Doug Melville is CEO of Jodie, an Al-powered personal learning assistant for DEI. Most recently, Melville resided in Geneva, Switzerland where he was the International Head of DEI and Board Governance Committee member for Richemont, a luxury holding company. He was formerly chief diversity officer, North America, for TBWA Worldwide and was founder and CEO of
RedCarpets.com. Prior to that he served as president of ZMagic and vice president of business development and marketing for Magic Johnson Enterprises.

He is a three-time TED speaker and the author of Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America’s First Black Generals (Simon & Schuster, 2023). He’s been featured on CBS Saturday Morning, The Daily Show, CNN and The Breakfast Club among others. He is also a Forbes.com contributor and lecturer at Stanford GSB.