Iesha Berry
Iesha Berry serves as the DocuSign Vice President and Chief
Diversity and Engagement Officer (CDEO), and Head of People Experience. In this
role she directly engages with DocuSign’s executive staff, and team members
around the globe. As the CDEO, Iesha focuses on accelerating the DocuSign
Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging and Equity strategy as well as oversees the
continued evolution of the DocuSign IMPACT and sustainability efforts. She and
her team support the continued amplification and impact of employee resource
groups, inclusive talent development along with diverse pipeline sourcing and
outreach. As Head of People Experience, Iesha is responsible for cultivating
the right culture for DocuSign and embedding an incredible experience for all
at every stage of the employee lifecycle; and directly leading DocuSign’s
Future of Work efforts related to where and how employees work.
Iesha is a human capital executive with over 20 years of
experience in the human resources and diversity, equity and inclusion space.
Most recently Iesha served as the first Chief Inclusion, Diversity and Equity
Officer for Slalom where she led the company’s diversity and inclusion
programs, as well as its environmental, social responsibility, and
sustainability efforts. Prior to her work at Slalom, Iesha was the Senior Vice
President of Market and Site Human Resources at Bank of America and previously served
as a HR Executive for the Retirement, Business Controls and Operational
Excellence teams as well as Head of Diversity and Inclusion for BofA’s Wealth
Management division. In addition, Iesha has served in a variety of related
global roles across various companies and industries including Pfizer,
Microsoft and Prudential Financial.
Prior to starting her professional career, Iesha earned an
M.A. in HR/Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, a
B.A. in Psychology from Tougaloo College in Mississippi, and received a
Diversity Practitioner/Advanced Practitioner certification from Cornell
University. Berry is a Diversity First 2021 and 2022 Top Diversity Officer
recipient, Winter 2022 Diversity Woman Elite 100 honoree, 2019 30 Black Stars
in Industry Awardee, active member of (2018-2020) for the Charlotte, North Carolina
Chapter of the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources.
Iesha is a former Advisory Board Member of the International Network for the
Professional Development of Women and previously served as a member of the
Conference Board Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Council along with
serving on the Councils’ Executive Board. She is a 2022 member of
Chief(www.chief.com) as well as Board Member of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk
Driving) and the Racial Justice Institute. In 2017, she co-authored a book
titled We Walk by Faith and Not by Sight: Women of Faith in the Marketplace and
is working on her second book to be co-authored with her mother Antoinique D.
Bowman.
Iesha is a wife and mother of three girls, Hannah (5),
Gabrielle (14) and Chloe’ (19). She and her husband Leroy reside in Prosper,
TX.