Class Of 2020
Meet The Fellows: Meriyel David
Meriyel David is an Associate Planner at Wavemaker. In her role, she assists in the development of media plans that are used to effectively reach target audiences. By nature, she is a self-proclaimed people connector with a passion for producing community-driven experiences and events that create safe spaces for people of color. As the…
Read MoreMeet The Fellows: Kristin Parris
Kristin Parris is a Talent Development Senior Manager at Essence, a global, data-driven advertising agency, where she designs and facilitates learning experiences that ensure people excel in their roles as media professionals and future leaders. In this capacity, she partners closely with business leaders to build high-performance teams with best in class onboarding, training,…
Read MoreMeet The Fellows: Kianta Key
Kianta Key is the Vice President of Digital Health at MSLGROUP. For nearly a decade, Kianta has developed communications strategies for health-forward organizations and campaigns. Her work includes engaging women about ovarian cancer through interactive digital platforms for biotech company, Aspira Labs and leveraging social media to increase HIV/AIDS testing among diverse populations for…
Read MoreMeet The Fellows: Tiara Budd Ramos
Community builder and inclusion advocate, Tiara Budd Ramos is working to make the corporate sector a more representative space. She is skilled at cultivating relationships and harnessing the power of connection to create access for people of color. With magnetic authenticity and undeniable passion, Tiara is on her way to becoming a thought leader…
Read MoreMeet The Fellows: Asiah James
Asiah James is an experienced Marketing Leader in New York City, working within the media and experiential markets. James joined Conde Nast in 2016 focusing on marketing strategy, campaign execution and client development. James is also the chair of the Women’s Network at Conde Nast, where her main focus is to provide a platform…
Read MoreMeet 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 Fellows: Chelsea St. Clair
Chelsea St. Clair has spent the entirety of her career thus far pushing to be in strategic roles that work to flex her critical thinking and curious nature. After graduating from the University of Kentucky (and her third agency internship) Chelsea moved to Boston to start her career as a Brand Strategist at Arnold…
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