Foundation & Inclusion
Meet The Fellows: Ran Wei
Ran Wei is a storyteller passionate about bringing uncommon people onto common ground. She is a strategic and data-driven performance and brand marketer at Boston Consulting Group Digital Ventures, where she accelerates growth for venture-backed products and delivers 360 go-to-market plans to launch into new and emerging markets. Prior to BCG, Ran was on…
Read MoreMeet The Fellows: Lauren Busch
Over the course of her career, Lauren has been fortunate to experience many of the transformations affecting the media industry first-hand. Because of her unique ability to recognize value and opportunity amidst major change, she has enjoyed success across brand building, marketing, and media. Lauren currently works on the Global Media team at BlackRock,…
Read MoreMeet The Fellows: Sylvia Knight
Sylvia is currently a Partner of Integrated Planning at J3/Universal McCann in New York, NY. In her current role, she is responsible for the cross platform media strategy for the Janssen Immunology therapeutic areas, overseeing the planning of consumer campaigns which includes channels from TV and OOH to social and programmatic media. After graduating…
Read MoreMeet The Fellows: Amelia Tran
Named “Top 30 Women in Digital you Should be Following” in 2019, Amelia Tran is a Digital Marketer collaborating with startups and global companies overseeing social media & digital strategies, senior stakeholder communications for Tech, CPG, Oil & Energy Fortune 500 brands. She is also a Part-Time Adjunct Professor at Baruch College and previously…
Read MoreMeet the Lunch and Learn Academy Partners
In response to the disruption that COVID-19 has caused to internships, budgets, jobs, and lives… The AD Club of New York’s Foundation Lunch & Learn Academy joined forces with #SAVETHEINTERNSHIPSNY (Rebecca Rivera), Keni Thacker’s The G.R.O.W.T.H. Initiative, and The Adversity Group (Shameka Brown & Julius Dunn, III) to provide an internship curriculum & experience this…
Read MoreDiversity and inclusion in ad tech: Why it’s important and how to make it work?
FFrom corporate member Ivan Guzenko, CEO, SmartyAds Does your company/agency have any D&I initiatives? If so, what are they? What D&I initiatives are you most proud your company supports? It is important to understand that workplace diversity is about understanding, accepting and valuing differences among people; it doesn’t only come down to age, gender or…
Read MoreSara Porritt, Wellness Lead, Integrated Media Planning and US Diversity and Inclusion Lead, OMD
Does your company/agency have any D&I initiatives? If so, what are they? What D&I initiatives are you most proud your company supports? OMD’s D&I initiatives actively evolve alongside the needs of our people, our culture and our industry. Our current pillars are focused on a 360 approach that addresses the full employee lifecycle from educating…
Read MoreAdvice to encourage D&I efforts at agencies and more with Wallye Holloway, Associate Managing Partner, TBWA\WH
Does your company/agency have any D&I initiatives? If so, what are they? What D&I initiatives are you most proud your company supports? Yes, at TBWA\WH we have our DiversiTeam group. Started by Karina Salinas and Olivia Nguyen, this team focuses on ensuring that our diverse group of people have a voice and feel included. Our…
Read MoreInside the Clubhouse: The Virtual Lunch and Learn Academy
In response to the disruption that COVID-19 has caused to internships, budgets, jobs, and lives… The AD Club of New York’s Foundation Lunch & Learn Academy has joined forces with #SAVETHEINTERNSHIPSNY (Rebecca Rivera & Mona Gonzalez), The G.R.O.W.T.H. Initiative, MAIP, and other partners to provide an impactful internship opportunity this summer. The program is designed…
Read MoreThe i’mPART Women’s Fellowship – Apply Today!
The i’mPART Fellowship continues to thrive going into its 5th year. In 2020 our commitment to retain diverse talent and promote women into leadership positions is stronger than ever. We’ve expanded the program classes from 10 to 15 women, increased access to over 15 tent pole conferences, enhanced the PwC executive training curriculum, and stayed…
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