Dionna Johnson Sallis

Dionna is a Director on the Leadership Consulting team and the Head of Ferguson Partners’ Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion practice in the firm’s Chicago office. Dionna’s primary area of focus is to lead strategic initiatives informed by her subject matter expertise. Creatively, Dionna offers customizable inclusivity solutions while also providing consultative services for our clients. Equipped with a unique perspective based on many years of industry experience, she develops leadership strategies aligned with our clients’ business and talent priorities.

Dionna is an Executive Coach and leverages keen insights to key stakeholders across our client organizations. Specifically, Dionna guides and directs senior leaders to develop more inclusive working environments and offers strategies and tactics to reimagine workplace culture.

Prior to joining Ferguson Partners, Dionna worked at Korn Ferry as a Global Talent Acquisition Consultant. While at Korn Ferry, Dionna created diverse, equitable and inclusive recruiting strategies for the global internal recruiting team and led diverse initiatives for internal stakeholders. Dionna also worked in conjunction with global thought leaders to create DEI strategies that optimized the productivity of the firm and its clients. Dionna’s work strengthened the cultural components of the firm and served as a change agent for her client engagements.

Dionna holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Chicago State University, a certificate from Cornell University’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Program and Erickson International’s Coaching Program.