Crown Taps Shellie Hammock as EVP and General Counsel

This is a new position within Crown that will provide strategic legal oversight across all aspects of the global organization.

Shellie Hammock is Crown Laboratory’s new Executive Vice President and General Counsel and will hold a position on the Executive Leadership Team and Global Strategic Planning Team. 

This is a new position within Crown that will provide strategic legal oversight across all aspects of the global organization.

"Crown's growth has elevated the need for in-house counsel," says Jeff Bedard, President and CEO at Crown, in a news release. "Ms. Hammock's extensive experience will be invaluable as we look to her legal guidance on matters that range from M&A and corporate governance to compliance, intellectual property, and general business and personnel matters."

"Crown is at an incredibly exciting phase of its journey," says Ms. Hammock. "I am delighted to join a company whose mission and vision are about helping people look and feel better, and to have a role in executing its strategic plan is incredibly rewarding. I am looking forward to contributing to the company's success."

Prior to joining Crown, Ms. Hammock was Deputy General Counsel at GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. in Alpharetta, Georgia, and was Deputy General Counsel with Forward Air Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia, for 8 years. 

Ms. Hammock began her career as an associate at Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP and Carlton Fields, P.A. in Atlanta.  She received her Juris Doctor from Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, and her Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Communications Studies, from Furman University.