April Powers
April is the Diversity Practice Director for Strategic Executives Agency (SEA), a boutique human capital consultancy that helps operating executives facilitate growth and/or solve strategic problems with best-in-class talent.
With over 25 years of executive search, corporate in-house recruiting, and global Chief Diversity Officer experience in industries ranging from CPG, Biotech, Entertainment, Government and Nonprofit, April has worked in or recruited for fortune 500 companies like Nestlé USA and Amgen. A subject matter expert who is often sought out for speaking and consulting engagements, April drives the Diversity executive search, Luxury, Beauty, Consumer Product, Biotech, and Nonprofit practices for SEA executive partners.
A UC Berkeley graduate and Los Angeles native, April has lived in the US, South America and Europe. She is bilingual and thus brings a global perspective with local understanding to her clients' goals. Her passions are growing her own food, making everything from scratch, and traveling the world with her family. She loves skiing down blue runs fast and learning new languages, but her current passion is her new puppy, Seven.