Glenda Swain is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The PIVOT Foundation.
In this role, she leads the Foundation’s strategic initiatives, educational programming, and fundraising efforts aimed at strengthening the pipeline between HBCU talent and corporate opportunity.
Ms. Swain has longstanding ties to the philanthropic and nonprofit communities. She currently serves as a Board Member of the Las Vegas Aces Foundation and previously served on the Board of the Minerva Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Marietta-Roswell Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
Prior to founding The PIVOT Foundation, Ms. Swain built a distinguished career in corporate America spanning several leading global companies.
She held positions of increasing responsibility in diversity and inclusion, talent acquisition, and diversity recruitment with two of the “Big Three” automakers — Ford Motor Company and Chrysler.
She later joined The Coca-Cola Company, where she led talent acquisition and diversity recruitment initiatives for the company’s Food Service and Hospitality division, Coca-Cola’s largest customer-facing organization.
Ms. Swain currently serves as Senior Vice President, Employee Community for Wynn Resorts, where she has developed and launched an HBCU Graduate Management Training Program designed to build a strong pipeline of diverse talent prepared for senior leadership roles in the hospitality industry.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Grambling State University and a Master of Human Resources and Labor Relations from Michigan State University.
Ms. Swain is also a Diamond Life Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and a member of The Links, Incorporated.