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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Contributors
These are the changemakers shaping storytelling and our community.

Adrianne Smith
Global Director, Inclusion and Diversity
WPP

Walter Frye
Chief Brand Officer
Amazon

Bozoma Saint John
Marketing Executive, Entrepreneur & Author
Fmr. Netflix, Uber, Apple Music

Don McGuire
SVP & President CMO
Qualcomm

Sara Fischer
Reporter
Axios

Latasha Gillespie
Head of Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Amazon Studios, Prime Video and IMDb

Lesley Klein
SVP Brand
Priceline

Steve Madden
Founder
Steve Madden

Rebecca Minkoff
Founder
Rebecca Minkoff

Baratunde Thurston
Executive Producer & Podcast Host
How To Citizen with Baratunde

Cody Keenan
Political Advisor & Speechwriter
President Barack Obama (fmr)

Michelle Gadsen-Williams
Managing Director & Global Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Blackrock

Sherrell Dorsey
Publisher
The Plug

Kerel Cooper
SVP, Global Marketing
LiveIntent

Fred Bucher
CMO
The Weather Group

Keosha Burns
Executive Director, Senior Advisor, Community & Affordable Lending
JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Fran Hauser
Author
The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate

Kwame Anku
Chairman & CEO
Black Star Fund

Lois Backon
Head of Corporate Partner Marketing
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Chase Griffin
Athlete
UCLA & JPM PODCAST

Attica Jacques
Global Head of Brand Marketing, Consumer Apps
Google

Sabina Mehmood
Pay Equity Leader & Strategic Initiatives
Gapsquare

Natasha Mulla
Chief Marketing Officer
Aboveboard
Chrysi Philalithes
Founder
Nylon Lab

Daniel Shugar
CEO & Founder
Nextracker

Sami Tauber
Chief Metaverse Officer & Founder
VNCCII

Tiffany Black
Head of Global Social Media
Google

Ty Heath
Director of Market Enagagement
LinkedIn

Nakia Swinton
Supervising Producer, Custom Podcasts
iHeartMedia

John Cosley
Senior Director Global Brand Marketing
Microsoft Advertising

Maxim Jago
Author, Filmmaker, Founder
The Creativity Conference

Lola Bakare
CMO Advisor & Inclusive Marketing Strategist
be/co

Dr. Marcus Collins
Head of Strategy
Wieden+Kennedy New York

Malea Otranto
Head of Global Programs
Meta

Nicole DeLaRosa
Vice President, Production & Activation
Conde Nast

Teri Williams
President
OneUnited Bank

Debra Chin
Senior Program Manager, Global Enterprise Marketing
Adobe

Ari Hayward
Manager of Talent Partnerships & Influencer Marketing
Target

Matt O'Dowd
VP Marketing
Clutter

Daisy Auger-Dominguez
Chief People Officer
Vice Media

Reshma Saujani
Founder & CEO
Marshall Plan for Moms and Girls Who Code

Kristan Kirsh
VP Global Marketing
Nextracker

Gregg Meyer
Chief Stainaibilty Officer
Steve Madden

Ali Fakih
SVP US Marketing
Garnier

Frank Renwick
VP Head of Marketing & Brand
Bowery Farming

Sam Saperstein
Managing Director and Head of Women on the Move
JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Akash Vaswani
Head of Digital Marketing & Media
JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Nadeska Alexis
Host
Beginner to Buyer Podcast

Elena Dulin
Fmr. Magnet

Britt Burritt
Fmr. Magnet

Lindsey Stevic
Fmr. Magnet

Benish Shah
Chief Growth Officer
Loop & Tie

Adam Aston
VP, Executive Editorial Director
T Brand Studio at The New York Times

Adam Neuhaus
Director, Development
ESPN Films/ESPN+

Bette Ann Fialkov
Director, Influencer Marketing
Lyft

Brian Newman
Founder
Sub-genre Media

Dara Treseder
SVP, Global Marketing & Communications
Peloton

Cavel Khan
Chief Revenue Officer
Tumblr

Bethany Hale
CMO
Cedar

Jill Cress
VP, Consumer Marketing
Paypal

Jennifer Cohan
President
Edelman New York

Jennifer Justice
Co-Founder & CEO
The Justice Dept

Marvin Chow
VP, Global Marketing & Storymaker
Google

Joy Altimare
Chief Engagement & Brand Officer
EHE Health

Kay Hsu
Global Director
Instagram

Michael Smith
CMO
NPR

Otto Bell
Chief Creative Officer
CNN

Nada Stirratt
VP, Global Marketing Solutions
Facebook

Neil Carty
The Carty Group, LLC.
The Carty Group, LLC.

Shira Atkins
Co-Founder & CMO
Wonder Media Network

Rodney Williams
CEO (fmr. CMO)
Belvedere

Thomas Allen Harris
Executive Producer
Family Pictures

Swan Sit
Digital Transformation, Marketing & Strategy
Nike (fmr)

Trenton Kenagy
Creative Director
Greenhouse

Veronica Gontier
SVP, Marketing
SoulCycle

Tomas Kellner
Chief Storyteller
GE

Chitra Ragavan
Strategic Advisor to Tech CEOs
When It Mattered

Kristina Heney
fmr. Chief Marketing & Experience Officer
Cirque du Soleil

Clarissa Striker
Celebrity Partnerships Lead, Consumer Apps
Google

Danielle Belton
Editor-In-Chief
The Root

Susan McPherson
Founder & CEO
McPherson Strategies

Jalina Stewart
Chief of Production
VRAccelerator

Laura Mignott
CEO
DFlash

Martha Kuzzy
Director, Growth Marketing
Andie

Amanda Rubin
Global Co-Head, Brand and Content
Goldman Sachs

Michele T. Ghee
Managing Partner
Stratechic Alliance

Navid Khonsari
Founder
iNk Stories

Alison Koplar Wyatt
Co-Founder
The Female Founder Collective

Sophia Chang
Author
The Baddest Bitch in the Room: A Memoir

Victoria Taylor
Community Editor
LinkedIn

Amy Hudson
Sports Originals Content & Partnerships
Spotify

Anya Grundmann
SVP, Programming & Audience Development
NPR

Meredith Halpern-Ranzer
Co-Founder & CEO
"Wow in the World" /Tinkercast

Sarah Haberman
Executive Director
The Moth

Tomm Miller
fmr. CMO
Barneys New York

Tracy-Ann Lim
Executive Director, Head of Media
Chase

Zach Kahn
PR & Communications for Podcast
Apple

Jaime Dictenberg
SVP, Consumer Marketing
Nickelodeon

Harriet Seitler
EVP & CMO, Harpo Studios
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network

Micky Onvural
CEO & CMO
Bonobos
The state of the story
Events
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