Thought Leaders

Thought Leadership Circle

The Thought Leadership Circle, a key initiative of the ICRH, brings together distinguished thought leaders from around the globe in the field of internal communication. These dedicated experts, as supporters of ICRH, share a passion and commitment to advancing research and promoting best practices in internal communication.

If you are interested in joining the Thought Leadership Circle, please contact Dr. Rita Men at rlmen@jou.ufl.edu.

Academic Thought Leaders

Bruce Berger, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Advertising & Public Relations,
University of Alabama

Sabine Einwiller, Ph.D. (Austria)

Professor of Public Relations Research,
Department of Communication, University of Vienna

Mats Heide

Professor of Strategic Communication
Department of Strategic Communication
Lund University, Sweden

Chun-Ju Flora Hung-Baesecke

Senior Lecturer
School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney (Australia)

Hua Jiang, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Associate Professor, Public Relations
S.I. Newhouse School, Syracuse University

Kim Johnston, Ph.D. (Australia)

Professor
QUT Business School, Queensland University of Technology

Minjeong Kang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
The Media School, Indiana University

Young Kim, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Strategic Communication,
J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication, Marquette University

Yeunjae Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Colorado State University

Laura L. Lemon, Ph.D.

Associate Professor,
The University of Alabama

Vibeke Thøis Madsen, Ph.D. (Denmark)

Senior Associate Professor (In Danish docent),
DMJX, Danish School of Media and Journalism

Alessandra Mazzei (Italy)

Professor, Department of Business LECB “Carlo A. Ricciardi” and Director at CERC (Centre for Employee Relations and Communication)

Nance McCown, Ph.D.

Professor and Co-Chair, Department of Communication,
Messiah University

Maria “Cecilia” Claro Montes

Professor & Academic Vice Dean of the Faculty of Communication at the Universidad de los Andes, Chile

Marlene Neill, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Department of Journalism, Public Relations & New Media, Baylor University

Julie O’Neill, Ph.D.

Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Administration

Silvia Ravazza

Associate Professor of Management
IULM University, Department of Business, Law, Economics and Consumption, Faculty of Communication

Hongmei Shen, Ph.D.

Professor & Emphasis Head,
San Diego State University

Holger Sievert, Ph.D. (Germany)

Head of Research Commission and Head of Faculty “Culture – Media Psychology”, Macromedia University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany

Charlotte Simonsson

Associate professor, Department of Strategic Communication and Vice dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University, Sweden

Weiting Tao

Associate Professor
University of Miami

Dr. Patrick Thelen, Chile

Academic Director of Strategic Communication, Adolfo Ibáñez University, Chile
ICRH-Latin America regional leader

Ana Tkalac Verčič, Ph.D. (Croatia)

Full Professor, Department of Marketing, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Justin Walden, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of organizational and strategic communication,
North Dakota State University

Yuan Wang, Ph.D. (Hong Kong)

Associate Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong

Cen April Yue, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, College of Communication
Boston University

Industry Thought Leaders

Edna Ayme-Yahil, Ph.D. (France and Switzerland)

Founder and Principal, DigiComms Adjunct Lecturer, ISCOM – Institut Supérieur de Communication et Publicité

Patricia Bayerlein

Executive Director, Thought Leadership and Client Delivery, Gagen MacDonald

Louis de Schorlemer (Belgium)

Managing Partner, Corporate Diplomat & Lecturer, Luxembourg School of Business

Alejandro Formanchuk (Argentina)

Director, Formanchuk CoCreated Communication

Jenni Field (UK)

Founder and CEO, Redefining Communications

Liam FitzPatrick (UK)

Partner, Donhead Consultants

Amit Govind (India)

Head of  Social Media &  Internal Communications, Tata Consultancy Services

David Grossman, ABC, APR, Fellow PRSA, CSP

Founder & CEO, The Grossman Group

Antoinette Gyan, APR 

Internal Communication Consultant, Ghana
ICRH-Africa regional leader

Coni Judge, Ph.D. (UAE)

Independent Researcher & Senior Executive, Eden Communication Strategies

Jyoti Khan, SCMP® (Singapore)

Co-Founder and Internal Communications Lead 
Bricks & Clicks 

Mike Klein (Iceland)

Founder, #WeLeadComms; Principal, Changing The Terms

Ethan McCarty

Founder & CEO, Integral

Lise Michaud (Canada)

Chief Executive Director & Founder, IC Kollectif

Rachel Miller

Founder, All Things IC  

Jaya Murthy

Global Chief of Internal Communication, UNICEF

Joanna Parsons FIIC (Ireland)

Founder and Director, The Curious Route

Kevin Ruck, Ph.D., FCIPR (UK)

Co-founder, PR Academy
ICRH-Europe regional leader

Adam Schair

Vice President, Global Internal Corporate Communications, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Eleanor Tan (Singapore)

Internal Communications and Employee Engagement Leader – Asia Market, Liberty Mutual Insurance

Aniisu K Verghese, Ph.D. (Poland)

Internal communications leader, author, and consultant
Founder, Intraskope sp. zoo. (Poland), internal communication and personal branding consultancy

Christopher Wade (Germany)

VP Internal & Employee Engagement Communications, Fresenius Medical Care

Koichi Yamamura, Ph.D. (Japan)

Head of Communication, I Peace, Inc.