Tyra Orange

Tyra Orange is a Director at SeramountCulture, where she helps shape the organization’s Executive Community, connecting senior leaders across culture, talent, and inclusion through research, insights, and meaningful peer dialogue. A former member of the Executive Community herself, Tyra brings the perspective of both a corporate practitioner and strategic advisor, connecting inclusion to business strategy and organizational transformation.

Tyra brings more than 25 years of experience in financial services, spanning alternative asset management and investment banking. Her career includes serving in the Office of the CEO at Cowen, a $2 billion global investment bank, where she worked closely with executive leadership to drive organizational transformation through periods of growth, acquisition, and integration. As Cowen’s first Vice President of Inclusion and Diversity, and later at TD Securities, Tyra advanced inclusion as a business priority. She guided executive leadership councils, established the firm’s first employee resource group, strengthened talent pipelines, and embedded inclusion into talent development, client engagement, and the employee experience. Her work also included creating executive convenings that connected inclusion with business development and advising senior leaders through organizational change.

A two-time recipient of TD’s Legendary Award, an honor reserved for the top 3% of employees, Tyra is known for building relationships, fostering collaboration, and creating spaces for candid dialogue around complex challenges. She also served as a Sorkin Center DEI Mentor with Compass Pro Bono, advising nonprofit executives on inclusion strategies.

A lifelong New Yorker and graduate of The City College of New York, Tyra has a background in professional dance training and enjoys traveling, theater, and reading.