MeChelle Callan

MeChelle Callen is a speaker, author, coach, and DEI champion who has nearly 40 years helping leaders and organizations grow through people-centered leadership, culture, and learning. A dynamic speaker who has presented at the SHRM Annual Conference, Training Magazine Conference & Expo, HR Indiana, Illinois SHRM, DisruptHR Indy, and more, MeChelle is known for bringing bold, grounded, and equity-centered perspectives that challenge people to rise higher and lead with more courage.

A strategic HR executive, certified Gallup CliftonStrengths® coach, and holder of an MBA, SHRM-SCP, and SPHR, she has designed award-winning leadership development programs, led organizational transformation efforts, and coached leaders to own their brilliance and lead with lasting impact. Her work has earned recognition including Training Magazine's Outstanding Training Initiatives and multiple Top 125 International Training Awards.

MeChelle brings honesty, humor, and unapologetic truth-telling to every room she enters because she believes the world gets better when more people feel seen, valued, and free to lead as their full selves.



Beyond her professional work, she is deeply committed to community leadership and creating spaces where that vision becomes reality. In addition to the Indy Rainbow Chamber of Commerce board of directors, she serves on the Diversity Roundtable Conference Committee, the Peace Learning Center board and volunteers with the ACLU.