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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.

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
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