Divina

Gamble

Managing Partner and Nonprofit Practice Leader

Divina Gamble is the Managing Partner of Korn Ferry’s Washington, DC region and Global Nonprofit Practice Co-Leader. She is also a member of the firm’s Board & CEO practice.

Providing holistic and inclusive talent solutions, Ms. Gamble specializes in the recruitment of senior leaders within the nonprofit, corporate social responsibility, association, and education arenas.  For nearly two decades, she has placed a diversity of CEOs and executives in regional, national and international organizations, start-up and renowned foundations, leading social services, social justice and environmental organizations, senior living, arts and cultural centers, and sports organizations. 

Ms. Gamble has conducted searches and talent engagements for organizations including the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Feeding America, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, United Way, the McKnight Foundation, the Skillman Foundation, Human Rights Campaign, Goodwill International, Howard University, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the Women’s Sports Foundation.

Ms. Gamble joined Korn Ferry from Discovery Communications, Inc. where she worked on the Global Project Management team. Prior to Discovery, she served as an academic counselor at Georgetown University and as a charter school teacher in Washington, DC.

Ms. Gamble received a Bachelor’s and Master’s of Arts from Georgetown University. She served as a chair for the Georgetown University Alumni Admissions Program. She is presently on the Executive Committee of Junior Achievement of Greater Washington and previously served on the Board of Directors of Girls Inc DC and Melwood Inc, a social enterprise removing obstacles to employment.  She is a member of Pipeline Angels, investing in women social entrepreneurs, and she serves on the National Black MBA Association Advisory Council.

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