Public relations and digital marketing agency FleishmanHillard today announced the appointment of Emily K. Graham to chief diversity and inclusion officer, the first in the agency’s history.
In this role, Graham will focus on moving the global company toward achieving more racial and ethnic progress across the agency’s global network,
“Appointing Emily to this new role is the first of many actions to come,” president and CEO John Saunders said. “Diversity is our business; it must be center to all we do and talk about. As we reignite our ambition to be the most inclusive agency in the industry, we must show up in a distinct way with our colleagues and clients.”
In her new role, Graham will work alongside the global agency’s diversity and inclusion’s task force to analyze recruitment, retention, compensation, training and development opportunities for colleagues.
Graham has served on FleishmanHillard’s leadership cabinet the past two years, and previously co-led the financial and professional services sector group for the Americas. She has deep experience developing integrated communications strategies in the corporate and financial space and counseling the C-suite.
In 2020, Emily was honored as a Top Woman in PR by PRNews, and as a 40 Under 40 honoree by Crain’s New York Business. Before joining FleishmanHillard in 2017, Graham held senior positions at MWWPR and Burson-Marsteller.