About.

Meet Deepa.

Deepa is a former senior executive and trusted advisor on corporate culture and talent. Her seasoned and visionary approach to leadership grants companies and individuals the courage and permission to challenge the status quo of ambition, success and power.

Deepa spent more than 20 years at Deloitte helping clients transform and grow. She was the first Indian-American woman and one of the youngest people to make partner in the firm's history. As a Senior Partner, Deepa was the US Managing Partner of WIN, Deloitte's renowned Women's Initiative. 

Deepa is an author and founder of multiple businesses. In 2022, Deepa’s debut book, The First, The Few, The Only,  was published by HarperCollins to international acclaim. She recently founded the re.write, an unconventional think tank advancing a new story of work. Deepa is also an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School. 

Her passion to advance women extends to her board work. Deepa serves as a board member of Avasara, India's first leadership academy for girls, and the Rutgers University Center for Women in Business.

Deepa is a TED and SXSW speaker and has been featured in  TIME, PBS, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Harvard Business Review. Her TED talks have over 3M views. 

She has degrees from Wellesley College, Harvard Kennedy School, and the London School of Economics, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their four fur kids.