About Michele
Michele Lawlis Shelton, CDP, CPC is founding CEO and Principal Consultant of Michele Shelton LLC, a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) consulting firm based in Louisville, KY. As an international speaker, author, executive coach and thought leader on DEI, Michele guides courageous leaders beyond barriers (inside and out) that impede success. As a performance consultant, Michele continues to be a preferred advisor for organizations committed to creating inclusive and equitable cultures that acknowledge, affirm and add value to the total experience of every person under their influence.
For over twenty years, Michele's multi-sector career in pursuit of justice and equality for all 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 finding the strength and stamina to confront and conquer the -ism's that threaten our humanity and the bottom line at work and beyond...
SOME OF MICHELE'S PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE & VOLUNTEER SERVICE
- Vice President, Tri-State Minority Supplier Development Council
- Executive Director, Diversity & Equality, Commonwealth of KY Personnel Cabinet
- EEO Compliance Officer/Investigator, Louisville Metro Government (HRC)
- Chair/President Dean's Alumni Council, College of A&S, University of Louisville
- Healthcare Equity Advisory Committee, Kentuckiana Health Collaborative & KNA
- Board of Directors, Global Economic Diversity Development Initiative
- International Advisory Board, Talenya
- International Advisory Board, Professional Woman Network
- Advisory Board, Louisville Urban League Young Professionals
- Board of Directors, Intergovernmental Black History Committee
SPEAKING TOPICS - DEI
- DEI Fundamentals, Frustration & Fatigue
- C-Suite Leadership
- The Chief Diversity Role
- Culture Transformation
- Racial Equity & Justice
- Workforce Engagement
SPEAKING TOPICS - WOMEN
- Intersectionality, Racism and Sexism
- Women in Leadership
- Overcoming Workplace Adversity
- Finding Strength to Begin Again
