Courage Can Hit Differently For Leaders Of Color
Thu, Mar. 19, 2026
By Ken Jacobs
In our conversation on the Taking the Lead podcast, John G. Clemons reflects on how trust must be earned, how credibility is constantly tested, and why courage can carry a different weight for Black and Brown leaders.

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Patrick Ford, worldwide vice chair and chief client officer, Burson-Marsteller, is taking a leave to teach at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications in 2017-18. He will be part-time with B-M as senior advisor.
The Agency at the University of Florida, staffed by students and run by faculty, has launched a new website profiling graduating seniors.
Patrick Gibbons, who leads communications for the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, is slated to move to the University of Notre Dame as executive director of academic communications next month.
The Agency, a communication firm affiliated with the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications staffed by students, visited 15 New York PR and advertising agencies earlier this month.
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Elizabeth Stauderman, chief communications officer for Yale University, is departing for the top communications role at the Univ. of Rochester, following a search by the upstate New York institution.
John Doorley, who was the founding director of New York University’s M.S. in PR and CC, will join Elon University, N.C., as a visiting professor.
Angela Ambrosini, creative/marketing director for the American Camp Association, has been named director of NYU's School of Professional Studies Strategic Communication, Marketing and Media Management programs.
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Herb Asher, senior VP-government affairs at Ohio State University, is stepping down Jan. 30.
The University of Colorado's Leeds School of Business has handed a $100K marketing and communications pact to Eduvantis, the Chicago-based education sector marketing firm of PR vet Tim Westerbeck.



















