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Dionna Griffin-Irons is director of diversity and Inclusion for The Second City US and Canada. A Second City Detroit alumnus with more than 18 years’ experience as a performer, producer, and facilitator, Griffin-Irons has taught hundreds of workshops at colleges, at women’s shelters, and in corporate boardrooms. She also worked with the US Embassy in Norway and Latvia, introducing improv as a tool for social change.
Griffin-Irons mentors and develops underrepresented voices increasing representation and visibility to the newest generation of comedic artists to build successful careers.
Her outreach work has appeared in Diversity Journal and on NPR, ABC, and NBC, and her writing has appeared in the anthology Women, Writing, and Prison. She is currently writing a memoir on the intersection of comedy, diversity, and women in prison.
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