MICHELE C. MEYER-SHIPP, ESQ.
Interim Executive Director and Board Chair
Education and Experience
Michele C. Meyer-Shipp is a transformational C-suite executive, board leader, and nationally recognized thought leader with more than 20 years of experience spanning professional sports, global nonprofits, professional services, and Fortune 500s. Across every chapter of her career, she has advanced culture, access, and opportunity: first as an employment attorney advising organizations on compliance, investigations, and systemic workplace risk; and later as a senior executive leading enterprise-wide talent, culture, and inclusion strategy.
Michele serves as Interim Executive Director and Board Chair of the Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation (FPA), providing strategic leadership and governance oversight to advance inclusive leadership across professional football. She works closely with leaders across the football ecosystem to strengthen systems, expand access, and elevate pathways to decision-making roles throughout the sport. She previously held senior executive roles at Major League Baseball, KPMG, Prudential Financial, and Merrill Lynch, where she advised CEOs and boards, embedded equitable practices into talent systems, and led large-scale organizational transformation.
Most recently, as Chief Executive Officer of Dress for Success Worldwide, she led a comprehensive global reinvention: modernizing strategy, governance, and operations; strengthening affiliate performance across an international network; and expanding corporate partnerships while advancing economic opportunity for women worldwide.
Michele also serves on the Board of Directors of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), where she chairs the Human Resources Committee and serves on the Legal & Governance Committee, contributing to executive succession, compensation, and organizational effectiveness at the highest levels of women’s professional sports.
A sought-after voice on leadership, culture, and talent strategy, Michele has been featured in The New York Times, The Economist, Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, ESPN, Business Insider, and the Sports Business Journal. In 2025, she was named a Forbes “50 Over 50” Impact Honoree, among numerous national recognitions for her leadership and influence.
Her connection to football is both professional and personal. In addition to have five years on the FPA board, Michele has coached youth flag football, mentored collegiate players at Tufts University and Yale University, and comes from a football family: her brother-in-law played and coached in the NFL, and her two sons competed at the collegiate level, including one currently playing Division I football.
Michele holds a Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science from Rutgers University and resides in New Jersey.
