Mary Dillon, Former CEO, Footlocker & Ulta Beauty
Mary N. Dillon is the former President and Chief Executive Officer and a board director of Foot Locker, Inc. With over four decades of experience in consumer marketing and operations, Mary has held CEO and leadership positions at globally acclaimed companies. Notably, she is one of only three female CEOs to helm two Fortune 500 companies. Mary’s leadership style is renowned within the retail industry because of her ability to create work cultures where leaders’ and front-line associates’ ideas are valued, solicited and respected, resulting in optimal enterprise solutions.
Before joining Foot Locker, Mary served as CEO and a member of the board of directors at Ulta Beauty for eight years. Her previous roles include President and CEO of US Cellular and Global Chief Marketing Officer at McDonald’s Corporation, where she served for five years. She also held executive positions at PepsiCo, including President of Quaker Foods and VP of Marketing for Quaker Foods and Gatorade.
