Shawntal M. Mallory, Executive Director

Shawntal M. Mallory is a native of Omaha, Nebraska. She was educated at Creighton University and Creighton University School of Law where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and her Juris Doctor, respectively. A licensed attorney, over the course of her fifteen-year practice, she has specialized in adoption, juvenile, family, and employment law while serving in nonprofit executive positions as general counsel and in human resources. Recently, she became Executive Director of the Nebraska Legal Diversity Council, a newly formed nonprofit organization aiming to increase and support diversity in the practice of law and law school matriculation in Nebraska. Mallory also serves as an adjunct Law Professor at Creighton Law School teaching a Race & Law course she developed. A featured speaker, trainer, coach and consultant on issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, access, justice and belonging, Mallory is certified in Nonprofit Executive Leadership and Leading Equity & Inclusion in Organizations through Northwestern University. She is co-founder of the Nebraska Association of African American HR Professionals, an Inclusive Communities LeadDIVERSITY Advocate and a graduate of Leadership Omaha Class 31. Mallory serves on the Boards of Inclusive Communities and Lamp Rynearson and is a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Commissioner. She is an active community volunteer, a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and attends Salem Baptist Church. She is a 2009 TOYO recipient and was awarded the 2021 Nebraska State Bar Association Diversity Award. Mallory’s favorite role is mom to her two sons.