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
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
Laura L. Lemon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
The University of Alabama
Alessandra Mazzei (Italy)
Associate 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
Ana Tkalac Verčič, Ph.D. (Croatia)
Full Professor, Department of Marketing, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
J.W.M. Verhoeven, Ph.D. (The Netherlands)
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Cognition, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
Justin Walden, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of organizational and strategic communication,
North Dakota State University
Yuan Wang, Ph.D. (Hong Kong)
Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication,
City University of Hong Kong
Industry Thought Leaders
Edna Ayme-Yahil, Ph.D. (France and Switzerland)
Founder and Principal, DigiComms Adjunct Lecturer, ISCOM – Institut Supérieur de Communication et Publicité
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
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
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
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.