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March 2025 feature
Devin Lagasse—Sr. Employee Communications Specialist, Employee Communications
Q: How would you describe your role at the AMA? What is a “Day in the Life?”
A: I frequently describe myself as an "air traffic controller" for information at the AMA. I work with employees from every business unit (BU) on a daily basis, often supporting them in determining the best way to share out an important story or update on the work their BU is doing via AMAtoday and MyConnection. As the manager of AMAtoday, I not only maintain and monitor the information on the site, I write original news stories and work to keep employees informed about our broader strategic work by posting press releases and messages from leadership. A typical day may include helping edit and review the employee newsletter, MyConnection; sending out emergency alerts via AlertMedia; planning and executing employee events like our Meet the SMG series; and updating AMAtoday with the latest news.
Whether I'm planning or hosting an employee event, writing a story about a new, exiting AMA initiative or answering employee questions on how to get something done, my role is about connecting people to the information they need and to the colleagues they work beside every day.
Q: What inspires you at work and at home?
A: Community. I am extremely lucky and privileged to have built a community of people in Chicago that really show up for each other. Being around people who are compassionate, thoughtful, engaged in bettering their community, and also just wildly smart and funny and fashionable pushes me to be a better human every single day. At work, it's the same although generally less giggly. The thing that inspires me are the people I meet across the organization who genuinely care about doing work that makes a difference in people’s lives.
Q: What's the most exciting project you've worked on at the AMA?
A: Last year, for the All-Employee Meeting, we had employees tell their stories as part of the program. I was the one who identified most of the storytellers. Some of them were people I met and heard speak through our Together We Thrive storytelling hours, others I met in employee resource groups (ERGs) or in employee gatherings like the Weekly Writing Sprint, and some were just people I had gotten to know through those little daily moments of passage in the hallways. Because I had such a direct role in identifying our storytellers and in organizing the meeting, I was especially excited and awed to witness their journey from beginning to end. They worked so hard and truly created a shared moment that felt incredibly special and I'm so proud to have been part of that.
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