Goldman’s Chief Diversity Officer Hops to Morgan Stanley as DEI Exits Stage Left
KEY POINTS
- •Megan Hogan, Goldman Sachs’ chief diversity officer for nearly 12 years, left for Morgan Stanley in January 2025.
- •Goldman Sachs responded to a Trump administration executive order by removing DEI language from reports and scrapping hiring goals.
- •Lauren Uranker will take over Hogan’s role at Goldman, focusing on AI and talent engagement without explicit DEI references.
In a plot twist Wall Street neither anticipated nor particularly cared about, Megan Hogan—the 12-year Goldman Sachs diversity head with a title longer than a CVS receipt—slid out in January for a fresh gig at Morgan Stanley. This move comes right on the heels of Trump’s 2025 executive order telling corporations to give DEI programs the cold shoulder like they're last season's TikTok trend. Goldman just dropped race, gender identity, and sexual orientation from board criteria after conservative pushback, sunsetting their 'aspirational hiring goals' like an Instagram filter fading into irrelevance. Meanwhile, Lauren Uranker, Hogan's 14-year Goldman buddy, is slated to tackle AI integration and 'engaging top talent,' which apparently requires zero DEI mentions in her new job title. It’s a corporate game of musical chairs, but the chairs say 'diversity not allowed.'
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Goldman ditches diversity like it's a phone upgrade, while Hogan escapes the sinking ship for Morgan Stanley’s version of talent development that somehow doesn’t mention inclusion at all.
Breaking: Goldman’s approach to diversity now officially classified as ‘reverse innovation.’
When your DEI chief leaves and the corporate memo says ‘diverse perspectives welcome’ but don’t mention anything diverse, you know it’s a rewrite from 2025.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 2/25/2026 | Author: Reed Alexander
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