For the first time, the FBI will have a chief diversity officer, with Director Christopher Wray tapping Scott McMillion to fill the role.
“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 the communities we serve,” Wray said. “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.”
McMillion previously served as the chairman of the Black Affairs Diversity Committee, which assists the Office of Diversity and Inclusion on issues facing black employees and works to strengthen minority recruitment and retention at the FBI.
The move comes as the federal government and military have taken more aggressive approaches to improve diversity and inclusion in recent months.
In February, the Navy generated controversy when a task force created with the aim to “combat discrimination” recommended that sailors take a pledge to “acknowledge all lived experiences and intersectional identities.”
“I pledge to advocate for and acknowledge all lived experiences and intersectional identities of every Sailor in the Navy,” the proposed pledge read. “I pledge to engage in ongoing self-reflection, education and knowledge sharing to better myself and my communities. I pledge to be an example in establishing healthy, inclusive and team-oriented environments. I pledge to constructively share all experiences and information gained from activities above to inform the development of Navywide reforms.”
McMillion started his career with the FBI in 1998, first working in Nebraska on criminal investigative squads, and he eventually became the senior leader of the Evidence Response Team. He moved from Nebraska to a field office in Arizona in 2006, investigating crimes in the Indian Country area.
He was promoted to supervisory special agent in 2008, moving to the Cyber Division at the FBI headquarters, and was promoted again in 2010 to unit chief to oversee the Innocent Images National Initiative and the Digital Analysis Research Center.
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McMillion became the unit chief of the Strategic Initiative Unit’s Violent Crimes Against Children section in 2013. He was again promoted in 2019 to assistant special agent in charge of the Columbia Field Office in South Carolina, taking charge of the National Security Branch.
