Bio

For 29 years, Nicole Sanchez has served as a leading expert on diversity, equity, inclusion, and organizational culture. As Founder & CEO of Vaya, Nicole transforms workplace culture for VC firms, Fortune 500 corporations, pre-IPO tech startups, Film/TV production, and non-profits. She has served as a lecturer on workplace diversity at the University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and consults and speaks globally, advising executives on best practices. She previously served as VP of Social Impact at GitHub and the Associate Director for Ethics in Society at Stanford University. Nicole earned her BA from Stanford University and MBA from UC Berkeley.