Darlene Richeson

Darlene Richeson is President and CEO of MaZie Global Solutions, a specialty government relations firm, which advises client senior leadership teams on managing organizational change, advocating business policy, performing outreach, building coalitions, and developing relationships with members of Congress, government agencies, and relevant stakeholders. Prior to founding MaZie Global Solutions, Darlene was an executive with Travelers Insurance, Bell of Pennsylvania, AT&T, GTE, and Verizon. She has over 30 years of business experience.

Darlene is a Brookings Institution Congressional Fellow, holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, and an MBA from Widener University, Chester, PA.

Darlene serves on the boards of non-profit organizations, the National Caucus and Center on Black Aging, Inc. (NCBA) and CHI Centers, Inc. She is also a member of the Association of Change Management Professionals and is an Adjunct Professor for the Organizational Development graduate program at Webster University’s George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology, National Capital Region.

Her son, Tory Richeson “TR”, has been involved in ArtStream since 2011 and performs with the Silver Spring ArtStream Theatre Company.