Dionna Griffin-Irons

Dionna Griffin-Irons is Director of Diversity and Inclusion for The Second City U.S. and Canada. A Second City Detroit alumnus with 18+ years experience as performer, producer and facilitator, Dionna has taught 200+ workshops at colleges, women’s shelters, corporate boardrooms and worked with the United States Embassy in Norway and Latvia introducing improv as a tool for social change.

Her outreach work has appeared in Diversity Journal, on NPR, ABC, NBC, and numerous academic posts including her 2015 TEDx Talk at University of Chicago. Her published work can be found in Rowan/Littlefield’s anthology Women, Writing and Prison. She is currently writing a memoir on the intersection of comedy, diversity and women in prison. @dionnagirons