Keisha Sutton-James

Keisha Sutton-James is a senior executive leader with experience that spans the corporate, not-for-profit and government sectors.  Most recently, she served as Deputy Manhattan Borough President in the office of Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine.  In that role, she served as the borough president’s primary surrogate, served as trustee of the New York City Employees Retirement System, an $83 billion public pension system representing $300K+ New York City employees and retirees, was responsible for all community affairs, constituent services and organizing for the office, led the office cannabis opportunity work and served on multiple business improvement districts.

Prior to joining the Manhattan Borough President’s Office, Keisha served as campaign manager of the historic campaign to elect Alvin Bragg for Manhattan District Attorney where in an uber-competitive race, they succeeded in electing the first Black Manhattan DA in the most prestigious local prosecutor’s office in the nation.  Keisha is also the founder and president of Sutton Button Productions, LLC, where she has produced live events and video content for clients such as the National Action Network and BET Networks, and was Vice President of both ICBC Broadcast Holdings and J.P. Morgan Private Bank.  Keisha earned her BA in International Relations from Tufts university.  She later received an M.B.A. in Entrepreneurship from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.  She is a proud fifth generation Harlemite and mother of two grown and growing girls!