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Chelsea Hayes

2/28/2025 - Speaker#6, Week#7 - Chelsea Hayes
BA Public Health Promotion & Public Relations - Purdue University - 2011
MA Corporate Communication - Northwestern University - 2012

CEO
The Coaching Factory
Los Angeles, CA

Chelsea C. Hayes, SPHR, is the CEO at The Coaching Factory, an LA-based Corporate Training & Development firm that specializes in interactive experiences on Inclusion, Leadership, and Management. The Coaching Factory also provides counsel to CEOs and celebrities.

Her clients include global powerhouse brands such as PepsiCo, General Mills, YUM! Brands, Morgan Stanley, Eli Lilly, Spin Master (The Home of The Rubik's Cube), Kendo (The Home of Fenty Beauty by Rihanna) and NBC.

Prior to founding The Coaching Factory, Chelsea was the Director of HR at the WNBA team, the Los Angeles Sparks, after launching her career ghostwriting for the Chief Diversity Officer at General Electric (GE).

Chelsea earned two Bachelor's Degrees from Purdue University after beginning college at the age of sixteen and was recently named Purdue University's Outstanding Alumni under 35. While on campus at Purdue, Chelsea ran a global campaign and was elected National 2nd VP of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. which made her the 3rd highest ranked officer in a Sorority of over 250,000 members.

Chelsea went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Corporate Communication from Northwestern University and is a proud member of Northwestern University’s Council of 100—an invitation-only group of Northwestern’s top female alumni executives.

If she's not with a client you can catch her arranging flowers, exercising or napping. Chelsea is currently in pre-production for a television show based on her work.