Lydia Peddicord, SCMP

Lydia Peddicord is Senior Manager, Internal Communications at GoDaddy, the company that empowers everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing all of the help and tools to succeed online and in-person. She has been a member of IABC since 2020 and most recently served as Vice President of Membership (2021-2024). She’s a certified Strategic Communications Management Professional (SCMP) and is a recipient of an IABC Silver Quill Award of Merit (2023). She earned a Master’s in Corporate and Organizational Communications from Fairleigh Dickinson Univeristy and a Bachelor’s in English from Ithaca College.

She’s passionate about internal communications and its impact on overall employee engagement. In her free time, she enjoys running, reading and traveling.

Randy Wilson

Randy Wilson is Vice President, Investor Relations and Treasury at The Shyft Group, a.leader in motor vehicle manufacturing. Randy has 15+ years of progressive Corporate Finance experience with The Shyft Group, Terex, Bank of America and IBM. Randy holds a Bachelor's degree manga cum laude in economics from St. Lawrence University and a MBA from the S.C. Johnson School of Business at Cornell University.

In addition to serving as the Treasurer of the New York Tristate Chapter, he also serves in board leadership roles for the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) Connecticut Westchester Chapter and St. Lawrence University Alumni Executive Council.

Pinaki Kathiari

Pinaki Kathiari is the CEO of Local Wisdom, a leader in digital communications, an international speaker on communications, and co-founder of Resource Hero.

With over two decades of experience working with global Fortune companies, conglomerate interactive agencies, and startups; Kathiari has mastered audience aware-ness and employee engagement skills to boost brand reputation, sales, productivity, and quality. As a force in digital culture, Kathiari is very much driven by his ability to harness, mix and remix the collective wisdom in the room to create beautiful things and win-win scenarios.

When he’s not doing all that; Pinaki enjoys spending time with his family, gaming, audiobooks, and honing his dj’ing skills.