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Susan Meisinger

2015 Speaker

SUSAN MEISINGER is a columnist, speaker and consultant on executive management issues.  She is the former president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Under Meisinger’s leadership as CEO, SHRM grew from 170,000 members to more than 245,000, revenue grew from $66 million to more than $110 million, and net assets grew from $66 million to more than $150 million, without an increase in dues.  Meisinger is a fellow and member of the board of the National Academy of Human Resources (NAHR). She also sits on the board of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. She frequently serves as an expert on workplace and business issues in the national media and has appeared on CNN, CNBC and “NBC Nightly News.” She has also appeared in stories in The New York Times, Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal. Meisinger co- authored “The Future of Human Resource Management” with former SHRM president and CEO Mike Losey and University of Michigan business school professor David Ulrich. Meisinger earned a B.S. from Mary Washington College and a law degree from the National Law Center of George Washington University. @suemeisinger