Community
We're a community of imaginative marketers and strategic storytellers. Throughout the year, we connect top business leaders and global creatives interested in mastering the transition from advertising to brand storytelling.
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What's your story?
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Nominate a speaker for our next event or tell us what topics you want us to explore.
Contributors
These are the changemakers shaping storytelling and our community.
Lesley Klein
SVP Brand
Priceline
Latasha Gillespie
Head of Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Amazon Studios, Prime Video and IMDb
Sara Fischer
Reporter
Axios
Don McGuire
SVP & President CMO
Qualcomm
Bozoma Saint John
Marketing Executive, Entrepreneur & Author
Fmr. Netflix, Uber, Apple Music
Walter Frye
Chief Brand Officer
Amazon
Adrianne Smith
Global Director, Inclusion and Diversity
WPP
Cody Keenan
Political Advisor & Speechwriter
President Barack Obama (fmr)
Baratunde Thurston
Executive Producer & Podcast Host
How To Citizen with Baratunde
Rebecca Minkoff
Founder
Rebecca Minkoff
Steve Madden
Founder
Steve Madden
Nadeska Alexis
Host
Beginner to Buyer Podcast
Akash Vaswani
Head of Digital Marketing & Media
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Sam Saperstein
Managing Director and Head of Women on the Move
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Frank Renwick
VP Head of Marketing & Brand
Bowery Farming
Ali Fakih
SVP US Marketing
Garnier
Gregg Meyer
Chief Stainaibilty Officer
Steve Madden
Kristan Kirsh
VP Global Marketing
Nextracker
Reshma Saujani
Founder & CEO
Marshall Plan for Moms and Girls Who Code
Daisy Auger-Dominguez
Chief People Officer
Vice Media
Matt O'Dowd
VP Marketing
Clutter
Ari Hayward
Manager of Talent Partnerships & Influencer Marketing
Target
Debra Chin
Senior Program Manager, Global Enterprise Marketing
Adobe
Teri Williams
President
OneUnited Bank
Nicole DeLaRosa
Vice President, Production & Activation
Conde Nast
Malea Otranto
Head of Global Programs
Meta
Dr. Marcus Collins
Head of Strategy
Wieden+Kennedy New York
Lola Bakare
CMO Advisor & Inclusive Marketing Strategist
be/co
Maxim Jago
Author, Filmmaker, Founder
The Creativity Conference
John Cosley
Senior Director Global Brand Marketing
Microsoft Advertising
Nakia Swinton
Supervising Producer, Custom Podcasts
iHeartMedia
Ty Heath
Director of Market Enagagement
LinkedIn
Tiffany Black
Head of Global Social Media
Google
Sami Tauber
Chief Metaverse Officer & Founder
VNCCII
Daniel Shugar
CEO & Founder
Nextracker
Chrysi Philalithes
Founder
Nylon Lab
Natasha Mulla
Chief Marketing Officer
Aboveboard
Sabina Mehmood
Pay Equity Leader & Strategic Initiatives
Gapsquare
Attica Jacques
Global Head of Brand Marketing, Consumer Apps
Google
Chase Griffin
Athlete
UCLA & JPM PODCAST
Lois Backon
Head of Corporate Partner Marketing
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Kwame Anku
Chairman & CEO
Black Star Fund
Fran Hauser
Author
The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate
Keosha Burns
Executive Director, Senior Advisor, Community & Affordable Lending
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Fred Bucher
CMO
The Weather Group
Kerel Cooper
SVP, Global Marketing
LiveIntent
Sherrell Dorsey
Publisher
The Plug
Michelle Gadsen-Williams
Managing Director & Global Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Blackrock
Elena Dulin
Fmr. Magnet
Britt Burritt
Fmr. Magnet
Lindsey Stevic
Fmr. Magnet
Noelle Abeyta
Content Creator
Magnet
Jamie Domenici
CMO
Klaviyo
Brittany Collier
Managing Director, Head of Consumer & Retail Equity Capital Markets
J.P. Morgan
Michael Harris
Global Head of Capital Markets
NYSE
Aliza Licht
Award-winning Marketer, Bestselling Author, Podcaster, and Founder of Leave Your Mark
Leave Your Mark
Michelle MiJung Kim
Co-Founder & CEO
Awaken
Carly Zipp
Global Head of B2B Marketing
TikTok
Denise Woods
Author
The Power of Voice
Jason White
CMO
MTV Entertainment
Shannon Welch
Executive Editor
HarperOne Publishers
Alyssa Vitrano Vitrano
fmr. Head of Global Brand & Content Marketing (Acoustic)
IBM
Carin Van Vuuren
CMO
Greenhouse
Sherry Turkle
Author
The Empathy Diaries
Gayle Troberman
CMO
iHeartMedia
Erika Trautman
Product Director - Google Drive & Editors (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Sites, Keep, Forms)
Google
Liz Tran
Founder & Executive Coach
Reset
Farnoosh Torabi
Author
When She Makes More: 10 Rules for Breadwinning Women
Jon Stross
Co-Founder and President
Greenhouse
Shane Snow
Board Member
Contently
Jeff Severtson
Group Executive Producer, Video
Adobe
Bakari Sellers
Author
My Vanishing Country
Callie Schweitzer
Sr. News Editor, Marketing
LinkedIn
Bob Safian
Podcast Host
Masters of Scale: Rapid Response
Melissa Rosenthal
Chief Creative Officer
ClickUp
Jesse Redniss
Co-Founder
BRAVE Ventures
Asahi Pompey
Global Head of Corporate Engagement & President
Goldman Sachs Foundation
Dee Poku
Founder
The WIE Suite
Cheryl Overton
Chief Experience Officer
Cheryl Overton Communications
Daniel Mitchell
Marketing Lead, Learning + Impact, YouTube Originals
Youtube
Ellen McGirt
Senior Editor
Fortune
Shereen Marisol Meraji
Co-host & Senior Producer
Code Switch
Lauren Maillian
CEO
digitalundivided
Robin Li
Principal
GGV Capital
Kyle Keogh
Managing Director, Automotive
Google
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Michael Joseloff
CMO
Fortune
Kisha Imani Cameron
President/Producer
Completion Films
Julie Hogan
VP, Customer Success and Strategy
Toast, Inc.
Sofia Hernandez
Head of US Business Marketing
TikTok
Rosanne Haggerty
President
Community Solutions, Inc.
Melissa Grady
CMO
Cadillac
Amanda Goetz
Founder
House of Wise
Brian Irving
VP, Marketing
Facebook Reality Labs
Michael Gannon
Head of Customer Experience and Marketing Strategy
Equitable
Mauro F. Guillén
Author
2030: How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything
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Janna Erickson
Director, Field and Events Marketing
Domino Data Lab
Mikel Ellcessor
Founder
Limina House
Ryan Eckel
Brand President
Tracksmith
Fred Dust
Author
Fred Dust
Dawn Davis
Editor-In-Chief
Bon Appetit
The state of the story
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