Shawn S. McGruder serves as senior associate general counsel and principal equal employment opportunity officer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, the nation’s largest university-affiliated research center in suburban Baltimore. McGruder earned an undergraduate degree in finance and a juris doctor from Howard University in Washington, D.C. She is passionate about her work in the legal profession. McGruder has been active on the boards of two legal trade associations, the National Bar Association and the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Baltimore Chapter. She has served as a presenter and thought leader for both organizations.