Yrthya A. Dinzey-Flores
Yrthya A. Dinzey-Flores is an innovative ESG leader with cross-industry expertise in philanthropy, social responsibility, diversity, equity, and workplace inclusion in the private, non-profit, and public sectors. Yrthya’s success rests on her formidable skills to outline a vision, build exceptional teams, and engage diverse stakeholders around a common goal.
Yrthya kicked off her career in the non-profit and philanthropic sector at the Robin Hood Foundation to identify and recommend grant investments to organizations aligned with Robin Hood’s mission.
She spent the next three years at the venture philanthropy partnering with grantees to further advance the foundation’s mission for traditional portfolio areas and new cutting-edge social investments. During that time, Bosch Foundation invited her to move to Germany to work as a fellow and convey her thinking and methodology to several European foundations.
In her current role leading ESG at Justworks, Yrthya collaborates closely with CEO Isaac Oates and the entire leadership team to embed DEI, Social Impact and Sustainability into business practices.
Yrthya’s previous position as Culture and Operations Chief of the Open Society U.S. Foundation, Yrthya led all business activities including, but not limited to, a budget of over $200M, human resources, compliance, operations, organizational design, and work culture. She joined the foundation to help unstick a protracted two-year restructuring and has enabled the complete nearly all the transformation objectives for the U.S. region.
As Vice President of Corporate Responsibility, Philanthropy, Diversity & Inclusion, she headed WarnerMedia’s social responsibility standing and created coherent, enterprise-wide philanthropy programs that exceeded $50 million in annual giving, thereby transforming the company’s visibility messaging and impact. Yrthya also redesigned Warner’s social impact strategy and corporate responsibility reporting practices, including designing and implementing the media and film industry’s first diversity and inclusion scorecard and production policy.
Before joining WarnerMedia, Yrthya served as Senior Director, Corporate Responsibility & Inclusion for the Canadian multinational company Thomson Reuters from 2013 to 2015. Directly reporting to the company’s executive leadership, Yrthya built and developed the company’s first enterprise-wide inclusion and diversity practice. Her work in standing up this practice included partnering with the Financial & Risk business to design and create a diversity and inclusion financial index.
Before joining Thomson Reuters, Yrthya became New York State’s first Chief Diversity Officer (2011–2013). In this role, she rebuilt the State’s programs to meet their policy mandate to over 100 separate state entities, encouraged the growth of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises (m/WBEs), and drive governmental workforce diversity across New York state. She delivered a new ethos in a balkanized statewide internal culture and initiated outside projects that resonated in the public domain. The result; a 200% increase in total dollars (over $1B) awarded to small businesses owned by women and people of color. She became the principal advisor to Governor Andrew Cuomo concerning supplier and workforce diversity practices and set the standard for success in this role.
Previously, Yrthya served in management and leadership roles for Toyota Motor North America (2007–2010), the New York City Department of Education (2005–2007), and the NYC Municipal government.
She is currently serving on the boards of the Hispanic Federation and The Public Theater of N.Y.
Yrthya earned a B.A. from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and a Master’s in Public Administration from the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2019: Sustainability 50
2018: Fortune Magazine Most Powerful Women
2018: NY Business Journal Women of Influence
2017: Makers Award
2016: State & Broad Responsible 100
2012: NY State Senate Leadership Proclamation
2011: The Capitol Rising Stars in Politics 40 under 40
2011: Mujeres Destacadas El Diario La Prensa Award
2004: Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow
2001: Embassy of Spain Hispanic Leader Fellow
2000: NY City Council Leadership in Community Service
1993: Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Fellow
1993: Dickinson College President’s Commission