NAGC Names U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Will Ackerman as Communicator of the Year
05/27/2021 | 04:12pm EDT
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MINNEAPOLIS, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) announced Wednesday that Will Ackerman, a strategic communications lead for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Community Care, is the 2021 Communicator of the Year.
The award recognizes a government communicator who has fostered public trust and personifies the role by delivering timely, accurate and meaningful information to the public.
As a VA strategic communications lead, Ackerman is responsible for the research, planning, evaluation, and implementation of all messages, products, and content to various nationwide stakeholders, to include 9 million veterans, 300,000 VHA employees, and over 750,0000 community health care providers.
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