Digital Leader Fireside Chat
Linda Descano
Executive VP, Red Havas
Topic: Digital Employee Engagement Through and Post COVID-19
September 30, 2020, 12pm – 1pm
Linda Descano serves as Executive Vice President for Red Havas, a global agency micronetwork that specializes in merged media. Linda provides senior-level communications counsel on merged media strategy, corporate communications, and content marketing to clients. Previously, Linda spent 20+ years at Citi, serving in various senior-level positions including Director and Portfolio Manager at Citigroup Asset Management; president and CEO of Women & Co., an award-winning financial advisory program for women; and managing director and global head of content marketing and social media for Citi’s Global Consumer Bank. Linda serves as an adjunct professor and advisory council member for the Fox School of Business M.S. in Digital Innovation in Marketing program. She currently serves on the board of directors of New York Women in Communications (and is a past president) and on the advisory councils of Servo Annex, a digital consultancy, and HealthWorks Academies. Linda is a former board member of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. and Step Up Women’s Network. Featured in Ad Age, CommPro, Business Insider, Digiday, HuffPost and Social Media Today, among others, Linda’s honors include PR News’ 2018 PR Professional of the Year, 2018 Campaign U.S. Digital 40 Over 40, 2014 Fox Information Technology Distinguished Alumni Award from the Fox School of Business at Temple University, 2014 Pinnacle in Leadership Award from the Girl Scouts of Greater New York, and 2013 Changing the Game Award from Advertising Women of New York (now known as She Runs It). Linda also served as a judge for The Content Council Pearl Awards in 2018 and 2017.
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