ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS
Gentry Edwards, Visual Communications Manager at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Marietta, GA
In his role, Gentry leads a 21-member creative services team comprised of print and digital designers, a video group, and a photo group. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, he worked as a director of photography on documentaries, commercials, music videos, reality television shows, and independent films. He has worked on programming that has aired on all the major networks, Discovery Channel, Lifetime, TLC, Spike TV, MTV, and CMT. His work has received numerous awards including two Southeastern Regional Emmys for camera work, a 2017 IABC Gold Quill award, an IABC regional Gold award, and multiple Telly and Communicator Awards.
JoEllen Saeli-Lane, Vice-President of Organizational Communications for the American Cancer Society
JoEllen Saeli-Lane is Vice-President of Organizational Communications for the American Cancer Society. In her role, she oversees communication strategy, execution and channels for the Society’ staff and volunteers who are leading the fight for a world without cancer in over 5,000 communities across the US. With over 15 years in a range of demanding roles, JoEllen has extensive experience across the nonprofit, health, government and private sectors. With a passion for internal communications and knowledge management, JoEllen is an astute strategist in planning, marketing and mapping global organizational vision to business priorities. Prior to her current role, she served as Senior Health Communication Specialist within CDC’s global health program, Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships and Communications for CARE USA and Director of Internal Communications for CARE where she led an award-winning employee communications team for CARE’s 10,000 staff in over 90 countries. JoEllen is the Vice-President of Communications for IABC Atlanta and speaks regularly across the United States about building successful communication strategies and intranets in large, globally diverse organizations.