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Denielle Sachs

Senior Director & Global Head

Denielle Sachs is a senior director and global head of APCO Impact, a group within APCO Worldwide that helps clients drive social and environmental change. Our work encompasses the biggest issues of our time, including corporate purpose, ESG, climate and sustainability, racial and gender equity, and social justice. Denielle is a strategist, organizational leader and coalition- builder with extensive experience driving fact-based decision- making in corporate board rooms as well as community-based programs in countries around the world. Ms. Sachs founded The Tembo Group, which was acquired by APCO in 2020, after eight years as the director of social impact for McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, she helped build the Social Sector Practice, as well as architected and led the firm’s first-ever global corporate citizenship strategy, including the creation of the Firm’s 501(c)(3), now McKinsey.org. Earlier in her career, Denielle worked with The White House and various national political campaigns, and served as a government relations, CSR and communications expert at several premier agencies, both in the United States and abroad. She holds a Master of Arts in International Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in International Politics from New York University.