Erika Irish Brown

Erika Irish Brown is the Chief Diversity Officer at Goldman Sachs.

Previously, Brown served as Bloomberg L.P.’s Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion. In this role, she developed and drives the company’s global strategy and approach to diversity and inclusion in collaboration with senior management to ensure alignment with business goals. Brown joined Bloomberg in 2015 and led the development, implementation and monitoring of a global program to advance diversity and inclusion across the company’s human resources, including recruitment, retention, talent review, succession planning, career development and training. She is also active in promoting an institutional culture and inclusive environment to support diversity in all aspects of the business, including Bloomberg’s employee communities and external partnerships.

Prior to Joining Bloomberg, Brown was Bank of America’s Head of Diversity Recruiting, Program Management and Executive Recruiting. She has over 15 years of investment banking and capital markets experience at Morgan Stanley, the U.S. Treasury and Lehman Brothers.

Brown received her MBA from Columbia Business School and holds a BS in Economics from the State University of New York at Albany. She is currently Vice-Chair and Director of the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, the Nation’s first community development corporation and Director and Nominating Committee Chair of the Council of Urban Professionals (CUP).