Erica Salmon Byrne

Erica Salmon Byrne is the Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chair for Ethisphere, the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices that fuel corporate character, marketplace trust, and business success. In this role, Ms. Salmon Byrne oversees product strategy and M&A initiatives for the company while advancing Ethisphere’s founding ethos—that businesses that focus on the long term, commit to doing business with integrity, and invest in their stakeholder communities will outperform their peers.

Ms. Salmon Byrne is also the Chair of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), where she works with the BELA community to advance dialogue, collaboration, and best practices around ethics and governance.

Over her tenure at Ethisphere, Ms. Salmon Byrne has held several roles, including overseeing Ethisphere’s solutions, including data-driven program assessments; The Sphere, which offers benchmarking against peers and best practices, along with expertise, and related regulatory guidance; ethical culture assessments; and the World’s Most Ethical Companies®.

A prolific public speaker, Ms. Salmon Byrne is known throughout the ethics and compliance industry as a leader, educator, and advocate for ESG, values-based leadership, and business integrity. In 2022, she was recognized as a Modern Governance 100 Leader by governance firm Diligent. Erica has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Fast Company, Forbes, SXSW, and various ethics and compliance publications and podcasts.