Gwen Torry-Owens

About Gwen Torry-Owens

I am a creative communications and change management professional with expertise in planning and creating internal communications and supporting organizational change for global organizations. I have strong interviewing and storytelling skills to support employee engagement and adoption of new tools and mind sets, and significant diversity and inclusion experience as a writer, trainer and consultant- Extensive writing experience in various mediums - articles, profiles, narrative stories, announcements, scripts, campaigns and promotional pieces- Global intranet management, including oversight of a major redesign & upgrade - Direction of company-wide communications programs, special projects, staff and cross-functional teams - Chair of national Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council, Communications Lead for Racial & Ethnic Diversity employee resource group - Diversity trainer - Additional experience includes teaching and managing a Shakespeare in the Schools program. Specialties: Communications strategy and planning Change management Content creation Employee engagement Interviewing and storytelling Grant writing Editing Diversity communications Diversity and inclusion programming management and support Training facilitator

Experience

1. Consultant

   Slalom

   Mar 2021 — Present

Education

• Ohio University

  MFA

• Otterbein University

  BA