Title
President - PSEG Foundation; Senior Director, Corporate Citizenship & Culture
Company
PSEG
Bio
Ellen Lambert is currently the Chief Diversity Officer at PSEG. In addition, she holds the positions of President of the PSEG Foundation and Director of Corporate Citizenship and Responsibility. Lambert is responsible for the company-wide diversity and inclusion strategy as well as leadership of the Diversity and Inclusion Council, development and implementation of social investment strategies and overseeing employee engagement, corporate contributions, volunteering, sponsorships and employee giving programs. Prior to PSEG, Lambert led the Merck Foundation and its Office of Corporate Giving where she was responsible for philanthropic, community and volunteer endeavors including the development of The Richard T. Clark Global Fellowship program, strategic health, education and community-focused initiatives. She created corporate-wide employee engagement programs that allowed workers to ‘give back’ and hone their professional skills by working with non-profits. She led the groups responsible for the Merck Institute for Science Education and the Merck Childhood Asthma network. Formerly, Lambert was the Executive Director of the ROCHE Foundation and Director of Corporate Relations and Contributions for the company. She served as Executive Director of the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, the Executive Director of the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Foundation and the Vice President of Development for the New York Special Olympics. Lambert holds a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law, a Master of Arts in Teaching from Tulane University and a Bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University. She is an adjunct professor at New York University.