The New York Festivals Health Awards have announced the newly formed 2023 NYF Health Awards DE+I Board. It will be led by chairperson, Aleisia Gibson Wright, healthcare managing director at Lippe Taylor.
“We are thrilled to announce Aleisia Gibson Wright and this panel of esteemed executives who have generously agreed to contribute their time and industry experience to this newly assembled board,” stated Lauren Murray, associate executive director, NYF Health Awards. “Their 360-perspective of the healthcare industry and their awareness of social issues guarantee that inclusive advertising and marketing will be celebrated.”
“I am so pleased that programs featuring DE&I are continuing to be recognized as we all work toward achieving health equity,” Gibson Wright added. “Work that has culturally relevant content deserves to be acknowledged and awarded and we are thrilled to judge the entries.”
As Lippe Taylor’s first Healthcare managing director, Gibson Wright brings deep experience in high-science, people-focused health communications, advocacy relations and pharma-corporate PR. Her work has has been honoured with nearly 30 industry awards throughout her career in therapeutic categories ranging from weight loss to rare diseases. She is passionate about DE&I and deeply committed to supporting rights for all seeking equitable healthcare.
With Gibson Wright at the helm, the Board, a group of advertising and marketing executives recruited from top-tier agencies, will ensure the Health Awards juries are diverse and inclusive and that DE+I entries will be judged fairly and with thoughtful consideration. Its culture-conscious leaders will guide the competition’s efforts to bring diversity, equity, and inclusion to all aspects of the NYF Heath Awards.
The New York Festivals Health Awards DE+I Board is:
Chair – Aleisia Gibson Wright, Healthcare Managing Director, Lippe Taylor
* Sommer Bazuro, Chief Medical Officer, IPG Health
* Rogério Colantuono, Executive Strategy Director, TBWA\Health Collective
* Amy Gómez, SVP, Diversity Strategy, Klick Health
* Wallye Holloway, Executive Director, Client Engagement, VMLY&R
* John Ponsoll, Managing Director, Havas Voice
* Franklin Williams, EVP, Director of Experience Design, Area 23
The 2023 New York Health Awards DE+I Awards will honour work, individuals and organisations that are taking meaningful steps to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive society. The DE+I Awards celebrate work that supports, protects, represents and uplifts historically underrepresented groups. Judging uses the 4R Framework created by P&G, Reach Representation, Relevance, and Resonance, and its criteria is centred around work that initiates action authentically for real and sustained impact.
The final deadline to enter the NYF Health Awards is March 3, 2023. Find more information and enter here.
