Dr. Denzil Streete currently serves as the Assistant Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Chief of Staff at the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley. He also directs the Office for Graduate Diversity at UC Berkeley. Previously, he served as Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Development and Diversity at Yale University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Driven by his own PhD experience, Dr. Streete has devoted his career to transforming graduate education, focusing on the recruitment and retention of minoritized students and expanding their post-graduate career opportunities.

In addition to speaking at campuses and national conferences, Dr. Streete employs web-based approaches to student recruitment. Notably, he initiated the Pipeline to the PhD Bootcamp in 2018 and other disciplinary bootcamps, which have provided over 5,000 underrepresented students nationwide with tools and knowledge for applying to competitive doctoral programs. He also facilitates workshops for faculty and staff with individual graduate programs to enhance their recruitment strategies and departmental climates.

Born in Morvant, Trinidad and Tobago, Denzil moved to the United States for his college education. He graduated with honors from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. Later, he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Columbia University's Teachers College, specializing in Comparative and International Education with a focus on the Economics of Education.