CarterBaldwin Executive Search is proud to partner with the Federalist Society’s Board of Directors in the announcement of Sheldon Gilbert as their second president. He will succeed Eugene B. Meyer, who has served as Executive Director, CEO, and/or President of the organization for more than 40 years.
“Sheldon is a superb choice to take over as President of the Federalist Society,” said Steven Calabresi, co-chairman of the Board of Directors. “His boundless energy and enthusiasm and deep engagement with all segments of the legal community, including different strands of the conservative and libertarian legal movement, make him the right person to lead the Federalist Society at this time.”
“Sheldon is both a thinker and a doer,” said Leonard Leo, co-chairman of the Board. “His unmatched strategic sense, entrepreneurial mindset, leadership qualities, and vision make him uniquely qualified for leading the generational change the Society is poised to begin while preserving the Society’s core assets and commitments.”
Sheldon joins the Federalist Society from retail giant Walmart, where he served as Senior Lead Counsel for Strategic Initiatives. Prior to Walmart, Gilbert served as Vice President for Content and Development and Senior Fellow for Constitutional Studies at the National Constitution Center, as Director for the Institute for Justice’s Center for Judicial Engagement, and as Associate Chief Counsel for Litigation at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Litigation Center.
He was selected following a nationwide search by the Board’s Presidential Search Committee, with key support from CarterBaldwin Partner Andrea McDaniel Smith and team.
Sheldon earned a JD from the George Washington University Law School and a BA in history from the University of Utah.
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About The Federalist Society
Founded in 1982, the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is a group of conservatives and libertarians dedicated to reforming the current legal order. We are committed to the principles that the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be. The Society seeks to promote awareness of these principles and to further their application through its activities.
