Duncan Channon — an award-winning independent creative agency has appointed its first director of collaboration and equity. According to Business Wire, Kumi Croom is now the agency’s first director of collaboration and equity. Her new position will build on the formation of Duncan Channon’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) group. She was responsible for creating the group in 2019. In a role specifically created for Croom, she will be responsible for embedding the inclusive, culturally-sensitive mindset and collaborative process that she established for the company’s largest client, the California Department of Health Tobacco Control Program, across the agency. Croom will also lead Duncan Channon’s DEI group focusing on ongoing anti-racism education for the agency and equitable talent recruitment and retention. She will report to CEO Andy Berkenfield. “At Duncan Channon, we take to heart the responsibility that we have as marketers and citizens to help shape cultural and social...