Lauren Wesley Wilson is one of the nation’s leading thought leaders on media relations, diversity and inclusion, and crisis communications. At 25, she became the founder and CEO of ColorComm Corporation. Prior to that, she worked as a communications strategist at a prestigious crisis communications firm in Washington, D.C., where she oversaw media strategy and crisis communications for international governments and stakeholder engagement for consumer brands. She previously served on the Glass Lions Jury at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in Cannes, France. She graduated from Spelman College with a B.A. in political science and from Georgetown University with an M.A. in communications. She resides in New York City.