WFPMA Secretary General

SHRM Corporate Secretary, Chief of Staff & Head of Government Affairs

1800 Duke st. Alexandria, VA 223314
USA

Emily M. Dickens

Emily M. Dickens is Chief of Staff, Head of Government Affairs and Corporate Secretary for SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management. A member of the executive team, Emily has oversight for implementing the CEO's vision, corporate governance, global outreach, government affairs, and the organization’s buildings and property. She serves on the executive board of the North America Human Resource Management Association (NAHRMA) and Secretary-General of the World Federation of People Management Associations (WFPMA), and serves as representative to the 2021 Group of 20 (G20) Employment and Education Taskforce and the Special Initiative on Women's Economic Empowerment to the Business 20 (B20).

Emily is an attorney with significant and progressive experience in government, higher education and the non-profit sector. She has served as a member of the leadership team at the University of North Carolina system, the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Her prior roles include general counsel, chief relationship officer, senior vice president, vice president for public policy and assistant vice president for federal relations. She has also worked at Duke University and Fayetteville State University in administrative and external affairs roles.

Emily is actively engaged in board service. She is a member of the Strategic Education, Inc. HIRE Advisory Board; the North Carolina Central University Board of Trustees; the U.S. Council for International Business Board of Directors; the National Foundation for Women Legislators  Board;  and is Chairman of the International HBCU Task Force for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

She is a graduate of North Carolina Central University and North Carolina Central University School of Law.