Truth Telling, Authenticity and Breakthrough Thought Leadership

As the Vice President of Communications and PR, Johnna Muscente oversees all public relations and internal communications efforts for Corcoran, leading a team of PR strategists charged with promoting the firm’s brokerage strength and global affiliate growth, while effectively communicating key milestones and business priorities to all agents and staff.  With over 15 years of public relations experience, and experienced in storytelling beyond traditional campaigns, Johnna has built tailored PR strategies for well-known luxury brands across the fashion, publishing and travel industries. Her public relations career began at BPCM, where she worked on a roster of fashion clients including Derek Lam and Christian Lacroix. She then moved on to the venerable Hearst Corporation, where she led the communications efforts for luxury titles like Harper’s BAZAAR, Town & Country and the Oprah Magazine, securing national media opportunities for journalism greats like Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King and Glenda Bailey. Most recently, as Vail Resorts’ Director of Global Communications, she led all international PR efforts for the ski industry giant across Australia, Europe, South America and the United Kingdom, resulting in global media coverage that increased awareness of the company’s leadership, destinations and real estate development.

Natalie Maguire is an experienced communicator who advises the C-Suite globally on crisis, change and brand communications. In her current role as Vice President of Communications at GIPHY, she oversees the company's external as well as internal-facing communications, including media relations, crisis management, executive thought leadership, and change management. Prior to GIPHY, Natalie managed global communications at the ad-tech company, Tapad, and has years of agency experience advising a wide variety of clients, such as: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Pepsi, MasterCard, RunKeeper, KakaoTalk, and many tech companies at various stages of scale. Outside of the office she is an avid hiker, having completed treks in Bhutan, Nepal, Albania, and Tanzania, but can also be found on the local trails with her blue heeler mix, Bo. Natalie is originally from Chicago and holds a B.A. in Sociology from Wheaton College.

Christina Furtado leads executive and internal communications for Dell’s Global Chief Technology Officer, John Roese, ensuring the company is seen as a thought leader able to make long-term sense of emerging technologies. Christina has more than 17 years of technology communications experience spanning PR as well as executive and internal communications. In addition to her time with Dell, she has worked with salesforce.com, VMware, and HP. The proud daughter of Portuguese immigrants, when she is not brushing up on her language skills, she can be found playing tennis (even serving as a ball kid), cheering on her favorite sports teams, traveling and spending time with her husband, Josh, and two spirited kids, Eden and Danilo. She is based in Austin, TX.