Wendy Shiba is a corporate attorney and principal with The Red Bee Group. She has served in C-level executive positions for three NYSE-listed companies, including Executive VP, General Counsel & Secretary of KB Home; Senior VP, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary of PolyOne Corporation; and VP, Secretary & Assistant General Counsel of Bowater Incorporated. In these roles, she managed Compliance and Risk Management; Environmental, Health and Safety; Government and Public Affairs; Internal Audit; Legal; and Product Stewardship.
Earlier in her career, Wendy was Corporate Chair of the City of Philadelphia Law Department; a tenured Associate Professor of Law at Temple University School of Law; in private practice with O'Melveny & Myers; and law clerk to Justice Stanley Mosk on the Supreme Court of California.
Active in the American Bar Association (ABA), Wendy is a member of the House of Delegates and Chair of the Select Committee of the House; Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Center and Chair of the DEI Advisory Council; and Vice Chair of the Committee on Rights of Women of the Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice. Previously she served on the ABA Presidential Task Force on the Law, Society, and the Judiciary; Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services; Board of Directors of the Rule of Law Initiative; Commission on Women in the Profession, where she chaired the Women of Color Research Initiative; and the Presidential Diversity & Inclusion 360 Commission. Wendy is a past President of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) and a co-founder of the Collaborative Bar Leadership Academy. She serves on the Board of Trustees for the Japanese American National Museum and has held board and leadership positions with numerous professional and nonprofit organizations.
Wendy has been honored with several national awards for her professional excellence, leadership, and impact in DEI, including the Japanese American Bar Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2025), NAPABA President’s Award (2024), ABA Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award (2022), Warren Christopher Values Award from O’Melveny & Myers (2019), ABA TIPS Liberty Achievement Award, sponsored by Thomson Reuters (2016), ABA Spirit of Excellence Award (2014), Corporate Counsel Women of Color’s Diamond Award (2014), NAPABA Trailblazer Award (2009), and YWCA Woman of Achievement Award (2007). In 2010, she was recognized as one of the Most Powerful and Influential Women in California. She is a frequent speaker on board governance, women’s leadership, and DEI in the legal profession.
Wendy earned her B.S. from Michigan State University and her J.D. from Temple University School of Law, where she graduated first in her class, served as Articles Editor of the Temple Law Review, and was a member of the Moot Court Board. She is married to Lawrence Pittman and they live in Altadena, California.
