When Daisy Okas interviewed to become assistant VP of communications at the nonprofit American Kennel Club (AKC) seven years ago, she was a dog-world outsider with a background working on consumer accounts at PR agencies such as Weber Shandwick.
She spoke frankly about the AKC being viewed as elitist and not relevant to all dog owners, and she detailed a plan to change that.
Okas got the job and built a highly effective six-person team that last year garnered the ...