NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading
global communications consultancy Ketchum promoted
Lindsay Wagner to the role of SVP
and head of diversity, equity and inclusion for North America. She joins the firm's
North America leadership team and
will report to Mike Doyle, president
and CEO of Ketchum.
In this role, Wagner will be responsible for developing and
executing Ketchum's diversity and belonging strategy in
North America, which includes
auditing and amplifying the firm's existing DE&I programs,
developing new programs that support the recruitment, retention and
engagement of diverse talent, and establishing metrics to set
objectives and track progress throughout all levels of the firm.
She will partner closely with Soon Mee
Kim, chief DE&I officer for Omnicom Public Relations
Group, and Tiffany R. Warren,
Omnicom Group's chief diversity officer, on critical DE&I
strategies at the holding company level. In addition to driving
internal actions for diversity, equity and inclusion, Wagner will
continue to counsel clients on strategic business and marketing
decisions related to their own DE&I efforts.
"This mission needs a dedicated, passionate and irrefutably
qualified senior leader to drive DE&I in our largest region –
and Lindsay is undoubtedly the right person for this job," Doyle
said. "We've made a long-term commitment to making systemic change
that will require many dialogues, decisions, actions, and a
willingness to be comfortable with being uncomfortable at times,
and I'm thrilled that Lindsay will help guide us and hold us to the
high standard we must set for ourselves."
Prior to assuming this role, Wagner served as a VP leading
client work across luxury, lifestyle, transportation and consumer
brands. For five years, she has served as a leader in Ketchum's
North America DE&I Council and in her local New York and Los
Angeles marketplace DE&I councils. In that time, she has
worked hand-in-hand with council members, North America business leaders and DE&I
leaders across the network, including Michele Lanza, partner, global recruitment and
retention strategies, and Giannina
Seaman, VP and director, HR & DEI, to create
programming, training and engagement efforts dedicated to making
Ketchum a more inclusive and diverse community.
"My commitment is to focus on progress and transformation," said
Wagner. "We are all on this revolutionary road together, which
means that DE&I is not one person's job – it is incumbent on
all of us to take ownership and advocate for diversity, equity and
inclusion at all levels by first prioritizing people, because it's
good for them and it's good for business. My role will be to hold
the organization accountable to take action, to be transparent, to
amplify diverse voices and engage in corporate activism."
Wagner's DE&I and social justice work includes serving on
the ADCOLOR jury for three years, previously leading ColorComm's
New York chapter as executive
director, and organizing multiple large-scale direct actions on
behalf of Justice League NYC and Justice League CA. Her
Justice League actions include a
nine-day, 250-mile march to bring three pieces of federal
legislation for criminal justice reform from New York to Washington, D.C. which garnered support from
various industries and media coverage along the way. In addition,
she served as a supportive organizer for the national co-chairs at
the 2017 Women's March in D.C. and continues to serve on a task
force of The Gathering For Justice, a nonprofit founded by Civil
Rights icon Harry Belafonte and led
by globally recognized social justice and Civil Rights leader
Carmen Perez. The organization is
dedicated to ending racial inequality in the criminal justice
system and building a movement to end child incarceration.
Wagner's efforts have earned her the Pat
Tobin Award from the Black Public Relations Society of
Los Angeles and the distinguished
Chairman's Award from the NAACP Image Awards, as part of Justice
League NYC.
About Ketchum
The winner of 105 Cannes Lions and
PRovoke's Global Creative Agency of the Year, Ketchum is the
most creatively awarded firm in our industry. We're equal parts
human-centered and business-focused, empathetic and intelligent. As
a global communications consultancy, we combine the deep industry
and specialty expertise of boutique firms with global reach to find
unexpected connections that lead to lasting relationships and work
that matters. For more information on Ketchum, a part of Omnicom
Public Relations Group, visit www.ketchum.com.
About Omnicom Public Relations Group
Omnicom Public
Relations Group is a global collective of three of the top
global public relations agencies worldwide and specialist agencies
in areas including public affairs, marketing to women, global
health strategy and corporate social responsibility. It encompasses
more than 6,300 public relations professionals in more than 370
offices worldwide who provide their expertise to companies,
government agencies, NGOs and nonprofits across a wide range of
industries. Omnicom Public Relations Group delivers for clients
through a relentless focus on talent, continuous pursuit of
innovation and a culture steeped in collaboration. Omnicom
Public Relations Group is part of the DAS Group of Companies, a
division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) that includes more
than 200 companies in a wide range of marketing disciplines
including advertising, public relations, healthcare, customer
relationship management, events, promotional marketing, branding
and research.
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