Tyrell Walker

Tyrell is a Foreign Service Officer and the CEO and Founder of the National Association for Black Engagement with Asia (NABEA). Tyrell has represented the United States in the People’s Republic of China, the Philippines, and Canada, and has also contributed to the State Department’s Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs.

He has worked in both private and public sectors on diversity, equity, and inclusion issues throughout the Indo-Pacific, including establishing the diversity and inclusion council at the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai, and being an active member of glifaa, supporting LGBTQIA+ individuals in the foreign affairs community.

Before joining the State Department, Tyrell was chief of staff at a civil rights NGO; ran political activism workshops in Japan; and interviewed, farmed, and lived with minority and indigenous communities throughout East Asia.

Tyrell holds an MA in Asian Studies from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, as well as a dual BA in Government and East Asian Studies from Harvard University.

In his free time, you can catch Tyrell visiting all the temples and shrines he can find.