Steve Pemberton is a Child Advocate, Motivational Speaker & Author of "A Chance In The World" (Thomas Nelson 2012).

Steve currently serves as the Chief Diversity Officer and Divisional Vice-President for Walgreens, the first person to occupy this role in the historic company’s 112 year history.  He is widely recognized as one of America’s most innovative leaders on matters of diversity and inclusion.

Steve’s perspective on differences and adversity comes from his formative years, when as a ward of the state, his future was left to a system that struggled with his bi-racial identity.  He chronicles his life experiences in his 2012 memoir, A Chance in The World: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home.  Now in its 4^th printing and being translated into Chinese, his relentless journey to overcome, find his home, locate his biological family, and right the wrongs of his parents’ past, continues to touch audiences worldwide.

His unconventional journey to corporate America has had a profound influence on the lives of others, inspiring young people, teachers, executives, and care givers to embrace adversity and believe in possibility.  Steve’s powerful story has been featured in People Magazine and many other media outlets across the country.

Steve is a graduate of Boston College and is married with three children.