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Mita Mallick is a change maker with a track record of transforming culture and business. She gives innovative, culturally-resonant ideas a voice and serves customers and communities with purpose. She’s had an extensive career as a multicultural marketer in the beauty and consumer goods space, being a fierce advocate for including and representing Black and Brown communities. Her first book, “Reimagine Inclusion: Debunking 13 Myths to Transform Your Workplace” is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today best seller. Her highly anticipated second book “The Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn from Bad Bosses” comes out September 30, 2025.

Her passion for inclusive storytelling led her to become a Chief Diversity Officer, building end-to-end ecosystems across big and small organizations and future proofing brands for today’s dynamic environment. Mallick has brought her talent and expertise to companies such as Carta, Unilever, Pfizer, AVON, Johnson & Johnson and more. She’s a sought after speaker and coach to start-up founders, executives and public CEOs. 

Mallick is a LinkedIn Top Voice with over 192,000 followers. She was named to the Thinkers50 Radar List. She is a frequent contributor for Harvard Business Review, Adweek, Entrepreneur and Fast Company on a range of cultural, corporate and marketing topics. Mallick has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, Forbes, Axios, Essence, Cosmopolitan Magazine in Business Insider. She was featured in a documentary created by Soledad O’Brien Productions titled: Women in the Workplace and the Unfinished Fight for Equality. Mallick holds a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University and an M.B.A. from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.