Amanita Duga-Caroll

Duga-Carroll is a results-oriented senior level global communications executive with a proven track record of leadership, achievement and delivery in fast-moving, competitive markets. She is CEO of ADC Strategic Communications, and in May 2023, joined OCRA as a consultant, leading OCRA’s communications and marketing initiatives. Recognized for strategic brand launches and stewardship; developing successful public relations campaigns that move the needle on a brand’s business objectives, as well as strategies that tap into new industries and uncharted waters. She is a former reporter with a keen sense of news value; a professional media trainer, seasoned on-camera spokesperson and an expert in crisis communications.

• Selected as Vice President of Communications for Vassar College after a national search. Credited with enacting enormous change in the Communications Department, inclusive of a widely praised College branding initiative; the creation of a division with the sole focus of getting exposure for Vassar’s faculty; a full re-imagining of the College’s web presence; dramatic expansion of the College’s social media presence and establishment of a strong crisis communications strategy.
• Fast-tracked at Rubenstein Communications, Inc. going from Senior Account Executive to Executive Vice President, becoming the youngest member of the company’s management team. Successfully managed portfolio of blue-chip clients that have included BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce, American Express, United Airlines, the Magazine Publishers of America and others.
• Was named first Director of Media Services for the New York City Housing Police and was instrumental in the creation of the first full communications division for the 12^th largest police department in the country.

 Duga-Carroll is the mother of two grown sons, and lives with her husband, two cats and two dogs in New York.