Leah Ray

Greater Chicago Area United States

Global Public Relations

I began my career as an architect, and my love of cities and design drives both my professional and volunteer pursuits. Today, I focus on storytelling, using language and multi-media communications to explain why design matters and how we can leverage it to create better cities. At Gensler, I lead public relations campaigns for the firm's global community market sector. Working with firm leaders and implementation teams, spokespeople and external partners, I collaborate across global networks to orchestrate public relations campaigns that achieve business goals and engage clients, employees and stakeholders. I also teach design. For the past ten years, I've taught 'Exploring Design' to...