Vickie Gogo is a Senior Partner who leads a communications line of business at ICF Next. Vickie's work includes issues in public health and chronic disease; environment and energy; education; transportation and driver safety; and housing and homelessness. Her two decades of client work includes service for federal agencies; foundations, associations and non-profits; higher education institutions; and corporations. She has demonstrated experience in media outreach, partnership engagement, events and exhibits, materials development, online outreach, grassroots outreach, and community engagement.

Throughout her career, she has supported health education programs focused on COVID-19, diabetes, kidney disease, heart disease, maternal health, infant mortality, eye health, and other chronic conditions. She also has developed programs addressing K-12 education and testing, higher education, transportation, housing and housing safety, and employment of persons with disabilities.  Her clients have included the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Office of Minority Health (OMH), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the Social Security Administration (SSA).

Her team’s experience includes all aspects of integrated campaigns, from formative research to creative services, content development, outreach, partnerships, promotion, social media, and earned and paid media services. They have worked alongside many U.S. federal agencies on some of the nation’s most pressing health issues: COVID-19, Zika, HIV/AIDS, tobacco control, cancer, substance use disorders, adult immunization, underage drinking, heart health, and diabetes.

Vickie is a sought-after national speaker on marketing and communications. Prior to working at ICF Next, Vickie worked at Campbell & Company, Ogilvy, Reingold, Georgetown University and Hampton University. She began her career as a sportswriter.

Vickie is a graduate of Hampton University, where she earned her BA in Mass Media Arts. She earned her MA in Humanities from Old Dominion University. She currently serves on the board for the Lorton Community Action Center. She is accredited in public relations from the Public Relations Society of America. She earned a certificate in nutrition science from Stanford Center for Health Education and a certificate in Reducing Racial Disparities in Health Care from the Harvard Business School Online. She has won more than 50 industry awards from PRSA, PR News, the DC Ad Club, and others.