NEW YORK — New York Women in Communications has named Weber Shandwick’s Judith Harrison one of its 2021 Matrix Awards winners. Harrison, Weber Shandwick’s global DE&I leader, is among eight women receiving the award, which honors women across the communications industry. The 2021 winners are:

  • Yamiche Alcindor, host of Washington Week, PBS
  • Awkwafina, actor
  • Maggie Haberman, Washington correspondent for The New York Times
  • Judith Harrison, executive VP, global diversity, equity & inclusion, Weber Shandwick
  • Hoda Kotb, co-anchor, NBC News’ Today and co-host, Today with Hoda & Jenna
  • Dawn Ostroff, chief content & advertising business officer, Spotify
  • Amanda Richman, North America CEO, Mindshare
  • Marisa Thalberg, executive VP, chief brand and marketing officer, Lowe’s

NEW YORK — The Worldcom Public Relations Group has installed its group board and regional committees for 2021-2022. Todor Ianev, managing partner, Janev & Janev, Sofia, Bulgaria was voted in as the group chair, his first term in this role, and welcomed his new board during Worldcom’s monthly board meeting. Stefan Pollack, president, The Pollack Group, Los Angeles, was appointed as vice chair to serve alongside Ianev. Monty Hagler, CEO, RLF Communications, Greensboro, NC will continue as chair of the Americas committee; Luis Avellaneda, managing director, Realidades, Lima, Peru will chair the LATAM committee and Serge Beckers, managing partner, Wisse Kommunikatie, Arnhem, The Netherlands will begin his first term as chair of the EMEA Committee.

LOS ANGELES — VyTrac Health, which specializes in remote patient monitoring technologies, has named Finn Partners’ global health chair Gil Bashe to its corporate advisory board. In this role, he will be advising VyTrac executives on their public health and communications efforts in addressing health equity and overcoming racial disparities.

NEW YORK —  GlobalWonks, a technology provider of real-time expert insights for enterprises, and Qwoted, a platform that is disrupting how journalists connect with brands, small businesses and industry experts, have partnered to provide members of both platforms with greater opportunity to share their expertise. GlobalWonks’ knowledge experts will be granted early access to Qwoted's daily media requests, while Qwoted members will be pre-approved for listing on GlobalWonks’ expert knowledge platform.