Member Bio
Shamis Pitts owns and operates Pitts Leadership Consulting LLC (“Pitts Leadership”). Pitts Leadership’s mission is to help people connect to their greatness and to strengthen the employee/employer social contract to support a thriving and engaged workforce. She does this through leadership coaching, keynote speaking, training and development and human capital consulting.
Shamis has operated at the intersection of strategy, people and business process for 20 years. Before launching Pitts Leadership, Shamis served as Chief Operating Officer for start-up technology companies in the education, music and beauty verticals. Prior to working with start-ups, she performed mission-driven work in both elementary and higher education, allowing her to support the educational growth and personal development of young women and men of color.
Shamis began her career as a human capital management consultant focusing on the development of strategies to increase operational efficiency through the design and implementation of compensation and other human resource structures. She then had progressive responsibilities within a major US bank that spanned internal consulting, business operations and marketing.
When at play, Shamis is mentoring, volunteering, karaoke-ing and dining with friends, or golfing with her husband.
