Jonathan Stutz

Jonathan Stutz, MA (he/him/his), is the founder and president for Global Diversity Partners Inc. He has over 25 years’ experience working in leading-edge companies such as Amazon and Microsoft. Jonathan led ID&E for four international businesses within Amazon’s Worldwide Operations group; and at Microsoft, he initially led ID&E for the Worldwide Sales and Support group, and later for the Worldwide Operations group. Later, Jonathan led the Global Readiness team ensuring Microsoft products were politically, culturally, and geographically appropriate in markets across the world.
As a community leader, Jonathan serves on the board of trustees for Youth Eastside Services, a nonprofit for youth and families supporting behavioral health and substance issues in Bellevue, WA. He has served as a human services commissioner for the cities of Bellevue and Kirkland, Washington.
Previously, he co-founded the Seattle area’s Eastside Diversity Task Force and, separately, the Eastside Latino Leadership Forum. While at Microsoft, he co-founded the Professional Technical Diversity Network in Puget Sound and the Bay Area.

Jonathan has served on the National Diversity Committee for the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) and is a past president of SHRM’s local Lake Washington chapter.

Jonathan earned his master’s degree from City University of Seattle and his bachelor’s in political science from the University of Washington. He is passionate about running, hiking, and spending as much time as possible with friends, family, and his cherished English Creme Golden Retriever, Simon. Born in Toronto, Canada, Jonathan spent formative years in Atlanta, Georgia, and Mercer Island, Washington. Today, Jonathan and his wife, Stacie, split time between Kirkland and Palm Desert, California.