Desiree Dancy

Desiree Dancy is chief diversity officer and vice president, corporate human resources for The New York Times Company. In this role, Ms. Dancy continues to lead company’s diversity and inclusion efforts; in addition, she is responsible for corporate human resources and The New York Times College Scholarship and Neediest Cases programs. Before joining the Times Company as vice president, diversity and inclusion, Ms. Dancy spent 12 years in corporate diversity with major investment banks in New York, including Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs. She is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and sits on the Executive Committee of the American Advertising Federation’s Mosaic Council. She is also a member of the Newspaper Association of America’s Media Diversity Networking Group. Ms. Dancy received a B.A. degree from Audrey Cohen College and a M.S. degree from The New School University.