As the Chief of Staff to BlackRock’s Head of Multi-Asset Strategies and Global Fixed Income, Chanel takes an intersectional approach to D&I efforts. Throughout her tenure at the firm, she has focused on the retention of ethnic minority colleagues through mentorship, managerial- and leadership-level advocacy, and contributions to a firmwide working group focused on how Black professionals experience BlackRock. She is a member of BlackRock’s Black Professionals Network (BPN) and Women’s Initiative Network, and previously served on BPN’s Professional Development Committee. In addition to her commitments, Chanel works to recruit ethnic minority professionals to BlackRock, serving as a senior representative at national recruiting events for MBA students of color and as a Senior Leader interviewer for the BlackRock Founders Scholarship Program. Chanel proudly serves on the Board of Directors for both the ‘I Have a Dream’ Foundation and ‘Gibney Dance’, an arts and social justice organization in New York.