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Principal Consultant
Green Ocean HR
Marlo Ricketts Green is a seasoned Human Resources Executive with over 20 years of experience designing and leading transformative people strategies across Fortune 500 corporations, global startups, nonprofits, and prestigious academic institutions. Recognized for her ability to align people-centric initiatives with organizational goals, she has built a career on fostering inclusive, high-performing cultures that drive measurable business results
Marlo’s expertise spans Global HR Management, Organizational Design, Talent Acquisition, Executive Coaching, Employee Engagement, DEI Strategy, Labor Relations, and Change Management. She is known for delivering impactful outcomes in complex, highly matrixed environments, including spearheading cultural transformations, leading HR through mergers and acquisitions, launching award-winning DEIB programs, and driving organizational effectiveness across multi-state and international teams.
Her industry experience is both broad and deep, encompassing manufacturing, aviation, cannabis, technology, higher education, retail, consumer goods, and state government. She has held leadership roles with notable organizations including E.I. duPont de Nemours, Honeywell, Amazon, Brown University, Cresco Labs, and Sinequa. In each, Marlo has been a trusted advisor to executive teams, a catalyst for change, and a champion for equity and inclusion.
Marlo holds an MBA and a Master’s in Organizational Leadership from Wilmington University, and is credentialed as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), a SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), and a Six Sigma Greenbelt. She is also Prosci Change Management and MBTI Instructor Certified.
A thought leader and advocate for systemic change, Marlo is a contributing author to several publications, including Can’t Tell Me Nothing: The Uncomfortable Hair Truths of Black Women and Everyday Struggle: How Toxic Workplaces Impact Black Women. Her insights have been featured in multiple HR and business publications, and she continues to serve on advisory boards and community leadership groups dedicated to workforce development, diversity, and organizational excellence.