Anna Gemolas

Background

About Anna Gemolas

Leading Communications and Advocacy for DuPont Water Solutions, Anna and her team advocate for the sustainable management of water in industrial and municipal settings (through product launches, digital campaigns, media relations, customer-centric events and webinars, M&A communications, and impact storytelling). To increase global access to safe water, Anna develops shared value partnerships with organizations like Water.org, WaterEquity, Brave Blue World Foundation, and Childfund International. She's also supported the use DuPont technology in at-risk communities, such as gravity-powered ultrafiltration to bring the first safe water to a Maasai community in Tanzania. She serves on the Water Resilience Coalition, as well as served as an advisor to National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator on Water Resources. In 2023, Anna successfully led DuPont’s accreditation to the United Nation’s Water Conference as well as a collective investment in water access with Starbucks, Ecolab, Gap and Reckitt—encouraging additional private and public sector investment in water access and infrastructure (Water Equity's Global Access Fund IV). Anna has also collaborated with Economist Impact on the City Water Index to help cities plan for increased water security in the face of climate change and urbanization. The tool has been recognized as an official “Water Action” by the UN for its contributions to SDG6. Anna is a strong communications strategist, social impact advisor, and partnership broker—with a decade of experience leading her own consulting practice and a decade of executive leadership in Lockheed Martin. Leading FourWords Impact LLC, Anna helped her clients produce strong business results and contribute to social and economic progress—from developing utility-scale solar plants to meet Facebook and Google's energy aspirations, and helping GE with internal change management, to reinventing ways to engage students in STEM classrooms. Prior, Anna served as Lockheed Martin’s Director of Communications and Public Affairs where she supported growth in energy, transportation, security, and information technology. She holds a master's degree in public relations from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, a bachelor's degree in communications and English from the University of Scranton, a Certificate in Corporate Citizenship Excellence from Boston College, and training through the Partnership Brokers Association. At the start of her career, PR Week Magazine named Anna one of the top PR students in the nation.