Communications Strategist.
Executive Management.
Senior Adviser.
Brand Innovator.
Change Agent.
In·no·va·tor: a person who introduces new methods, ideas, or products.
Lydia represents the gold standard in communications. With more than three decades of work in government, political, nonprofit, and corporate settings, her rich tapestry of experience driving strategic communications, executive visibility, brand transformation, crisis, and risk communications, as well as advocacy wins, have equipped her with the ability to lead high-impact communications and teams in diverse environments.
She is a strategic, intuitive thinker and brand innovator who is skilled in creating high visibility moments for senior-level government officials at The White House, federal agencies, U.S. Congress, and big city mayors (Washington, DC and City of Atlanta); academic, nonprofit and corporate executives; and Civil Rights icons.
Her communications acumen has helped transform and elevate legacy and emerging brands in the nonprofit and private sectors, as well as drive outcomes on racial and gender equality, health equity, education, and financial literacy issues. See highlights of Lydia’s work under Experience.
View: National Media Placement, Spelman College
PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff intros - Rethinking College series, featuring Spelman College, Applications to HBCUs rise dramatically as nationwide college enrollment falls, September 2022.
View the short video: African American Experience Fund 2012 Gala
Among her proudest work, planning a Black-tie awards gala in Washington, DC to honor the legacies of Black women, and writing and producing the gala video.