Esra Ozer
Assistant Secretary and Director, Executive Communications
New York, New York

 Esra Ozer is Assistant Secretary and Director of Executive Communications at Alcoa.  In her role, she oversees the executive communications activities of Alcoa’s Chairman and CEO, and manages the activities of the Alcoa Board of Directors.  She coordinates CEO stakeholder relationships and communications, and manages speechwriting, customer briefings and thought leadership initiatives for the Office of the Chief Executive.  Esra is also responsible for managing all support to the Alcoa Board of Directors and coordinating the activities of the board and its committees. 

Previously, Esra was Senior Director of External Relations at Siemens Corporation, where she led U.S. media relations and issues management.  She was instrumental in developing and leading programs that enabled the little-known $20 billion U.S. subsidiary to build a strong brand and reputation in the U.S.  During her decade-long tenure at Siemens, Esra had diverse communications responsibilities, including managing programs to develop high potential Siemens U.S. employees, and internal and executive communications.  She served as project manager in the design and launch of an $11 million Disney sponsorship that became Siemens’ largest integrated marketing initiative and that showcased the Company’s technologies.  Esra began her Siemens career as Director of Communications for its non-profit Foundation, and launched its renowned national scholarship program – the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology – which is a major pillar of Siemens’ reputation in the U.S.  She also had a major impact on the 70,000 U.S. employees, leading  the first Affinity Group for Siemens Women and developing an Emerging Leaders training program that played a key role in the company’s leadership transformation.
 
Esra is a graduate of the SI Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University.  She serves on the Associate Board of City Year New York; is a member of the American Council on Germany (Young Leader, 2007); and a member of the American Turkish Society (Young Society Leader, 2012).  She also serves on the global steering committee of the Alcoa Women’s Network.