Valeisha Butterfield

Valeisha Butterfield: Biography in Details

Who is Valeisha Butterfield? 

American Valeisha Butterfield is a business leader. She is renowned as the Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer of The Recording Academy. 

She was the former director & Global Head of the Inclusion of Google.

Valeisha Butterfield: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Valeisha Butterfield was born on the 30th of January 1978 in Wilson, New York in a politically background family.

As of 2023, she is 45 years old. She is of British ethnicity.

Her father, GK Butterfield is a politician. Currently, he is serving as the U.S. Representative for North Carolina’s 1st congressional district.

Also, her mother, Jean Farmer-Butterfield is a democratic member of the North Caroline General assembly.

In 1991, her parents parted ways as a couple via divorce. She has two sisters; Tunya and Lenai Butterfield.

Education

Talking about Valeisha Butterfield’s educational background, Valeisha Butterfield graduated from Clark Atlanta University with honors in Arts and majored in Political Science.

Valeisha Butterfield: Professional life, Career

After graduating from the University, Valeisha Butterfield joined the HBO network as the executive assistant to the president of the network. In the organization, she held the position for 1 year and three months.

After that, in March 2003, she joined RUSH Communication as the excessive Vice President.

Five years later, in January 2009, she left the Communication to join Alzheimer’s Association as National Director of Diversity & Inclusion.

Moving forwards, in October 2009, she became the Deputy Director of Public Affair for the U.S. Department of Commerce. Later, in September 2011, she joined Obama’s campaign, Obama for America as National Youth Vote Director.

In January 2016, Valeisha Butterfield became the Director & Global Head of Inclusion for Google. She served Google for 4 years and 5 months and left the company to join The Recording Academy.

Currently, Valeisha Butterfield is the Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer of the organization.

Valeisha Butterfield: Net Worth, Salary

As of 2020, Valeisha Butterfield has an estimated net worth of $10 million. As a Chief Diversity and Inclusion officer, her earnings are in the range of $71k to $212k.

Apart from that, her earnings as a Director and Global Head of Inclusion range from $38k to $206k.

Talking about net worth, her husband, Dahntay Jones has an estimated net worth of $10 million.

Valeisha Butterfield: Controversy & Rumors

To date, Valeisha Butterfield has not been through any sort of controversy that created a buzz in the media. Also, she has remained far from any type of rumors too.

However, she has been in the headlines as she is appointed as the Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer for The Recording Academy.

The previous chief, Deborah has sued the organization. She claimed that she has been sexually harassed by the general counsel of the Academy.

Also, Valeisha Butterfield was put on administrative leave for raising several concerns about the ongoing Grammy.

Body Measurements: Height & Weight

Valeisha Butterfield has black eyes with black eyes. She has a decent height and average weight.

However, details regarding her body stats are no available.

Social Media

Valeisha has over 100k followers on Instagram and over 31.4k followers on Twitter. She is not active on Facebook.

On Twitter, she is following the personalities like Eric Ortner, Rice Love, and Michelle Miller.

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