Young Professionals Development Luncheon: Millennials in the Workplace
Join the Young Professionals of Palm Beach North for their quarterly Development Luncheon on Thursday, April 12 at Ruth's Chris Steak House.
Announcing our speaker: Wendy DeCampos, Employee Experience & Human Resources Lead from Levatas will be the featured speaker for our Millennials in the Workplace luncheon on April 12th!
Wendy DeCampos is the Employee Experience and Human Resources Lead for Levatas, a digital-transformation agency, which she joined in 2012. Within her role, she directs workforce planning, performance management and compensation, compliance, employee relations, learning and development, and also performs the functional HR tasks of payroll and benefits. Earlier in her career, Wendy played various roles in corporate communications and public relations, working mostly with government agencies and pharmaceutical companies in Sydney and Washington, D.C., from where she hails. She holds a Master’s degree in international public health from the University of Sydney, a B.S. in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a certificate in Professional Human Resources (PHR). Outside of work, Wendy enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, and learning new cultures.
Second speaker just added from the Levatas team!
Joey LaCroix, Director of Brand & Consumer Strategy, brings global agency experience in digital strategy and communications planning to Levatas. Since joining the company in 2013, he has played various roles across account management, market research, client solutions, and business development. Over the past decade, he has worked with Fortune 500 companies, tackling projects across media planning, market research, and brand strategy.
After starting his career at Ketchum in Beijing, Joey joined the national planning team for Burger King at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Miami, the same year they were named "Agency of the Year" by Adweek and Ad Age. He then moved to New York City and became part of IBM’s global planning team with Ogilvy and Mindshare, working on the first iterations of the IBM Watson campaign. Shifting to Omnicom’s PHD Media, Joey expanded marketing initiatives for Hyatt Hotels, as well as GlaxoSmithKline’s CPG products. More recently, he supervised marketing campaigns for AMC Network’s hit shows, helping grow The Walking Dead into the largest cable drama in television history.
He holds a BAS degree in marketing from Fairfield University, and lives in Delray Beach with his wife. Outside of the office, he enjoys traveling, craft beer, and running.
Levatas is comprised of 75 percent millennial employees with three of the five executive team leaders being under the age of 35 as well.
