MICHELLE KEYSER
Manager of Supplier Diversity
Hensel Phelps
Michelle Keyser is the manager of supplier diversity for the leading national commercial general contractor, Hensel Phelps. With a 12-year construction career in estimating and operations for some of the region’s largest public owners, like The County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles World Airports and Los Angeles Unified School District, Keyser is a passionate advocate for workforce development and small, diverse business inclusion.
Keyser’s significant accomplishments include nurturing relationships with construction business community organizations through attendance at outreach events, business matchmaking and speaking on panels. She also works to support small, diverse business training by presenting and coordinating other subject matter experts to present. She has been promoting small, diverse businesses, exceeding the 25% target by spending 32% of construction dollars with small, diverse businesses.
Keyser has also been managing and mentoring two coordinator of supplier diversity professionals – overseeing the local, targeted worker hiring and small, diverse business participation on airport and healthcare projects exceeding $3 billion in construction contracts. She also founded the Employment Opportunity Program which allows unhoused or precariously housed individuals an opportunity to build steady construction careers. She also leads the Hensel Phelps Annual Turkey Giveaway which has donated over 300,000 meals over the last 13 years in six locations throughout Southern California. In 2023, over 75 volunteers shared their time to distribute frozen turkeys and non-perishable goods. In addition to Keyser’s work with small, diverse business inclusion and workforce development, she maintains an active role in Hensel Phelps’ diversity, equity, inclusion, community efforts.
