Following almost 30 years in strategic communications and marketing roles across multiple sectors, Polly Winograd Ikonen oversees the environmental practice at Landis Communications.
Prior to joining Landis in 2017, Polly spent many years serving in leadership roles at major non-profit cultural institutions, managing teams and projects across the full marketing and communications spectrum: strategic communications, marketing and sales, media relations, digital campaigns, social media, branding and positioning, creative services (photography, web, video, graphic design, publications), audience development, community engagement, customer service and box office, hospitality, special events, leadership transitions and major anniversaries.
Prior to entering the world of non-profit arts, Polly began her career in the European luxury goods sector, running both consumer-facing and B2B public relations and marketing campaigns in the United States for Hermès, Lalique Crystal, Finlandia Vodka, among other major brands. She also worked B2B in the healthcare IT sector, serving as vice president of marketing at Motive Medical Intelligence. Polly began her career at the award-winning PR firm Nike Communications in New York.
Polly is also a lifelong choral singer and has been a member of the Grammy-nominated Pacific Edge Voices chorus in Berkeley since 2005. As a volunteer, Polly helped to run the “Way to Grow” campaign at Oakland’s Chabot Elementary School, raising over $300,000 for playground redevelopment and enhancement. Polly holds a B.A. in English, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Amherst College.
When she’s not promoting organizations and activities that she loves, Polly enjoys hiking, biking, practicing yoga and traveling at every opportunity.