Kiisha Morrow

Kiisha Morrow is the Doris Duke Foundation’s chief people and culture officer. In this capacity, she oversees all human resources operations and workplace culture initiatives, and leads the foundation’s commitment to a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment.

Prior to joining the foundation, Morrow was head of diversity and inclusion at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP for 16 years, where she began her career as an attorney. In this role, she provided strategic direction for all diversity, equity and inclusion matters, including leading multiple initiatives focused on the firm’s policies and talent management processes. She was also a program manager for the philanthropy and corporate law programs at Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, where she oversaw a program that helped fund several nonprofit organizations in the New York City area. 

Morrow also serves as the inaugural co-president of the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance and sits on the boards of both the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and Community Change. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College and a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School.