Donna DeBerry

Donna DeBerry joined as Vice President of Inclusion in February of 2021. At Seismic, Donna leads efforts to build an even more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce and company culture. She partners with multiple business leaders across talent acquisition, people operations, marketing, customer success and others to establish sustainable and measurable best practices based on her 30 years’ experience leading diversity and inclusion programs at global organizations.

Prior to joining Seismic, Donna was the director of inclusion at Indeed, where she was responsible for developing and embedding innovative global inclusion strategies. Before Indeed, Donna held leadership positions at Starbucks Corporation, Nike and Wyndham Worldwide, where she implemented diversity initiatives and strategies at a global scale. She’s also consulted numerous household-name brands on their diversity and inclusion strategies, including Coca-Cola, Toyota, Wendy’s, Johnson & Johnson, Pepsi, the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, the Olympics, AARP and many others. In addition, Donna’s work includes co-producing segments for The Oprah Winfrey Show and producing the award-winning documentary Walking the Waking Journey.

Donna’s expertise in the global diversity space has been featured in media outlets including Fortune, Time, Money, Newsweek, Essence, Black Enterprise and Diversity Inc. She’s also taken the stage at industry events including SXSW and the National Diversity and Inclusion Conference. Donna holds a certificate in leadership development from Harvard University as well as a diversity and inclusion certificate from Yale University. She received a Bachelor’s in Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies from Thomas Edison State College. She is based in San Diego.