Topco names Danell O'Neill director, corporate communications

Topco Associates LLC, Elk Grove Village, Ill., announced that Danell O’Neill joined the company as director, corporate communications. O’Neill, who reports directly to Topco President and CEO Randy Skoda, will be responsible for developing and executing Topco’s strategic internal and external communications.

According to Topco, O’Neill has worked with the company as a corporate communications consultant for the past 18 months, partnering with Topco’s leadership team to craft messages that reinforce Topco’s vision and strategic direction, as well as to direct content creation for the company’s annual membership conference.

“We are pleased to have Danell leading our corporate communications team,” Skoda said. “Her
extensive experience in strategic communications planning, change management and public relations will help further communicate the value of Topco’s initiatives and products to our members while also driving key internal efforts. Communication to our members is vital to our collective success, and Danell will help us take our communication outreach to the next level.”

For the past seven years, O’Neill was a managing partner of a consulting company, Topco explained. Prior to that, she held communications roles at Honeywell, Accenture and Nielsen, where she was vice president of corporate communications. O’Neill holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and public relations from Illinois State University.