FBI Director Christopher Wray appoints agency’s first ever chief diversity officer
- Scott McMillion will direct the bureau’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- The veteran agent is former chair of the FBI’s Black Affairs Diversity Committee
- McMillion will ‘ensure the FBI fosters a culture of diversity and inclusion’
- Wray said McMillion is tasked with making sure ‘our workforce reflects all communities we serve’
FBI Director Christopher Wray has appointed the agency’s first ever chief diversity officer.
Scott McMillion, a long-time agent and the former chair of the FBI’s Black Affairs Diversity Committee for years, was named to the post earlier this week.
It follows a swath of other government agencies who have created similar roles in the months since President Biden took office.
McMillion will head direct the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, which was set up in 2012.
‘As our chief diversity officer, Scott is the right person to ensure that the FBI fosters a culture of diversity and inclusion, and that our workforce reflects all the communities we serve’, Wray said in a statement.
FBI Director Christopher Wray has appointed the agency’s first ever chief diversity officer. Scott McMillion, a long-time agent and the former chair of the FBI’s Black Affairs Diversity Committee for years, was named to the post earlier this week. FBI’s office in DC is pictured
‘I’m grateful he has agreed to bring his talent, experience, and dedication to our Office of Diversity and Inclusion, where he will build upon the important work that others started.’
According to the release, McMillion began his FBI career as a special agent in 1998 in the Omaha Field Office in Nebraska.
He worked on several criminal investigative squads and was the senior team leader of the Evidence Response Team.
In 2006, he was transferred to the Gallup Resident Agency of the Phoenix Field Office, where he investigated crimes in Indian Country.
He was promoted to supervisory special agent in 2008 and was assigned to the Cyber Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington.
He was promoted to unit chief in 2010 and oversaw the Innocent Images National Initiative and Digital Analysis Research Center.
In 2013, Mr. McMillion transferred to the Criminal Investigative Division as a unit chief in the Strategic Initiatives Unit, Violent Crimes Against Children Section.
‘As our chief diversity officer, Scott is the right person to ensure that the FBI fosters a culture of diversity and inclusion, and that our workforce reflects all the communities we serve’, Wray said in a statement
He later moved to the Jacksonville Field Office in Florida, overseeing the Pensacola, Fort Walton Beach, and Panama City Resident Agencies. Mr. McMillion transferred to the Inspection Division at Headquarters in 2018.
He was promoted to assistant special agent in charge of the Columbia Field Office in South Carolina, in charge of the National Security Branch, in 2019.
Prior to joining the FBI, McMillion was a special agent for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the statement continued.
He earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminology from Florida State University and a Master of Forensic Science from Nebraska Wesleyan University.