Major League Baseball has named Michele Meyer-Shipp to oversee all of MLB’s human resources activities, including talent processes and programs, workplace culture and diversity and inclusion.
As MLB’s chief people and culture officer, Meyer-Shipp also will lead all off-field office operations.
Meyer-Shipp joins MLB from KPMG LLP, where she served as chief diversity and inclusion officer. While at KPMG, she led all firm programs and initiatives relating to workforce, workplace, and marketplace diversity and inclusion and consulted with clients on building diverse and inclusive workplaces.
She held previous diversity roles at Prudential Financial and for the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and practicing employment law in both the public and private sectors.
Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr., said: “I am very pleased that Michele is joining us to fill this vital role for Major League Baseball. Michele’s outstanding record of accomplishment will be a valuable addition to our senior leadership team, the hiring and development of our employees, and industry initiatives.”
Meyer-Shipp also has served on industry and association tasks forces and committees, including Twitter’s Diversity Advisory Council, Working Mother Media’s Multicultural Advisory Board, National Organization on Disability, and Rutgers University’s Student Affairs Executive Advisory Council.
She was recently recognized among the “Top 100 Women of Influence” by Diversity MBA.
Meyer-Shipp is a graduate of Rutgers University and Seton Hall University School of Law, and she is certified as a senior human resources professional by the Society of Human Resources Management
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