In this episode of Reimagining Company Culture, we’re chatting with Dionn Schaffner, Chief Diversity Officer at Aurea Software. 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. Tune in to learn Dionn’s thoughts on unique role of private companies to create a more equitable world, not perpetuating trauma, measuring diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and more!

Dionn Schaffner (She/Her) 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 systemically 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 as Guardian ad Litem for CASA of Travis County. She also is creating opportunities and encouraging philanthropy as a board member for Young Men’s Service League and Geri’s Locker, and championing for diversity, equity and inclusion through her advocacy work in her local school and state districts.