Communication Careers: Panel Discussion with JHU Alumni & Industry Leaders

Wanting Zhou

Marketing Science Lead

Google

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wantingzhou/

Wanting Zhou is a Marketing Science Lead at Google with over 10 years of experience in marketing analytics, measurement, and digital strategy. In her current role, she partners with large advertisers to leverage data, experimentation, and AI-driven solutions to drive business growth. Wanting earned her M.S. in Marketing from The Johns Hopkins University and is excited to return to campus to share her professional journey with fellow alumni.

Meaghan Bresnahan

Director of Executive Communications

World Wildlife Fund

https://www.linkedin.com/in/meaghan-bresnahan-wwf/

Meg Bresnahan (Arts & Sciences, 2012) is an executive communications expert and speechwriter with a focus on supporting global leaders. At the World Wildlife Fund, she advises top executives to expand their thought leadership profiles and advance the organization's conservation mission around the world. Previously, Meg served in the Biden-Harris administration as a speechwriter. She has extensive experience across the nonprofit sector with a focus on climate change and gender-based violence. Meg serves as a volunteer support specialist on the National Sexual Assault Hotline. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband and son.  

Crystal Borde

Vice President and Community-Driven Communications Practice Lead

Vanguard Communications

https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystalborde/

Crystal Borde is a Vice President and Community-Driven Communications Practice Lead at Vanguard Communications, a public relations firm based in Washington, DC. She counsels organizations on better communicating community-driven communications values and actions within their organizations and communities before, during, and after crises. Crystal got her B.A. at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), College of Communications, and served as vice president of CSUF PRSSA Robert E. Rayfield Chapter. She is the 2026 Immediate Past President of the PRSA National Capital Chapter—the largest PRSA chapter in the country—and served as a director on the board and is the current chair of the Sponsorship and DEI committees.