements with actionable workforce analytics, thus enabling clients to achieve both legal integrity and operational excellence.

Joanna earned an M.A. degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Radford University and a Bachelor of Business Administration and Psychology from Roanoke College. She is a member of several professional groups including the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), and the Washington DC Metro ILG (WMILG). She is certified as a SHRM-SCP and sits on the Board of WMILG, while also acting as Vice President for the Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County (CRCMC), a non-profit organization.