Nike has promoted Kizmet Mills to Chief Diversity Equity and Inclusion Officer, effective November 11. She will take over from James Loduca, who announced his departure from the company in a LinkedIn post, citing family reasons, after 18 months in the role. Ms Mills will work close to new CEO Elliot Hill.
Mills has been working for Nike since 2016. Most recently, she served as Senior Drector of Nike’s Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Prior to Nike, she was Senior Director and Head of Global University Relations and Recruiting Programs for the Coca-Cola Company, from 2009 to 2016. She also previously worked at ADP – Automatic Data Processing, for seven years.
