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Erica Ellison

Senior Director
Richmond, VA

Erica is a senior human resources and people strategy executive with more than 30 years of global leadership experience helping organizations align people strategy, organizational structure, and leadership practices with broader business goals. She partners with executives, boards, and leadership teams to strengthen HR infrastructure, reduce people-related risk, improve talent systems, and support organizations through growth, transformation, and complex workforce challenges. Her expertise includes global HR operations, acquisition integration, organizational redesign, executive and board advising, employee relations, succession planning, HRIS implementation, engagement strategy, and high-stakes conflict resolution. Erica is known for bringing practical judgment, legal and business discipline, and a steady advisory style to sensitive people matters, helping organizations build scalable people systems that support accountability, performance, and sustainable growth.

Erica has served as a senior people and culture executive across global nonprofit, technology, public safety, professional services, and mission-driven organizations. Throughout her career, she has led initiatives focused on global HR operations, organizational redesign, acquisition integration, employee engagement, succession planning, and executive leadership advising. Her experience includes supporting organizations through periods of growth and change, strengthening HR infrastructure, and guiding leaders through complex workforce and organizational challenges while creating repeatable, scalable people practices aligned with long-term business objectives.

FUNCTION & SPECIALIZATION

  • Fractional CHRO and executive HR advisory
  • Organizational design, restructuring, and change leadership
  • Talent strategy, succession planning, and leadership development
  • Employee relations, conflict resolution, and workplace investigations
  • HR operations, compliance, process improvement, and HRIS optimization
  • M&A integration, workforce transitions, and culture alignment

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS & PAST EXPERIENCES

  • United Methodist Family Services
  • Harris Corporation
  • Viavi Solutions/JDSU
  • Northrop Grumman
  • Agilent Technologies
  • Hewlett-Packard

EDUCATION, LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

  • JD & MBA, Joint Degree Program, University of Maryland, Baltimore & College Park
  • B.A., Business Management, The Catholic University of America
  • Admitted to Maryland State Bar (inactive)
  • Certified Mediator, Maryland Courts
  • Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Northrop Grumman

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

  • Executive Network Member, SHRM
  • Lifetime Member, National Black MBA Association
  • Guest Lecturer, Human Resources, Liberty University
  • Special Education Advisory Committee Member