Shirell A. Gross

Vice

PRESIDENT

AND CHIEF COUNSEL FOR GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN, OPERATIONS AND LOGISTICS AND HEAD OF THE US CONTRACT ORGANIZATION, MEDTRONIC PLC

Shirell A. Gross, Esq. CLC has built a successful career as a senior executive and attorney at Fortune 500 companies. She is VP and Chief Counsel for Global Supply Chain, Operations and Logistics and Head of the US Contract Organization for Medtronic, where she leads an organization responsible for providing legal support to Medtronic’s Executive Vice-President and Head of global manufacturing, supply chain, sourcing, operations, trade, real estate, transportation warehouse, and logistics. She is also responsible for US commercial sales, and government and technology agreements across the enterprise.

Previously, she was a vice-president, division counsel, and head of law for two Bayer AG global businesses, Diabetes and Radiology supporting medical devices and pharmaceutical products. In between these two roles, Shirell took a two-year hiatus from the law, became a certified life coach, and started a business Measure of Ambition LLC d/b/a ShirellSpeaks. She provides keynote speeches, workshops, life, executive coaching, and empowerment events. She remains passionate about the work of bringing along the next generation of diverse business leaders and in particular women of color emerging leaders.

She has received numerous professional recognitions including the 2022 Policy Trailblazer Award from Executive Women of New Jersey, Savoy magazine as one of the Most Influential Black Lawyers in America, Black Doctors.org’s Top Blacks in Healthcare, Hofstra University School of Law’s Outstanding Women in Law, and YWCA as a Women of Influence. She also held roles at Quest Diagnostics, Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein, and Deutsch and started her career as an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx, NY.

She is active in the community and passionate about young people, just recently completed a term on the National Executive Board of Jack and Jill of America Inc. the largest African American family organization with over 12,000 members and 20,000 children. As the National Program Director, she was responsible for executing its national and chapter programming and community service initiatives and served as a trustee of the Jack and Jill of America Foundation. She is also a member of the North Manhattan Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. She is also a board member of Executive Women of New Jersey and a Member of Women Business Leaders.