About this episode

Sherry Goldman interviews Wendy Lund about women's leadership in the PR industry and the challenges faced by female executives.

Sherry Goldman's guest is Wendy Lund, global CEO of Allison Worldwide. Sherry and Wendy discuss women's leadership in PR. The PR industry is 65-70% female, but today only 30% of its executive leadership is female. Sherry and Wendy's conversation discusses the state of female leadership in public relations, key differences between male and female leaders, how companies and agencies can encourage women to enter and stay in leadership positions, the policies that will support women and also younger generations of PR professionals, the role of mentorship, and effective leadership training. Let’s Talk PR & More!, hosted by Sherry Goldman, president of the award-winning Goldman Communications Group, is an in-depth conversation on a topic or issue related to public relations and/or a discipline or issue that intersects with PR. Episodes of Let’s Talk PR & More! have covered campaigns run by organizations and companies; profiles of PR, marketing, and media professionals; industry trends; analysis of how PR managed key situations; the media and changing media landscape; digital communications and marketing; strategy; the growing influence of AI, and more. The show airs weekly on…

People in this episode

Host: Sherry Goldman

Guest: Wendy Lund

Topics covered

• gender equality
• women's leadership
• public relations
• mentorship
• leadership training
• female executives

Keywords

• public relations
• women in leadership
• executive leadership
• mentorship
• gender disparity
• PR industry
• leadership training

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Allison Worldwide

More episodes of Let’s Talk PR & More!

• Let's Talk PR & More Show #124: Matt Price, Empath Insights, on research in PR · July 20, 2026 · 28 min
• Let's Talk PR & More Show #122: Terry Coniglio, Hofstra University, on university marketing and communications · June 22, 2026 · 30 min
• Let's Talk PR & More Show #121: Danielle Dellilo, iHeartMedia, on radio PR, marketing and promotions · June 15, 2026 · 29 min

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Let’s Talk PR & More! podcast page.