Mia Shade

Mia Shade, SHRM-SCP, currently serves as the Chief Human Resources Officer at The Ocean Foundation since February 2020, where responsibilities include planning and coordinating human resource policies to support organizational growth and diversity. Prior to this role, Mia worked at Paychex as an HR Generalist, providing strategic HR recommendations to clients from March 2013 to February 2020. Experience also includes positions at the District of Columbia Public Schools as a Human Resources Specialist, and earlier roles at Portman Holdings, Georgia Institute of Technology, The Jones Group Inc., and Golden Touch. Mia holds a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication/Media Studies from Temple University, earned between 1998 and 2002.