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How can y ou as public information officers, communicators, and human resources profe ssionals create inclusive experiences, environments, and communities to emb race the 61 million Americans with disabilities? It starts with accessible communications, and Current Global is here to help you impactfully engage w ith members of the disabled community. According to recent research from Cu rrent Global, Magna and IPG Media Lab, people with disabilities feel left o ut and frustrated by organizations that fail to make their communications a ccessible. This audience represents 15% of the global population – or 1 bil lion people – many of whom regularly consume content. It is important for c ommunicators and organizational leaders to make this a priority, especially in an era where consumers, particularly younger ones, expect brands to act with more purpose than ever before. Plus, recruitment and hiring efforts s hould be more inclusive.
Current Global was celebrated as a 2021 Fast Company World Changing Idea for its Accessible By Design initiative, and i t is prepared to highlight why and how to make your communications accessib le for audiences of all abilities. Join us for a 60-minute webinar, where y ou will hear from Current Global’s accessibility champions about:
Virginia D evlin
CEO, Current Global
Vi
rginia Devlin is Chief Executive Officer of Current Global, a midsized comm
unications agency focused on influencing behavior where real life happens –
in the moment.
An ace at operations and engaged leader, Virgi
nia has achieved 15 years of profitable growth for Current. Focused on esta
blishing long-term partnerships, her first assignment for The Clorox Compan
y in 2006 has grown into ongoing and award-winning work for brands includin
g Brita, Hidden Valley and Kingsford. With expertise in corporate, consumer
, healthcare and technology marketing, Current’s client roster includes App
lebee's, Champion, FedEx, Microsoft, Pfizer, Omni Hotels & Resorts, Rad
io Flyer, and Subway.
In 2021, Virginia was inducted into PRWe
ek's Hall of Femme and has been recognized with the 2020 Gold Stevie Award
for Most Innovative Woman of the Year - Advertising, Marketing & Public
Relations, 2020 Silver Stevie Award for Women-Run Workplace of the Year, 2
017 PRWeek Champion of PR, and 2014 PR News Top Women in PR Award. Her boar
d experience includes the PR Council and the Public Relations Society of Am
erica Chicago chapter. She has judged various industry award competitions i
ncluding the CLIO, PRWeek and SABRE North America awards.
Virg
inia is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and serves on the board of
the Ryan Banks Academy, whose mission is to build Chicago’s first resident
ial boarding school for under-served urban youth. She lives in Chicago with
her husband and daughter. [email: vdevlin@currentglobal.com]
Rebecca K. Roussel l, M.S.
Vice President, DEI Communications, Current Global
Rebecca K. Roussell, M.S. is the V ice President of DEI Communications at Current Global. She joined in Februa ry in this newly created role and works as a hybrid, providing strategic cl ient counsel on DEI matters for Current’s clients in the consumer, healthca re, corporate and tech verticals. She works with corporate clients such as FedEx in leading the development of the company’s strategic DEI communicati ons plans and healthcare clients such as Abbott to strategically address he alth equity and access in healthcare among women and BIPOC communities. She also champion’s Current’s Accessible by Design initiative, which is a comm itment to help ensure that communications are accessible for all. She leads Current’s internal DEI efforts as well, managing programming and is Curren t’s DEI IPG DXTRA representative for inclusion of corporate initiatives. Re becca has 15 years of experience in marketing communications, which has aff orded her an opportunity to travel the country and create tons of experienc es for brands and people. Prior to Current, Rebecca was the Deputy Director of Diversity and Inclusion with the Department of Central Management Servi ces with the State of Illinois. She is also a Nielsen alum, and has an exte nsive background in multicultural consumer insights and research.
Re becca is very passionate about DEI and has been listed as one of Divers ity MBA Magazine’s Top 100 Under 50 Emerging Leaders, The Chicago Defender’s ‘Women of Excellence’ coveted list and Dillard University’s Top 40 Under 40 Alumni. She is a mentor with the Public Relations Society of America – Chicago Chapter and loves talking with students and entry-leve l communications professionals about the industry. Rebecca obtained a Maste r’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from Roosevelt University in Chicago. She also received her bachelor’s degree, Cum Laude, in Mass Co mmunications from Dillard University, an HBCU in her hometown of New Orlean s. She currently lives in Chicago. [email: rroussell@currentglobal.com]
Sena Po ttackal
Junior Associate, DEI and Corporate, Current Global
As a “fierce female of color with multiple disabili ties, including blindness and vertigo-inducing migraines” (her words), Sena is excited to support Accessible by Design, our commitment to make all com munications crafted for ourselves and our clients accessible to people of a ll abilities. Recently earning a Master of Science in PR and Corporate Comm unications from the NYU School of Professional Studies, where she conducted research on disability-inclusive communications for her thesis, Sena has s everal internships under her belt including working as a DEI intern at NBC Universal and at PRaction, Rowan University’s student run public relations firm. A called upon speaker and advocate, she delivered NYU’s graduate conv ocation student speech last year; served on the NYU Provost’s working group on disability, inclusion, and accessibility; lobbied for disability rights on Capitol Hill with the National Federation of the Blind; and presented a t the 2019 NYU United Arab Emirates Education Ambassador Conference and PR Council’s Critical Issues of the Modern Workforce Forum. Her activism and a cademic accomplishments earned her a 2019 New York Women in Communications Interpublic Group (IPG) Scholarship and internship at Weber Shandwick.
< p>She is currently a NextGen Leader with Disability:IN, which helps student s and recent graduates with training and mentorship for ongoing job readine ss preparedness. This summer, She will also be a guest lecturer for Current Global’s Accessible by Design with the PR Council’s Agency Readiness Certi ficate program, which was designed last year during the height of the pande mic, to offer students seeking internship continued education and practical opportunities when most agency internship programs were placed on hold or cut. [email: spottackal@curre ntglobal.com] CONTACT:Jamie Rodgers, Deputy Director, jrodgers@nasca.org DTSTAMP:20240329T114211 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210617T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210617T140000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR