SHRM’s Emily M. Dickens To Share Workplace Insights As Spectacular Magazine Contributor

ALEXANDRIA, VA. – Emily M. Dickens, chief of staff, head of government affairs, and corporate secretary for SHRM (the Society for Human Resource Management), will join Spectacular Magazine as a guest contributor focused on workplace issues. Dickens’ first article “Senior Executive Lookahead: The Top Five Issues for 2022″ will appear on the Spectacular Magazine website and social media pages on Friday, February 18th. 

A graduate of North Carolina Central University and North Carolina Central University School of Law, Dickens maintains strong ties to the Triangle and local business, education, and government leaders.

“I’m delighted to share insights on issues impacting today’s evolving workplaces with the Spectacular audience,” said Dickens. “Organizations everywhere were forced to adapt and reinvent themselves through all the uncertainty of the last two years, and change will remain a constant in 2022. I want to be a resource as we navigate the road ahead, providing tools for readers to cause the effect they want to have on our workplaces and communities.”

Based in Alexandria, Va., SHRM advocates on behalf of its more than 300,000 HR professional and business executive members globally on issues impacting work, workers, and the workplace. SHRM members have a critical leadership role in their organizations, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A member of SHRM’s executive team, Dickens 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 and Secretary-General of the World Federation of People Management Associations. She is also a 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).

Dickens 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.

Dickens 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 chair of the International HBCU Task Force for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.