Trisch Smith

Trisch L. Smith is a strategic, focused, dynamic, and creative professional with a strong background in multicultural, corporate, and non-profit/philanthropy communications. She has managed stakeholder outreach, strategic positioning, reputation/issues management, and public affairs campaigns for Fortune 500 companies, international non-profits, and associations. Trisch currently holds the position of Global Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Edelman, where she guides organizational structure and programming on diversity and inclusion. She is actively involved in her community by serving on the board of ColorComm: Women of Color in Communications and previously on the boards of the National Black Child Development Institute and Mentoring USA. Trisch has received numerous awards and recognitions for her contributions, including being named one of the 'Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America' in Savoy Magazine and part of the 'Upstanding 100' diverse executive leaders globally by the Financial Times.