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Valeisha Butterfield
Business Executive
Valeisha Butterfield is an American businesswoman. She was the Vice President of Partnerships & Engagement at Google, Inc and was formerly co-president of The Recording Academy.
Valeisha butterfield biography for kids
Early life and education
Butterfield Jones was born and raised in Wilson, North Carolina. She is the daughter of U.S. Congressman G. K. Butterfield and North Carolina State Legislator Jean Farmer-Butterfield.[1] She graduated from Clark Atlanta University in 2000.
Career
In 2009 she was deputy director of public affairs at the Department of Commerce during the first part of the Obama administration. Between 2011 and 2012 she was part of the Obama for America campaign, as national youth vote director.[2]
In 2016 she worked at Google as global head of women and black community engagement.
She organized Decoding Race, an international event for Google employees.[3]
In 2020 she was appointed chief diversity and inclusion