Deidre Melton

Board Member-at-Large

Deidre Melton, CFE, CIA, CISA, CISM, CDPSE, CRISC, CRMA, CIGI, CIG

Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University

Deidre Melton is the Associate Vice for Audit and Chief Risk Officer for Florida A&M University, where she has been since 2014. Deidre provides daily supervision for audit, advisory, and investigation services; serves as a trusted advisor to leadership, and leads enterprise risk management efforts across the university. Deidre specializes in ‎cybersecurity, GRC, process improvement, and strategy development. Previously, Deidre worked for the State of Florida Auditor General’s Office for eight years performing information technology audits of educational and ‎local/state government entities. ‎
 
Deidre previously served ACUA as the Diversity & Inclusive Leadership Committee Chair. In addition to being a committee chair, her volunteer services for the organization include serving as a member of the Membership and Marketing Committee and being a presenter for Audit Con and Audit Interactive conferences on topics related to DEI, ERM, and public speaking. Deidre is a recipient of ACUA’s Outstanding Professional Contributions Award recognizing her contributions to the profession of internal auditing in higher education. 
Deidre also serves on the SheLeadsTech Council for One in Tech (an ISACA foundation), Audit Committee for Leon County Clerk of Courts, Supervisory Committee for FSU Credit Union, Vice President for ISACA Tallahassee, Cybersecurity Advisory Council for Tallahassee Community College, and is the Chair of the Information Technology Audit Group for the State University System of Florida.  She is a regular public speaker at conferences and events for a variety of professional organizations.
 
She ‎earned her B.S. of Management and Master of Business Administration at Florida A&M ‎University. Additionally, Deidre is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Inspector General Investigator (CIGI), Certified Inspector General (CIG), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Controls (CRISC), and hold a Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA).