Dwinita Tyler

Diversity specialist Dwinita Mosby Tyler was born on November 12, 1962 in Atlanta, Georgia to Barbara Yvonne Hancock Mosby and John Mosby, Jr. She earned her B.S. degree in education from The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1985. She went on to earn her M.A. degree in management from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri in 1999. She also earned her Ph.D. degree in organizational leadership from the University of Colorado in 2008.

Tyler began her career as a corporate trainer with AT&T in 1985, where she worked for nearly ten years. She joined Kaiser Permanente in Colorado in 1995 and worked as an operations manager and director of operations in 1998. In 2004, Tyler was hired by Statline, an organ procurement organization, and she served as the vice president of operations until 2006. That same year, she founded the Kaleidoscope Project, a health initiative dedicated to ending tobacco usage in the African American community. In 2009, Tyler was the first African American female to become the executive director of the Office of Human Resources with the City and County of Denver. Five years later, she joined the Children’s Hospital Colorado, and she served as the senior vice president of human resources and chief inclusion officer. In 2017, Tyler was the founder and chief catalyst of The Equity Project, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in diversity and inclusion for small businesses in Denver, Colorado.

From 2009 to 2016, Tyler served on the board of One Colorado Education Fund. She was the commissioner of the Denver Office of Strategic Partnerships and the Colorado Health Equity Commission in 2012 and 2013, respectively. She was also a member of the Tony Grampsas Youth Services Board from 2012 to 2016. That same year, she was a member of the board of trustees of the Denver Foundation. She was also a trustee of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, Craig Hospital, and Signal Behavioral Health Network.

Tyler has one daughter named Jasmine. She also two stepchildren with her husband, Reverend Dr. Timothy Tyler. Tyler and her husband reside in Denver, Colorado.

Dwinita Mosby Tyler was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on April 10, 2025.