Keith Dorsey

Dr. Keith D. Dorsey is a researcher, author, advisor, and active board member focused on issues of diversity, governance, and strategic
growth for private and public corporate boards. His recent research examined Black women executives’ pathways to securing corporate
board seats, yielding powerful insights about the barriers and facilitators unique to diverse candidates seeking these positions. His
forthcoming book, Charting an Intentional Path Toward Corporate Board Service: Practical Guidance for Women at Every Career
Stage to Secure a Seat at the Table, combines his research insights with his extensive executive, board, and industry experience.
Board Experience and Certification
Keith is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Certified Director and was recognized as an honoree of the 2023
NACD Directorship 100TM, an annual recognition of 100 leading corporate directors and corporate governance experts who impact
boardroom practices and performance. He serves as a board member at Vimly Benefit Solutions, a private technology and third-party
administration company, Pepperdine University’s Graziadio Business School, Pacific Crest Trail Association, and the Chair of the City
of La Quinta’s Financial Advisory Commission. Former Board Member, Orion Talent, a recruitment process outsourcing and talent
acquisition firm. Keith is also a member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC) and a Santa Clara University’s Black Corporate
Board Readiness program graduate.
Corporate Experience
Keith is currently a Managing Partner and the U.S. Practice Leader of CEO & Board Services at Boyden, a global executive search
firm with 75 offices in 45 countries. His work focuses on helping boards by providing a comprehensive set of board consulting
services, including full-scale governance review, board, committee, and director assessments, M&A governance planning, board
refreshment, and CEO succession planning.
In his former role as President and Executive Advisor for Dorsey Management Consulting, he mentored and advised CxOs on their
sales growth and go-to-market strategies, helped businesses align their strategy with sales expectations, aggressively grow their bottom
line and shareholder value during significant periods of change, optimize leadership and sales team effectiveness.
He has over 25 years of sales leadership experience in the Human Capital Management industry, such as at Alight Solutions (formerly
Aon Hewitt and Hewitt Associates), a $2.3B leading provider of human capital solutions where he served as the Executive Vice
President, Global Head of Sales responsible for the overall sales growth strategy and execution. Under Keith’s executive leadership,
his sales teams consistently produced double-digit annual growth. Prior to joining Hewitt Associates, Keith worked with Paychex, Inc.,
a Fortune 1000 payroll and HR outsourcing company, for 16 years. He was a Zone Sales Manager responsible for the growth and
delivery of revenue in their Human Resource Service Division. Before Paychex, Keith spent three years in the insurance industry and
five years serving his country in the U.S. Air Force.
Education
Keith has a Doctor of Education in Organizational Change and Leadership at the University of Southern California. His dissertation
research is around the lack of gender and ethnic diversity on corporate boards. He also has an MBA from Pepperdine University and
a BS in Business Administration from Charter Oak State College.