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Joan H. Walker is senior vice president, corporate relations, for Allstate Insurance Company and a member of the Allstate senior management team. As senior vice president, Walker is responsible for external and internal communications for The Allstate Corporation and its subsidiaries.
Prior to joining Allstate in November 2005, Walker was executive vice president of corporate communications for Qwest Communications International. She was responsible for all external and internal communications and corporate marketing. Her marketing responsibilities included advertising, brand management, market research, database management, web marketing and sales communications.
Previously, she was senior vice president, global public affairs, for Pharmacia. She had a similar role at Monsanto before the company’s merger with Pharmacia & Upjohn. Before joining Monsanto, Walker was senior vice president of corporate communications at Ameritech from 1996 to 1999. She also served as a partner in the Bozell Sawyer Miller group and in governmental and educational roles.
Walker currently serves as a member of the board of trustees of the Arthur W. Page society and the Ad Council. She previously served on the boards of numerous Chicago community organizations including the Art Institute of Chicago, Brookfield Zoo, the Chicago Children’s Museum, Prentice Women’s Hospital Northwestern Memorial and the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
Walker received a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Douglass College at Rutgers University and a Master of Arts in sociology from Rutgers University. | 