Professional Background

Shelley Lucas is committed to helping you create inclusive workplaces where every person sees a vision of their own success and is empowered to be their best. Shelley helps teams to leverage diversity and resolve conflict in order to sustain peak performance. Understanding that our differences are often our strengths, Shelley will help you uncover hidden bias and learn to engage everyone in striving for excellence.

With diverse experience ranging from Advertising, Branding and Public Relations to Education, Literacy and ESOL; degrees in Journalism and Graphic Design and a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction; Shelley merges personal and professional depth to deliver effective public relations, training and challenging messages. She strives to be a positive agent of change in her community and in the world, through her work, her volunteer activities, and her desire to make a difference every day.

Shelley Lucas is a polished speaker and effective leadership strategist. She has written curriculum and created seminars and workshops for personal development and professional training. Shelley is able to create and drive strategy to increase revenue and improve client satisfaction and loyalty. Her thought leadership in the areas of equity, diversity and inclusion have positively impacted corporate and educational settings. She has a global outlook and international training and speaking experience.

Experience

Shelley has an excellent track record in her ability to educate, counsel and empower others. She's a demonstrated leader who is passionate about giving others a vision of their own success. Shelley has an exceptional record of success in formulating, designing, and executing strategies and programs that help advance the achievement of people and organizations. She has developed and implemented programs in leadership development, diversity and inclusion, employee engagement and performance improvement in organizations throughout the US and in international settings.

For six years, Shelley lived and worked in Japan, France, and Austria. She demonstrates her exceptional ability to teach, counsel, and coach others locally and internationally. Shelley is a dynamic leadership trainer and engaging speaker who desires to be a positive agent of change. She will leave you feeling inspired and empowered to be a part of improving yourself and your workplace.

She's a demonstrated leader, project coordinator and collaborative problem-solver, who works with perseverance and integrity. Her clients include Nike, Booneville Power Administration, Center for Teacher Effectiveness, Kaiser Permanente and others. Shelley is also serves as Contributing Faculty at Willamette University.

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View our Diversity and Human Resource courses.

What others say about Shelly Lucas

"Thank you for helping us understand ourselves and our American team better. We like the GlobeSmart assessments and cultural competency evaluations. Shelley helped us improve our communication skills and identify strengths we bring to our global team." Intel -­‐ Chinese Team

"Shelley captivated us with her Intentional Living keynote." OMFOA -­‐ Conference Director

“Shelley has a great vision for diversity and the ability to work across cultures and with diverse groups to strategize and develop a plan for implementation of the vision. She is a skilled trainer and educator and I have personally benefited from her training expertise as I was a participant in classes that she provided to our workforce.” Bonneville Power -­‐ Executive Director of Diversity

“Ms. Lucas has an approachable and warm personality that allows participants to open up and self-­‐ assess. Her training can be used in our personal lives and our teams.” Tinker AFB -­‐ GS-­‐13, DAF

Client list includes: 

Intel, Nike, Nuclear Fuel Services, Scott AFB, Tinker AFB, SEIU, TDS, Capital One, CareerPathways, Kaiser Permanente, City of GrantsPass, State of South Dakota, Educational Conferences & School Districts, Tampa Power Supply, Barlow Respiratory Hospital, Bonneville Power Admin., B.Braun,

Education

M.Ed., Educational Curriculum and Instruction, University of Phoenix
BA, Communications, Journalism and related programs, University of Oregon
Post-grad, Ethics in Education, George Fox University
Language Arts Teacher Certificate, Oregon