The Millennium Alliance is excited to announce that Alicia Tillman, Chief Marketing Officer at Delta Air Lines, will keynote our Transformational CMO Assembly on October 29-30 at The JW Marriott in Atlanta!
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About Alicia Tillman
Alicia is a dynamic C-suite leader with more than 25 years of experience in global marketing, sales, customer success, strategy, operations, and digital transformation in public and private companies, with proven success optimizing marketing’s role in the commercial achievements of businesses, including SAP where she restructured the entire marketing organization and built an ecosystem of partners and cultural influencers to scale the brand. Alicia led SAP to become one of the 20 most valuable brands in the world with its brand value increasing more than $18.5 billion under her leadership. With a unique mix of high-level B2B and B2C marketing and operating executive expertise and board governance, she is an agile innovator with a track record as an inspiring leader who champions her teams, leading brands through incredible periods of marketplace volatility and change, including a global pandemic. As a testament to her success, Alicia is a five-time Forbes Most Influential CMO in the World recipient, and in 2025 was inducted into the Forbes Hall of Fame.
Alicia leads with purpose and enjoys creating teams of top talent from diverse backgrounds and developing strategies that connect people and the world to make positive social change happen. She believes Delta’s people and its culture are Delta’s greatest assets, and she welcomes opportunities to mentor young talent and share #lessonslearned.
Alicia is a current board director for RainFocus, a leading event marketing technology company. She previously served as a board director and member of the nominating and governance committee for Gates Industrial Corporation, a leader in industrial and commercial manufacturing. She also served as a board trustee and chairperson of the education committee for The Hun School of Princeton. Alicia has a BA in Marketing and Mass Communications from Lycoming College, where she focused on International Marketing, Public Relations, and Advertising. She is also a graduate of the prestigious Chief Marketing Officer program at The Kellogg School of Management. In May 2023, Alicia was awarded an honorary Doctorate Degree from her alma mater Lycoming College for her exemplary contributions to business and society.
