Anjali Patel, J.D., C.D.E.
Lawyer & Chief Diversity Officer
Anjali Bindra Patel is a lawyer and Chief Diversity Officer with over two decades of experience helping clients with legal and human capital needs. Anjali has successfully designed and executed uniquely tailored DEI-focused policies, processes, procedures, and programs for tech companies, non profits, and academic institutions across the country.
Anjali’s book, Humanity at Work, discusses diversity and inclusion with remote workforces and is a #1 Amazon Best Seller.
Anjali has chaired and spoken at dozens of events and diversity conferences where she coached attendees on implicit bias and the intersections of inclusion and wellbeing. She has also taken the stage at TEDx, Google Start-Up, Facebook, and many others and served as the Editor at Large for Arianna Huffington/ Thrive Global’s Overcoming Lawyer Burnout.
Nationally, Anjali has been featured by Rebecca Jarvis of ABC News for her innovative efforts to help underrepresented groups and has appeared on several local television and media outlets.
Anjali holds a J.D. from Ohio State University College of Law and a B.A. in Business Management from Kent State University. She also attended Harvard Business School’s Entrepreneurship Essentials Program and is fluent in Hindi.
A Cleveland native, Anjali now lives in Northern Virginia with her military vet husband, three children, and small dog.