Maeve Rising: Coming Out Trans in Corporate America

Until she finally got sober, Maeve’s life was mired in depression and unconscious struggle.

About Maeve DuVally

Maeve DuVally is the author of Maeve Rising: Coming Out Trans in Corporate America. A New York City resident, Maeve is an LGBTQ+ advocate; communications and diversity and inclusion consultant and a writer. She worked as a corporate spokesperson for Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch for twenty years and was a financial journalist previous to that. She is a frequent traveler to Japan where she lived for years. A frequent public speaker on workplace diversity, she serves on the board of multiple non-profits including GLAAD, Anchor Health Initiative, and Trans New York. She is a mentor to transgender people in corporations.

Praise for Maeve DuVally's Maeve Rising : Coming Out Trans in Corporate America

WINNER OF THE 2023 NEW YORK BOOK FESTIVAL COMPETITION: MEMOIR

“Maeve DuVally, whom I used to know as Michael DuVally from Goldman Sachs, has written a courageous and compelling memoir about her literal and metaphorical transformation, from a man to a woman, from drunkenness to sobriety, from a life filled with lies and deceit, to one of honesty and openness. What an inspiring story.”

—William D. Cohan, author of Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon, Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World; House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street; The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co.; The Price of Silence; Why Wall Street Matters; and Four Friends

“Maeve Rising is the unflinchingly honest story of Michael, whose anxieties and self-destructive tendencies sabotage every facet of his life: family, friends, career. That is, until Michael discovers her true self as Maeve. This book is important for vividly relating the difficult trans journey toward self-acceptance. But as importantly, it made me appreciate the complexities and difficulties that some of our colleagues bear alone, that could be borne so much more lightly or eliminated if they feel they have the support to show up for work as their authentic selves.”

—Lloyd Blankfein, former Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

“This is Maeve DuVally's heartbreaking, brave, and triumphant story of coming out as a transgender person not just in corporate America, but on Wall Street, and not just on Wall Street, but at Goldman Sachs. It would be important reading at any time, but in the times in which we live, it's essential.”

—Bethany McLean, co-author of The Smartest Guys in the Room