Coretha Rushing

Coretha Rushing is the President of CR Consulting Alliance, LLC, a human resources consulting firm she founded in 2019, and has over 36 years of human resources experience. Ms. Rushing has held numerous executive leadership positions at renowned organizations, including Equifax, The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo Inc. and IBM Corp. Ms. Rushing currently serves on the Board of Directors of ThredUp Inc., a large resale apparel platform for women and children, and on the Board of Director of 2U, Inc. a publicly traded cloud based educational technology company that contracts with non-profit colleges and universities to provide the platform that allows them to deliver and support online degree, non-degree and certification programs. She acts as the Managing Director and Executive Mentor for The ExCo Group, LLC (formerly Merryck & Co.), a global executive coaching and mentoring firm and is an external board advisor for Spencer Stuart, a global search and professional services firm. Previously, Ms. Rushing served on the Board of Directors of Benefitfocus.com, Inc., a publicly traded cloud-based benefits platform software company, and most recently, as Chair and then Chair Emeritus of The Society for Human Resource Management. Ms. Rushing holds a Master of Education in Human Resources and Counseling from The George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Psychology from East Carolina University.