Mary Dillon
Mary N. Dillon is the 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.
Mary serves on the Board of Directors at KKR & Co. Inc., a global investment company, and previously served on the Board of Directors at Starbucks Corporation. A native of Chicago, Mary is actively involved in community engagement and philanthropy, previously serving as Chair of the Economic Club of Chicago.
Mary holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and Asian studies from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
This is Mary’s second tenure on Save the Children’s Board of Trustees, having served from 2016- 2023. She rejoined the Board in 2025 and is a member of the Nominations Committee.