Adriele Parker is a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) thought partner with over 13 years of combined experience in DEI strategy, recruiting, learning and development, career development, and coaching. She specializes in agile DEI strategy development & implementation, inclusive leadership development, employee resource groups (ERGs), and inclusive team dynamics.

Adriele began her career in university career development, through which she gained exposure to tech recruiting. In 2015, she joined the internal recruiting team of a global tech startup, where she was formally introduced to and began working in the DEI space. There, she worked closely with stakeholders across the organization to establish DEI data pipelines, develop more inclusive hiring strategies and procedures, and build out a number of programs to promote DEI across the company.

Adriele joined GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group) as a DEI associate and within a few short months was promoted to global manager of DEI. During her time with GLG, she built out and implemented the company’s first D&I strategy, partnering with executive leaders in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.

In 2019, Adriele was a senior project manager at Pivotal Software (now VMware) where she collaborated with others to develop and implement DEI initiatives using agile methodologies, managed ERGs, and coached internal DEI leaders and allies on best practices.

Adriele holds a BFA from New York University and an MA from the City University of New York.

Outside of DEI, Adriele is passionate about family & friends, her pup (@rouxthelilpoo), supporting other Black women, cooking (please send recipes!), investing, and upcycling clothing.