Jayanti Menches has been named Director of Communications for the U.S., Central and South America region of the combined organization of WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff.
In her new position, Menches will oversee all internal and external communications activities for the region, including media relations, advertising, social media, website, Intranet, video production, and publications, as well as management of the firm’s corporate identity, reputation and brand. She is based in Parsons Brinckerhoff’s New York City office.
“Jayanti Menches brings tremendous experience and acumen in marketing and communications and will be invaluable as we create a leading professional services consultancy,” said Gregory A. Kelly, president and CEO of the U.S., Central and South America company of WSP I Parsons Brinckerhoff.
Menches has more than 25 years of global communications and marketing experience. Prior to joining WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, she was director of Marketing at Triple Canopy, a global security, support, training and advisory company, where she directed internal and external communications, branding and media relations. Previously, she served as an independent marketing communications consultant in Hong Kong, providing support for marketing and media relations campaigns within the technology, government, broadcast, human resources, financial and media sectors. She also served as manager, Marketing & Communications at Teleglobe Communications Corporation, a global telecommunications company offering voice, data and mobile signaling services.
Menches received a master of science degree in mass communications from San Diego State University and a bachelor of arts in psychology from the American University in Cairo, Egypt. She is a member of the American Marketing Association and the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), serving on the board of directors for IABC’s New Jersey chapter.
WSP and Parsons Brinckerhoff have combined and are now one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms.
