Nicole Sanchez

Nicole Sanchez is a 30-year practitioner interested in the ways that people can collaborate across racial + ethnic difference without re-inflicting and reliving historical harm.

Nicole is the former VP of Social Impact at GitHub: Her team's work contributed to GitHub tripling in size and nearly quadrupling in valuation prior to being acquired by Microsoft. Nicole is a firm believer in Open Source as a tool for positive social change.

As Founder & CEO of Vaya, Nicole has transformed workplace cultures, from start-ups to multinational organizations. She served as a lecturer on workplace diversity at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and consults and speaks globally, with organizations in the midst of massive culture changes. Nicole previously served as Associate Director for Ethics in Society at Stanford, and was named a 'Game Changer' by Spelman College. She earned her BA from Stanford University ('94) and MBA from UC Berkeley ('12).

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