Graciela G. Meibar

Graciela G. Meibar is a Senior Fellow, Human Capital and Program Director at The Conference Board. In addition, she is a consultant and executive coach with 30 years' corporate experience, with 20 years in line management and senior management; she has 15 years of leading and consulting on diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI). She is a senior executive with a proven record of accomplishments in leadership development, people management, relationship management, and building and launching new initiatives. She had a 30-year career at Mattel Inc., and a few key describers of her career include: global, inclusive, people focused, relationship builder, trusted mentor and colleague, advisor, deliverer of results. 

Her background provides business insight and a unique leverage to leaders experiencing changing conditions personally or within their industry or organization. Graciela’s clients are leaders who are experiencing changing organization circumstances or are in need of creating new dynamics for their teams. Areas of specialty include diversity and inclusion, commercial team development, leadership development.

Graciela received a bachelor of arts degree in international relations from the University of Southern California in 1980 and an MBA in management from Pepperdine University in 1983. Her core belief is that an inclusive culture drives innovation. Her life experiences ground this belief. As Cuban immigrants, her parents encouraged her to think as a free person and be authentic to self and celebrate her differences, while including others in the conversations. She is bilingual, Spanish/English, and bicultural, and she has a global perspective for business and organizations. She is also a graduate of Leadership Los Angeles and of the Hudson Institute of Coaching, and she is a sought-out speaker on DEI as well overall inspiration and motivation.