Carrie Sessine is the vice president of global communications, where she leads the association’s comprehensive communications strategy through high-impact industry partnerships, strategic media relations, social and digital engagement, and brand-building initiatives. As the association’s chief reputation steward, she collaborates with key stakeholders across IPC’s global ecosystem to develop powerful initiatives that positively impact the organization’s reputation and elevate the electronics industry’s profile and its most pressing issues.

Sessine has two decades of experience in corporate communications, reputation management, marketing, brand building, and public relations. Prior to IPC, she served as the senior vice president of marketing & communications for In-Q-Tel, Inc., in Tysons, Va. While there, she led marketing and communications, directed a brand refresh, established crisis communications strategies, developed external content platforms and programming, and directed large-scale conferences.