MEET OUR PRINCIPAL SPEAKER & CONSULTANT

Michele Lawlis Shelton, CDP, CPC is founding CEO and Principal Consultant of Shelton Holdings LLC, a management consulting firm based in Louisville, KY. As an international speaker, author, executive coach and thought leader on diversity, equity, and inclusion, Michele guides courageous organizational leaders beyond barriers that impede DEI success. As a performance consultant, she is on a mission to support communities and organizations committed to investing in the creation of inclusive and equitable cultures that acknowledge, affirm and add value to the total experience of every person under their influence. 

Over the last twenty years, Michele's career in pursuit of justice and equality for others included stages where she has personally seen, suffered, and survived the impact of poor leadership and toxic work cultures. To that end, she remains unapologetically committed to empowering others to join her in confronting and conquering the -ism's that impact our humanity and the bottom line at work and beyond...

Michele has been featured in Who's Who Publications, The Louisville Defender, Courier-Journal, Today's Woman Magazine, radio and television outlets. An alumna of the University of Louisville and Louisville Seminary, she is a member of the National Speakers Association, Society for Human Resource Management, National Association for Female Executives, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, Leadership Louisville, and holds several certifications for diversity, leadership training, and coaching. She previously served on several boards promoting equal opportunity in education, employment and entrepreneurship. Currently, she is a board member for Talenya, Ltd. and Global Economic Diversity Development Initiative (GEDDI). A contributing author to three international anthologies, Michele is currently working on her fourth and solo title, The Simplicity of Diversity. She remains available on an international basis to keynote, coach & consult.