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THE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP ANNOUNCES UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ALUMNA BARBARA HAGER AS NEWEST WOMEN IN INDUSTRY INDUCTEE
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 9, 2020) – The Communications Group (ComGroup) a full-service marketing and PR firm based in Little Rock, has launched a new series honoring women nationwide across multiple industries, focused currently on government and nonprofit. Each week, Women In Industry (WIN) recognizes women in different forms of leadership.

This week's inductee of the 2020 inaugural WIN class is Barbara Hager. Hager earned her bachelor's degree from East Carolina University, and went on to earn her Master of Public Health from University of North Carolina. She currently works for the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management (ADEM) and Arkansas Department of Public Safety as the the Arkansas Response and Coordination Center (ARCC) manager. Hager manages the ADEM staff in its documentation of emergency incidents and hazards in Arkansas. On average, her team reports 2,700 incidents each year. She oversees the distribution of her team's daily reports to technical and non-technical personnel. Hager is also responsible for recruiting new ADEM staff and promoting ARCC leaders.


Women In Industry inductees are announced each Friday on The Communications Group’s Facebook and Instagram . For more information on the WIN Class of 2019, you can find each inductee’s profile at ComGroup.com . WIN candidates are selected through an open nomination process. Nominations are currently being accepted and can be submitted here .

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About The Communications Group
The Communications Group is an award-winning, Arkansas-based, marketing and public relations firm established in 1987. ComGroup is an integrated marketing and communications firm that delivers value and solutions to clients with data-driven strategic research and planning, multi-channel implementation and responsive monitoring in agriculture, business-to-business, healthcare and government-to-citizen sectors. More at  ComGroup.com .


About WIN
The Women In Industry (WIN) series, developed in 2019, is presented by The Communications Group (ComGroup) in Little Rock, Ark. It recognizes women nationwide across the industries the agency serves. WIN inductees are selected through a nomination process, which is open to the public and can be submitted here . Find WIN profiles and more information here .
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