Denielle Pemberton-Heard
General Counsel and Managing Director for Diversified Search
Denielle Pemberton-Heard is the General Counsel and Managing Director for Diversified Search, based in the firm’s Washington, DC office. She joined Diversified in 2018 following fifteen years as Group Counsel, Programming and Business Affairs at the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the nation’s largest non-commercial media enterprise. Before joining PBS, she served as Group Counsel for Thales, Inc., a French-owned communications concern, and as Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs at Time Life. She has also held in-house positions at Discovery Communications, Inc. A past Regional Judge for President Obama’s Presidential Commission on White House Fellowships, Denielle is committed to emerging leaders, talent pipeline development, community service and corporate social responsibility initiatives. Denielle earned be B.A. from Tufts University, her Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University and is an Alumna of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.