Laura Duda is Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. As the Chief Communications Officer, Duda leads all internal and external communications for the company, including public and media relations, employee communications, corporate reputation management, philanthropy and community relations, as well as Goodyear’s fleet of world-famous airships.
Duda joined Goodyear in 2016, serving as Vice President of Communications for the company’s Americas business unit. Before joining Goodyear, Duda led corporate, utility and commercial communications for Chicago, Illinois-based Exelon Corporation and corporate and utility communications for Tampa, Florida-based TECO Energy, Inc.
Raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, Duda attended Western Carolina University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Writing & Editing. She later received her Master of Arts degree in Mass Communication from University of Florida and her Master of Business Administration degree from The University of Tampa. She is accredited in Public Relations, is a member of the Arthur W. Page Society and is a graduate of Leadership Tampa, Leadership Greater Chicago and Leadership Akron.
In 2023, Duda was named a Top 50 Chief Communications Officer by the National Diversity Conference. In 2020 and 2021, she was named to the National Diversity Council’s Power 50, honoring women in the C-suite from top corporations who endeavor to improve not just companies, but communities as well.
She has also been named to PR Week’s Hall of Femme, recognizing inspiring women who set the bar higher within their organizations, nominated by their peers and colleagues, and as one of the Women of Note by Crain’s Cleveland Business. Duda is an executive sponsor of the Goodyear Black Network, a board member of the Humane Society of Summit County, United Way of Summit & Medina and the Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce. She is a trustee of the Institute for Public Relations and serves on the editorial board of Corporate Communications Review. She served as the 2024-2025 co-chair for the Harvest for Hunger campaign supporting the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank.
