Shari Mickey-Boggs

Shari Mickey-Boggs serves as the Senior Associate Chancellor and Chief Human Resources Officer at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she brings more than 25 years of distinguished leadership in human resources transformation across both public and private higher education institutions. A strategic and values-driven executive, Mickey-Boggs oversees a comprehensive HR portfolio that includes organizational strategy, workplace culture and well-being, employee experience and engagement, talent acquisition and development, compensation, labor and employee relations, policy design, HR systems and analytics, and regulatory compliance.
Her academic foundation includes a bachelor’s degree in political science and an MBA, and she is currently advancing her expertise through doctoral studies in Education Policy & Organizational Leadership. She is a graduate of the National Academy for Human Resources CHRO Academy and the Harvard Institute for Educational Management Higher Education Program. A certified Core Strengths facilitator and an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation, Mickey-Boggs integrates coaching and strengths-based development into her leadership approach.
She is a dedicated leader in the national HR community, serving on the ARU-HRI board and currently presiding as President of the Society of Higher Education HR Executives, where she champions innovation, inclusion, and excellence in HR practices across academia.
When she’s not powering through Pilates or hunting down her next Diet Coke, she’s busy checking national parks off her list—36 down, 27 to go—and plotting her next adventure. Next stop: South Korea!