Brian Richardson Jr. is an award-winning diversity officer who has had the opportunity to provide training and workshops both nationally and internationally on DEI-related content. He is the inaugural director of diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Indianapolis Colts and an adjunct professor at Indiana University Bloomington. Throughout Richardson’s career, his experiences in the DEI space have intersected sports, public health, public policy, education, tech, nonprofit organizations, and corporate entities, among others. In addition, his work has been featured on the national stage through TEDx and the Big Ten Network, as well as across the state of Indiana through various news, radio, and magazine outlets. Richardson is enrolled at Indiana Wesleyan University, pursuing a doctorate in business administration, and is an alumnus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He earned a Master of Science in Education with an emphasis on kinesiology and a bachelor of science with a concentration on sports management from Culver Stockton College.