Christal Morris

Founder, CLM & Associates www.clmandassociates.com

SVP- Diversity, Equity + Inclusion

Diversity, and Talent Management thought leader

Dr. Morris has been in Human resources for over 24 years and has a passion and commitment for all things ‘Human Capital’. She has led Inclusion and Diversity strategies for many leading organizations and started CLM & Associates to help small organizations with less than 5000 employees with their training needs related to race, anti-racism, inclusive leadership, as well as diversity strategy. She was recently added to Peloton’s Senior Leadership team as their inaugural SVP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

She’s extra energized when she engages executive leaders in talent and coaching discussions, facilitates awareness around embedding D&I into the employee life cycle, delivers compelling presentations to influence how employees find their voice and step into their authentic selves, and demystifies difficult conversations about the intersection of politics and race.

Prior to consulting, Christal served as the Vice President of Diversity for a global manufacturing organization, and a VP of Human Resources for a health care system and lead three of their five divisions. She also served as Global Head of Inclusion, Diversity and Talent for a human capital, and risk management firm. Christal was responsible for developing and implementing diversity strategy for 40,000 employees and delivering DEI solutions globally across 120 countries and over 100 offices. She started her Diversity career at Time Warner and has worked in several other leading organizations in HR leadership roles.

Education and Credentials Christal has a Doctorate of Education in Organizational Leadership, a Master’s degree in Organizational Management and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. She also completed an Executive Leadership Development Program at UCLA for high potential leaders.