Dionn Schaffner is Chief Diversity Officer at Aurea. Her mission is to launch Aurea’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) journey and to work with peer DEI officers across the customer base to jointly define the role technology will play in helping realize their commitment to creating diverse, equitable, and inclusive organizations.

Dionn’s experience in combining technology, people and processes to deliver impactful results through critical analysis, data-driven decisions and purposeful leadership spans over 25 years in various roles from software developer to management consultant to executive leadership.

Most recently, she has shifted to a civic focus through non-profit board leadership and community advocacy to discover and implement ways to remove barriers and enable opportunities for those who have systematically lacked access and resources.

She is currently active in her community supporting youth and families in foster care as a board member for Foster Village and Chair of the Volunteer Council and a Guardian ad Litem for CASA of Travis County, creating opportunities and encouraging philanthropy as board member for Young Men’s Service League and Geri’s Locker, and advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion through her volunteer work on Leander ISD’s Equity and Diversity Committee, a Texas State Representative’s Anti-Racism Advisory Group and CASA’s legislative volunteers.