Audrey Ponzio is President of BG Media. In this role, she leads the firm’s public relations practice and is a member of its senior management team.  

A successful entrepreneur, Audrey is also the CEO & Founder of Austin-based APC Collective, where she and her team develop award-winning national communications and community engagement campaigns to help clients grow their reach, relevance, and impact. 

Specializing in integrated and inclusive campaign building and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) consulting, Audrey has developed best-in-class programs for leading brands including Google, Audible, Bumble, GE, Starbucks, Kraft Foods, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Time Warner Cable, American Heart Association, Girl Scouts, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Sprint, Delta, T-Mobile, and PepsiCo, among others. 

Prior to launching APC Collective, Audrey led global communications firm Edelman’s Multicultural practice in New York City as Senior Vice President creating award-winning multicultural campaigns and DEI programs for organizations across public affairs, corporate, health, consumer, food & beverage, entertainment, and travel & tourism sectors. 

Audrey’s career began at another global agency, Fleishman Hillard, where she focused on public affairs, tech PR and community engagement. She later helped Austin-based LatinWorks, now Third Ear, develop their PR team and programs for clients including strategic partnerships, cause marketing, event activation and media relations.

An advocate of education and empowerment of women and underserved communities, she has served as counsel to a variety of non-profit organizations in the U.S. and Latin America.

Audrey graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in Corporate Communications and continues to serve as an adjunct professor at the Stan Richards School. She also holds an Executive Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University. 

Audrey has served on the board for Austin’s Pease Park Conservancy, The Hispanic Alliance and Las Comadres. She also founded Support Latino Business as well as the Texas chapter of the Hispanic Public Relations Association. 

Contact Audrey at: audrey@bgmediagp.com