Bernice Chao (she/her) is an award-winning creative and has worked on the world’s top brands. She is among the few female Asian American creative leaders in the industry and is helping to shape the AANHPI community through Asians in Advertising, a global non-profit. The organization inspires the next generation of talent through its podcast, events, […]

A proud double HBCU grad from Jackson State University and North Carolina A&T State University, Andriena Coleman is the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Omnicom Media Group’s Hearts & Science. She also holds a Master of Science in Management and Leadership from Southern Wesleyan University. Andriena has a robust background in Local Media […]

Alicia Nassardeen is a thoughtful and collaborative leader who prides herself on her ability to foster relationships across agency disciplines while working to mitigate risk without compromising creative vision. Based in Los Angeles, she is currently the Head of Business Affairs at Mother Los Angeles and New York. Throughout her career, she has managed Emmy […]

Jalen Coleman is a champion for telling stories fueled by insights and narrative change which empowers communities. At a young age, he noticed the lack of minority representation in research and practice within communication science – contributing to growing gaps in engagement and behavioral change. Putting aside the hoopla of waiting for a Superman, he […]

Named to the AAF’s Most Promising Multicultural Students class of 2020, Hamy Huynh graduated from the University of Minnesota where she majored in Strategic Communications and minored in Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies. Upon graduating, Hamy started her career at a creative agency in Minneapolis called Fast Horse, where she started as an intern and […]

Grant Bennett is a proud native of Fayetteville, North Carolina. Inspired by a conversation with local Fayetteville legend J. Cole, Grant took a baseball and academic scholarship to Morehouse College. While in college, Grant was engaged in campus life as a student-athlete, Ronald E. McNair Baccalaureate Scholar, and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated member. In […]

Growing up in Durban, South Africa, she witnessed the power of advocacy through protest and realized the impact of storytelling and dialogue in driving social change. At the University of Michigan, she deepened her passion for social and racial justice. She received the 2020 M.L.K Spirit Award, co-founded a successful Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion organization […]

Dyneisha Gross (She/her) is a Designer at Ogilvy in Washington D.C. With her expertise in design, art direction, and strategy, she has collaborated with notable brands and government clients such as Sprite, Dove, Gerber, USAID, and the Federal Reserve. In her free time, Dyneisha enjoys engaging in projects involving print production and social media, and […]

Davawnna Clark is a 2019 4A’s MAIP alum, dedicated mentor & mentee, Event Director for Amazons Black Employee Resource Group Chicago Chapter, DEI Lead for our Global Growth Advertising Sales (GGS) Organization, and an advocate for all underrepresented communities to show up exactly as they are. Upon graduation from MAIP, she worked for a Publicis […]

Christopher Morales is a first-generation, native Angeleno with experience in account management and project management at Deutsch LA. He partners with cross-functional teams to proactively allocate resources and plan sprints for the Walmart account on the Performance Marketing team. In addition to his core responsibilities, Christopher collaborates with Deutsch LA’s Latinx ERG to host the […]