Yolanda McCutchen

Yolanda McCutchen is the vice president of public relations at the District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency (DCHFA). For her work at DCHFA, McCutchen has been awarded the NABJ Salute to Excellence Award for best PR/Marketing Campaign-Government in 2019 and 2020. Prior to joining DCHFA, McCutchen was an independent media consultant, professor at Claflin University and Howard University and a producer at NBC News. During her tenure at Howard, she was selected for the Back in the Newsroom Fellowship by the International Center for Journalists and was assigned to The Washington Post. Her work at NBC garnered the Edward R. Murrow, Clarion, Gracie and National Headliner awards. McCutchen was an RTNDF Fellow in the German Study Program for American Journalists. McCutchen is a member of the Executive Board of the Washington Association of Black Journalists and the board of directors of Women of Color in Community Development.

AC23 Session: Best Practices in Event Planning

AC22 Session: Marketing and Communications Community Meet-Up

AC21 Session: Influencing the Narrative of Emergency Housing Assistance