Brian Miller is the Chief Talent, D&I Officer for Levi Strauss & Co. Brian’s scope includes Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, Talent Management, as well as Diversity, and Inclusion. Brian is a respected authority in executive talent strategy, succession planning, and leadership development, recognized for designing scalable solutions that activate organizations to attract, retain, and elevate top-tier leadership. He brings more than 20 years of success in aligning global people strategies with business outcomes across cloud tech, food tech, biopharma, and retail industries.
Before joining Levi Strauss, Brian was Senior Partner and Head of the Chief People Officer Practice at Modern Executive Solutions, where he focused on integrating executive search as well as talent strategy to create undeniable business value and client success.
Prior to joining Modern, Brian was Adobe Systems’ first Chief Talent, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer. Overseeing more than 400 employees, Brian set forth multiple initiatives including: D&I dashboards that enabled “Evidence-based Decision Making”, “Opportunity Velocity”, that unlocked the myths of promotions, as well as a doubling down on Unifying Moments and Manager Excellence.
Prior to joining Adobe, Brian was the Chief People Officer at Impossible Foods. Brian provided thought leadership and strategic direction to an organization experiencing the challenges of a triple-digit growth rate combined with the COVID-19 crisis. He spearheaded and operationalized Impossible’s compensation strategy including, sales comp, exec comp, and long-term incentive approach, as well as setting the cultural anchors for success.
Leading to his role at Impossible Foods, Brian rose through the ranks at Gilead Sciences, from Director, L&D to Senior Director, Talent & Development, to Vice President of Talent, Development, and Inclusion, in less than 8 years. Brian built the infrastructure and learning organization that enabled a 300%+ workforce expansion.
Brian holds a Master of Education from Harvard University, Graduate School of Education and a Bachelor’s degree from University of The Pacific where he was a football scholarship recipient and received All-Big West Football Honors. Brian also served on the University of The Pacific Board of Regents (Finance and Enrollment Committees).
