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 […]

Brianna Lowder is a Worldwide Xbox Accessories Category Marketing Lead at Microsoft. As an expert in her field, Brianna manages the global go-to-market strategy for a multi-million-dollar product portfolio. Her strengths lie in innovative strategy, operations management, and forecasting. Brianna builds strong partnerships across 12 international and Global teams with her personable approach enabling her […]