BRANDON PARKES

Brandon Parkes is an accomplished CEO, Founder, and subject matter expert with a decade of expertise in strategic corporate philanthropy, diversity, equity and inclusion, board governance and multi-sector partnerships for rapidly scaling organizations. He is an experienced strategic advisor who brings dynamic leadership experience to mission-driven organizations and leaders. Leveraging over a decade of multi-industry operational experience within scaling organizations, he is recognized as a versatile social impact expert with an entrepreneurial spirit. Brandon has a proven track record of innovating and implementing multi-disciplinary programs and partnerships that drive impact, while improving profits and creating shareholder value. Brandon has demonstrated a strong prowess and affinity for communicating and building strong relationships due to his exceptional interpersonal skills, and intersectional identity which influences his ability to communicate and coordinate across a diverse portfolio of clients, departments and/or teams of an organization.

Brandon is currently the Head of Corporate Board Diversity Program at Gaingels, the largest venture capital syndicate in the world. He serves as a trusted Advisor to over 250+ private company CEO’s to help them better achieve their diversity and inclusion objectives, while creating pathways for a variety of highly qualified and diverse candidates to be evaluated and considered for impactful leadership positions. He also serves on Gaingels’ Venture Inclusion Program Committee, where he leads the strategic direction of the firm's additional impact-related initiatives. Concurrently, he is the Founder and CEO of an award winning, social impact consulting firm, Parkes Philanthropy, in which he has