A Diversity Panel Isn’t Enough, Says Essence’s Associate Operations Director
Kai Deveraux Lawson on being in mixed company

'I'd like to see advertising take action to fix the problems that we're identifying,' Lawson says.
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Kai Deveraux Lawson never anticipated a career in advertising. After working as a college rep for record labels, Lawson—now associate operations director at Essence—assumed her next step would be in the music industry.