Brent Lucia
Assistant Professor In-Residence
UCONN School of Business

For over ten years, Brent Lucia has taught writing, literature, and communication courses in higher education. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor In-Residence at the University of Connecticut, teaching business communication courses at UConn’s School of Business. His scholarship focuses on communication, composition, and rhetorical theory. Learn more.

Lucy Abreu
Senior Vice President
Syneos Health Communications

Lucy Abreu is Senior Vice President at Syneos Health Communications, where she develops employee engagement and change management strategies for various biotech and pharmaceutical clients around the world, with an additional key focus on building long-term corporate initiatives around social action, diversity and inclusion and COVID-19 resiliency plans. Learn more.

Morgan Baden
Vice President of Internal Communications
Upstream USA

Morgan Baden is an award-winning communications leader with a love of working for mission-based organizations. She currently serves as Vice President of Internal Communications at Upstream USA, a scaling nonprofit that seeks to ensure that equitable, patient-centered contraceptive care is basic healthcare. Learn more.

Paul Furiga
President and Chief Storyteller
WordWrite

Paul Furiga is president and chief storyteller of WordWrite. Since its founding in 2002, WordWrite has grown into one of the Pittsburgh region’s largest independent public relations agencies. Paul’s passion for storytelling inspired him to form WordWrite and to write a book on the importance of storytelling in business, Finding Your Capital S Story, available on Amazon. Learn more.