Gail Greenfield

Principal Mercer Consulting

Gail is a Principal in Mercer’s Workforce Strategy & Analytics practice in Washington, DC, specializing in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) analytics. Gail has more than 15 years of experience helping organizations develop evidence-based talent management and DEI strategies. Her insights on pay equity have been featured by leading publications such as the Washington Post and CNBC and she recently testified before the US House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee on the topic of diversity and inclusion at America’s largest banks.

Gail has extensive experience conducting diversity-focused internal labor market analyses and pay equity analyses for organizations across a variety of industries, including financial services, IT, education, insurance, wholesale, transportation, manufacturing, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and hospitality.

Prior to joining Mercer in 2000, Gail was an assistant professor of economics at The College of Wooster. More recently, Gail worked as a senior program officer for The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine as a part of the Board of Higher Education and Workforce. Gail received her PhD in economics from Claremont Graduate University and her bachelor’s degree in business economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.