Allyson is a senior communications professional with more than 20 years of cross-sector, interdisciplinary experience. She firmly believes the best path to success begins with a goals-based, strategic, integrated communications plan. She is the Director of Global Communications for the Institute for Sustainable Communities and Chair of the Global Plastics Alliance Communications Taskforce and was previously the Director of Digital Strategy and Content Marketing for the American Chemistry Council. Allyson holds a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Studies and Public Relations from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Masters Degree in Marketing Analytics from the University of Alabama Manderson Graduate School of Business, and is completing a Master of Arts in Sustainability Studies from Harvard's Extension School.