Full Name
Joyce Roché
Job Title
Author and Retired President & CEO
Company
Girls Incorporated
Speaker Bio
Joyce Roche was President and CEO of Girls Inc., a national nonprofit research, education, and advocacy organization in New York until her retirement in 2010. She is also the author of The Empress Has No Clothes…Conquering self-doubt to embrace Success.
Before joining Girls Inc., Joyce served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Carson Products Company, and Vice President of Global Marketing at Avon Products, Inc. While at Avon, Joyce broke new ground, becoming Avon’s first African American female vice president, the first African American vice president of marketing, and the company’s first vice president of global marketing.
Joyce has received widespread acclaim for her achievements in the business world, including a 2015 profile in Business Week’s “How Did I Get Here”, in 2014 being selected by The Financial Times as an Outstanding Corporate Director, in 1998 Business Week selected her as one of the “Top Managers to Watch” and in 1997 she was featured on the cover of Fortune.
Joyce received The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)’s Women of Vision Award in 2022, the Presidential Medal of Honor from her alma mater, Dillard University in 2015, the Women of Power Legacy Award from Black Enterprise Magazine in 2006, and in 2007 she received the Distinguished Alumna Award from Columbia University Women in Business.
In 2013, Joyce authored the book, The Empress Has No Clothes…Conquering self-doubt to embrace Success (Berrett-Koehler, 2013), a deeply personal memoir in which Joyce shares her lifelong struggle with the imposter syndrome and offers advice and coping strategies based on her own experiences and those of other high-achieving leaders who have suffered from it.
She currently chairs the board of Berrett-Koehler Publishers and the Chatham County Hospital Authority. She also serves on the Board of Directors of The Savannah Economic Development Authority, the World Trade Center of Savannah, and The Savannah Community Foundation.
Joyce previously served on the boards of AT&T Inc., Macy’s Inc., Anheuser-Busch Companies, May Department Stores, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc., Tupperware Brands Corporation and Girls Incorporated.
She is currently an Executive in Residence at Columbia University Business School and is the former Vice Chair of the board of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges and served as Chair of the Board of Trustees for Dillard University, where she is now Trustee Emerita.
Joyce is a graduate of Dillard University in New Orleans and holds an MBA from Columbia University. She has successfully completed Stanford University’s Senior Executive Program and holds honorary doctorate degrees from Dillard University, Bryant University, Old Dominion College, and others.
Before joining Girls Inc., Joyce served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Carson Products Company, and Vice President of Global Marketing at Avon Products, Inc. While at Avon, Joyce broke new ground, becoming Avon’s first African American female vice president, the first African American vice president of marketing, and the company’s first vice president of global marketing.
Joyce has received widespread acclaim for her achievements in the business world, including a 2015 profile in Business Week’s “How Did I Get Here”, in 2014 being selected by The Financial Times as an Outstanding Corporate Director, in 1998 Business Week selected her as one of the “Top Managers to Watch” and in 1997 she was featured on the cover of Fortune.
Joyce received The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)’s Women of Vision Award in 2022, the Presidential Medal of Honor from her alma mater, Dillard University in 2015, the Women of Power Legacy Award from Black Enterprise Magazine in 2006, and in 2007 she received the Distinguished Alumna Award from Columbia University Women in Business.
In 2013, Joyce authored the book, The Empress Has No Clothes…Conquering self-doubt to embrace Success (Berrett-Koehler, 2013), a deeply personal memoir in which Joyce shares her lifelong struggle with the imposter syndrome and offers advice and coping strategies based on her own experiences and those of other high-achieving leaders who have suffered from it.
She currently chairs the board of Berrett-Koehler Publishers and the Chatham County Hospital Authority. She also serves on the Board of Directors of The Savannah Economic Development Authority, the World Trade Center of Savannah, and The Savannah Community Foundation.
Joyce previously served on the boards of AT&T Inc., Macy’s Inc., Anheuser-Busch Companies, May Department Stores, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc., Tupperware Brands Corporation and Girls Incorporated.
She is currently an Executive in Residence at Columbia University Business School and is the former Vice Chair of the board of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges and served as Chair of the Board of Trustees for Dillard University, where she is now Trustee Emerita.
Joyce is a graduate of Dillard University in New Orleans and holds an MBA from Columbia University. She has successfully completed Stanford University’s Senior Executive Program and holds honorary doctorate degrees from Dillard University, Bryant University, Old Dominion College, and others.
Speaking At
