AYANNA ANDERSON

Ayanna brings more than a decade of public relations and marketing expertise to the SutherlandGold Group. Most recently, she spent four years at Schwartz Communications, where she managed enterprise software, healthcare IT, medical device, retail and telecom accounts. During her stint at Schwartz, Ayanna launched major product and corporate initiatives for clients including Digital Impact, Goodmail Systems, ResMed/Respironics, Newgistics, RingCentral, StrongMail Systems, Thomson Micromedex, Versant Advantage and others. Prior to Schwartz, Ayanna served as the Public Information Officer for the College of Alameda in the East Bay. Her broad PR and marketing experience also includes several in-house roles for two prominent health care organizations in Chicago: The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Medical Center and Provident Hospital of Cook County.

With varied experience across multiple sectors, Ayanna brings to SutherlandGold’s accounts her creative counsel, relevant business, consumer and trade media experience and a passion for exceeding client expectations.

Ayanna holds a B.A. in English from Hampton University, a MPS in Africana Studies and Research from Cornell University and a MA in Public Relations from Syracuse University.