Fran Dillard is the vice president and chief diversity inclusion officer (CDIO) at Micron Technology. Micron is a world leader in innovative semiconductor memory solutions and has more than 48,000 team members in 17 countries. In her role as CDIO, Fran oversees the global diversity programs, strategy, and solutions that support the company’s mission to enrich life for all.  Her responsibilities also include overseeing Micron’s global employee relations team. Fran is committed to unleashing inclusion in the workplace to create breakthrough innovation. She brings over two decades of executive leadership experience across multiple industries in global diversity enterprise strategy and HR. She was recently named one of the Most Influential Executives in Diversity & Inclusion 2023 by Savoy Magazine and one of Diversity Global Magazine’s 2022 Top 15 Champions of Diversity and Inclusion. Her corporate programs have been highlighted by Working Woman magazine, the National Association for Female Executives and PRISM National ERG Council. Fran earned a bachelor’s degree in public relations from the University of Texas at Arlington, and she also completed her executive MBA there. Fran deeply believes in smart collaboration and courageous leadership as key drivers for DEI progress. She is a natural problem solver focused on operational excellence who finds inspiration from this James Baldwin quote: “Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”