Malaika Myers

Malaika Myers most recently served as executive vice president and chief human resources officer of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a position she held from 2017 to 2025. At Hyatt, she partnered with the executive team and the Board of Directors on global human capital strategy and led initiatives including the RiseHY youth employment program and co-led, alongside Hyatt's CEO, the organization's transformation to agile ways of working. Prior to Hyatt, she was senior vice president of Human Resources at Jarden Corporation between 2015 and 2016, and before that chief human resources officer of Arysta LifeScience from 2011 to 2015. Earlier in her career, she spent seven years at Diageo plc, holding roles including Senior Vice President of Global Talent and Senior Vice President of Global Organizational Development. Prior to that, she spent more than a decade at PepsiCo, rising from Human Resources Manager to Senior Vice President of Human Resources across the Frito-Lay division, the Pepsi-Cola division, and corporate headquarters. She began her career at FMC Corporation in 1990. Malaika currently serves on the Board of Directors of Wella Company, where she is a member of the Compensation Committee, and previously served on the boards of Cielo, Skills for Chicagoland's Future, and the American Hotel & Lodging Association Foundation. She holds an MBA and a BS in Management from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where she received the Westwood Pharmaceuticals Graduate Fellowship. Outside the boardroom, she is an active supporter of the Boys & Girls Club of Stamford, loves to travel, and treasures time with her family — she is married with two children and lives in Stamford, Connect