Jessica Muench is Chief Diversity Equity and Inclusion Officer at United Airlines.
In this role, Jessica is leading transformational change through a holistic strategy to embed DEI throughout the business and enhance relationships with employees, customers, communities, and commercial partners.
In her previous role of Managing Director, Labor Relations & Legal Strategy she worked closely with senior management providing counsel on labor litigation, negotiations, and contract administration.
Before United, Jessica served a gubernatorial appointment as Board Member on the Illinois Labor Relations Board.
Jessica also served as a Board Member of Legal Prep Charter Academy and Just the Beginning – A Pipeline Organization where she was honored as one of Just the Beginning’s “20 Under 40”.
Other honors include Jessica recognition as a 2015 Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow, a 2013 Leadership Council for Legal Diversity Fellow and She was also selected as a Fellow in the American Arbitration Association’s A. Leon Higginbotham Fellows Program in 2011.
Jessica holds a B.A. with Honors from Purdue University and a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
