4A's New Head of Talent Thinks It's Time Agencies Realize How Gender and Sexuality Intersect With Race

Keesha Jean-Baptiste calls on ad industry to take action

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The ad industry has made considerable progress in including more women and members of the LGBT community. But on matters of race, it still lags behind.

That was the consensus at last month’s Adcolor conference and many of the diversity-themed events at Advertising Week, including a panel led by the 4A’s newest executive, Keesha Jean-Baptiste, the former Wieden + Kennedy HR director who joined the organization earlier this summer as svp of talent and inclusion.

“I’ve been in the industry for 20 years … and the dialogue around the issues is still the same,” Jean-Baptiste said in a follow-up interview with Adweek.

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