Kameka Dempsey
Kameka M. Dempsey, Founder of KD Leadership Strategies, is a highly sought expert on the intersection of business, people and DEI strategy in the workplace. She advises C-level Executives, diverse leaders and their teams in Fortune 500 firms and startups. She partners with business leaders to deliver their business strategy through executive coaching, off-sites, team/individual development and assessments. Prior to starting her firm, she was Vice President Global Talent Management at BlackRock. She was responsible for a wide-range of Talent Management activities including the global design and delivery of BlackRock’s leadership & management development programs. Her remit included various aspects of the talent strategy, program design & facilitation, assessments, Executive Coaching and other firm-wide talent development and succession planning initiatives. In addition, she was responsible for building and implementing BlackRock’s diversity programs such as the Women's Leadership Forum and the industry-leading unconscious bias program Driving Better Decisions.
Prior to her role at BlackRock, Kameka was at Goldman Sachs in the Office of Global Leadership & Diversity in a diverse talent strategy role covering six businesses. Kameka returned to the private sector from her appointment in the Senior Administration of Yale University, where she was also on the teaching staff of the Yale School of Management. Prior to her role at Yale, Kameka designed and delivered executive level educational programs at Duke Corporate Education for clients in various industries. Kameka began her career as a business consultant with Accenture, her focus being strategy consulting and business process design. Her current clients include major financial services firms, law firms, tech firms, media companies and more. As a speaker, Kameka provides insight and expertise on topics of talent strategy, leadership, management, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at a variety of industry-specific events and major universities like Yale, Harvard, and NYU.
Kameka is a co-chair of the COVID-19 Technology Task Force, the Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity Client Advisory Board for [solidcore] and is a board member of the Phelps Association. She is a 2012 Women’s Leadership Fellow of the Impact Center’s Women’s Leadership Institute. Kameka holds a Bachelor’s degree from Yale University and Masters of Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is certified in the Hermann Brain Dominance Instrument, the Hogan Suite and various 360 instruments. She is a graduate of the Institute for Excellence in Coach Training Program, accredited by the International Coach Federation. She lives between New York City and rural North Carolina with her teacup Chihuahua, Ellie.
Contact: Kameka Dempsey
+1 (646) 694 2910
Kameka@kdleadershipstrategies.com