Denielle Pemberton-Heard

Denielle is General Counsel and Managing Director of Diversified Search. As chief legal officer of the Diversified Search Group she directs commercial transactions and manages a portfolio of executive level and Legal Counsel searches across multiple sectors. She also serves as Senior Advisor to STEMconnector, a professional services firm committed to increasing the number of STEM-ready workers in the global talent pool working with leaders across 200 organizations.Denielle began her law career in private practice as a commercial real estate attorney with Connecticut’s Wiggin and Dana, and was subsequently associated with the New York firm of Cowan Liebowitz and Latman, where she focused on intellectual property litigation and portfolio management. A past Regional Judge for President Obama’s Presidential Commission on White House Fellowships, Denielle is committed to emerging leaders, talent pipeline development, community service and corporate social responsibility initiatives. She has also served as a Trustee of the Toy Industry of America Foundation; on the Advisory Committee of DCVLP (DC Volunteer Lawyers Program to end domestic violence) and on the Board of Governors of the Case Western School of Law. Denielle is a past member of the professional faculty of the Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business, where she lectured on business law.