# Banyan Communications

> Banyan Communications is an Atlanta-headquartered, woman-owned creative consultancy that turns public-health evidence into campaigns, training, websites, videos, and tools people can understand and use. Founded in 1995 as a small documentary and PSA production company, it now works with federal and state agencies, nonprofits, and health institutions across the United States and Canada.

- **Founded:** 1995
- **Headquarters:** Atlanta, United States
- **Founders:** Sally Deval (Co-founder; Chair of the Board), Allen Admire (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Public-health campaign creation, HEADS UP digital learning ecosystem, VetoViolence, CDC Coops, National Maternal Mental Health Hotline campaign
- **Notable:** Won its first national Emmy in 2000 for The Place You Want To Be; the company lists two national Emmys and six Mid-America Emmys overall., Created what it identifies as the first mobile app for the US federal government for CDC HEADS UP in 2012., The HEADS UP coaches course earned a 4.5-star rating from 116,409 ratings and was completed by more than 260,000 users.

## Products & services

- **Public-health campaign creation** — Audience research, message strategy, creative development, media planning, dissemination, and impact evaluation for behavior-change and public-awareness campaigns.
- **HEADS UP digital learning ecosystem** — CDC concussion-prevention explainers, toolkits, videos, and interactive courses for coaches, educators, athletic trainers, officials, and families; more than 260,000 users completed the coaches training.
- **VetoViolence** — An evolving CDC violence-prevention ecosystem of websites, training modules, social media, video, and science-backed tools.
- **CDC Coops** — A research-led video and social campaign that teaches backyard-flock sanitation using 1990s house-tour humor, lifestyle targeting, and geographic targeting.
- **National Maternal Mental Health Hotline campaign** — Multilingual television, radio, out-of-home, web, search, digital, and social promotion for HRSA's free 24/7 hotline.
- **Research, design, and technical assistance** — Formative research, UX and user testing, web development, instructional design, data visualization, scientific writing, stakeholder outreach, training, and evaluation.

## Achievements

- Won its first national Emmy in 2000 for The Place You Want To Be; the company lists two national Emmys and six Mid-America Emmys overall.
- Created what it identifies as the first mobile app for the US federal government for CDC HEADS UP in 2012.
- The HEADS UP coaches course earned a 4.5-star rating from 116,409 ratings and was completed by more than 260,000 users.
- CDC Coops generated more than 1.2 million impressions and 35,000 targeted views, then earned a CDC Director's Award and two Telly Awards.
- National Maternal Mental Health Hotline promotion generated more than 199.4 million impressions and was associated with a 20% increase in average monthly calls.
- A single year of VetoViolence paid and organic media reached more than 1.345 million people.
- In 2026, Bad Air Day won a Gold Telly and Are Clinical Trials and Studies Safe? won a Silver Telly.
- Banyan lists five Gold, six Silver, and nineteen Bronze Telly Awards, alongside multiple CINE Golden Eagles, Communicator Awards, and CDC Director's Awards.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Won Gold and Silver honors at the 47th Annual Telly Awards for Bad Air Day and Are Clinical Trials and Studies Safe?
- **2026-04** — Emily Hite became CEO in Banyan's first leadership transition; founder Sally Deval moved to Chair of the Board.
- **2026-03** — Co-authored peer-reviewed research on awareness, behaviors, perceptions, and communications preferences around freshwater harmful algal blooms.
- **2026-02** — Joined Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services' pre-qualified agency roster, its first Canadian contract-vehicle win.
- **2025-11** — Four Banyan staff presented original public-health research at the APHA Annual Meeting.

## Links

- Website: https://www.banyancom.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/banyancommunications/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/banyancom
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/banyanatl/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/Banyan-Communications/130900120551

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Last updated: 2026-09-24