Peggy Byrd

Peggy Byrd is a board member at Skyword and a consultant who provides independent consulting to media, brand, entertainment and not-for-profit companies. Services and expertise include integrated marketing, business development, partnership strategy, brand identity and client/relationship management.

Byrd has over 20 years of experience in the media industry. Peggy started their career as an associate publisher at Bridal Media, a division of Condé Nast. Peggy then went on to become the vice president of integrated marketing at TV One and the senior vice president of multicultural strategy at iHeartMedia. In 2015, they became the senior vice president of media partnerships at The Advertising Council. Byrd has also served as a brand and partnership marketing consultant for Black Enterprise Magazine.

Peggy Byrd has an MBA in Marketing and Management from NYU Stern School of Business and a BA in Organizational Behavior & Economics from Brown University.