Maeve DuVally Keynote Speaker

Multi-cultural communications specialist, storyteller and LGBTQ+ advocate
Former Director in corporate communications at Goldman Sachs
Author of "Maeve Rising: Coming Out Trans in Corporate America" (2023)

Maeve DuVally's Biography

Maeve DuVally is a multi-cultural communications specialist, storyteller and LGBTQ+ advocate. She has spent the bulk of her career as a journalist and corporate spokesperson, most recently at Goldman Sachs.

After a lifetime of working for large companies, she now consults for corporations and other organizations on communications strategy and diversity, equity and inclusion, Maeve also mentors transgender people and is a frequent public speaker on LGBTQ+ workplace issues.

She was a managing director in corporate communications at Goldman Sachs over an 18-year career. Prior to joining Goldman, Maeve worked in media relations at Merrill Lynch.

Before that, she was a financial journalist and editor at Bridge News for nearly 15 years with stints in Tokyo, Washington D.C. and New York. She spent ten formative years in Japan in the 1980s and is fluent in the language.

Maeve serves on the boards of GLAAD; the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship, a journalism non-profit; Connecticut-based LGBTQ+ health provider Anchor Health Initiative; and Trans New York.

She earned a B.A. in English from Providence College in 1983 and was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism School in 1994.

Her memoir, “Maeve Rising,” debuted in August 2023.

The Power of Recovery

The Evolution of Identity

She helps leaders communicate with greater clarity and authenticity, drawing on decades of experience in journalism and corporate communications to show how trust is built through language, storytelling and human connection.
She brings a powerful perspective on inclusion and belonging, helping organisations better understand LGBTQ+ workplace experiences and create cultures where people can contribute without hiding who they are.
Her career spans journalism, financial services and strategic communications, including 18 years at Goldman Sachs, where she became a Managing Director in Corporate Communications, and an earlier role at Merrill Lynch.
Before moving into corporate communications, she spent nearly 15 years as a financial journalist and editor at Bridge News, working across Tokyo, Washington D.C. and New York. Her decade living in Japan also gives her a valuable cross-cultural perspective.
Today, she advises organisations on communications and inclusion, mentors transgender people and serves on several nonprofit boards. Her memoir, Maeve Rising, shares her own story of identity, transition and personal transformation.